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Blanco y Negro Records

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Blanco y Negro
Parent companyWEA Records Ltd. (Warner Music Group)
Founded1983(1983)
FounderGeoff Travis,Mike Alway
StatusDefunct
Distributor(s)Warner Bros. RecordsAtlantic RecordsUK
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon

Blanco y Negro Records(Spanish:"White and Black" ), a subsidiary of WEA Records Ltd., was established in 1983 byGeoff TravisofRough Trade Recordsand Mike Alway ofél Records.Michel Duval ofLes Disques du Crépusculewas also involved with the label.

Blanco y Negro was the label ofQueen Adreena,Everything but the Girl,the Jesus and Mary Chain,Eddi Reader,the Dream Academy,Dinosaur Jr.,Sudden Sway,Bernthøler,A House,Catatonia,the Veilsand, reportedly,Elizabeth Fraser,[1]former vocalist ofCocteau Twins.It also signed folk supergroupEquationand Irish singerCara Dillonwho also was signed to the label with partnerSam Lakeman.

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References

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  1. ^"Solo album by Cocteau Twins frontwoman Elizabeth Fraser out this spring".Side-line. 22 February 1999.Retrieved24 June2012.
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