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| Compass Records | |
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| Founded | 1995 (1995) |
| Founder | Garry West Alison Brown |
| Distributors | AMPED Distribution (physical) Merlin Network (digital) |
| Genre | Folk,bluegrass,Celtic,jazz,world music |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Official website | compassrecords |
Compass Records is an Americanindependent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West andAlison Brown that specializes infolk,bluegrass,Celtic,jazz, and acoustic music.
In 2006, Compass purchased theGreen Linnet andXenophile catalogs, and in 2008 the label purchased Mulligan Records.[1]Red House Records, an independent folk and Americana record label founded in 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota, was purchased by the Compass Records Group in 2017.
