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| Purple Records | |
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1971 (1971) |
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| Defunct | 1979 (1979) |
| Status | Inactive |
| Genre | Hard rock |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Purple Records was arecord label established in 1971 byDeep Purple's management. Their releases were distributed byEMI and now byUniversal Music Group after the EMI acquisition. The label was run until 1979. Until 1974 the label was used for Deep Purple releases, band members' solo work and releases by other artists signed to the label. From 1974 a decision was made to release only Deep Purple and members' solo work on the imprint and a subsidiary label, Oyster, was established for other work (including that of ex-band members such asIan Gillan andRitchie Blackmore and their new projects, theIan Gillan Band and Ritchie Blackmore'sRainbow). In 1997 Simon Robinson, fromRPM Records, established a second label, releasing rare and previously unissued recordings. Although Universal continues to use the original logo, Robinson designed a new logo for his label.
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