- Big Brother Recordings
Infobox record label
name = Big Brother Recordings Ltd.
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parent =Sony BMG
founded = 2000
founder = Oasis
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genre = Rock,britpop
country =United Kingdom
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url = [http://www.oasisinet.com/ OasisInet.com]Big Brother Recordings Ltd. is a
record label set up in 2000 to release material by rock band Oasis in the UK andIreland . OnJune 19 ,2008 a deal was signed withSony BMG which entitles them to an arranged portion of the profits from the next three Oasis studio albums to be released through Big Brother.. [cite news |url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/company_news/9575/ |title=OASIS AND THEIR LABEL BIG BROTHER STRIKE NEW AND INNOVATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SONY BMG |date=2008-06-19 |accessdate=2008-08-19 |publisher=Sony BMG ] The name of the company is a reference to the band's guitarist, singer and songwriterNoel Gallagher , who is the older brother of lead singerLiam Gallagher . The catalogue number of each release begins with "RKID", which stands for "our kid"; Northern England slang to refer to a brother.The imprint was started after
Alan McGee announced onNovember 25 ,1999 that he was leavingCreation Records , Oasis' original record company. The first release on Big Brother was the single "Go Let It Out " (catalogue number 'RKID 001') onFebruary 7 ,2000 , the lead single from the band's fourth studio album, "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants ". OnAugust 14 ,2000 , all of Oasis's singles from "Definitely Maybe ", "(What's the Story) Morning Glory? " and "Be Here Now " were re-issued on the Big Brother label and given new RKID catalogue numbers. In 2005, British bandHappy Mondays released their first new material in over 13 years on the Big Brother label, with the single "Playground Superstar".Big Brother were reported to be buying back the rights to Oasis' back catalogue from Sony BMG, who took complete control of Creation Records in 2000. [cite web |title=Back in anger (...continued) |date=2005-06-04 |accessdate=2005-06-04
url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/06/04/bmoasis2.xml |publisher=The Daily Telegraph ] . The new deal signed with Sony means this process is on hold for the foreseeable future.List of releases
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Reissue s of Oasis' oldCreation Records material.
* ** Promo onlySee also
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List of record labels References
External links
* [http://www.oasisinet.com/ Oasis website]
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