- Barclay Records
Barclay Records is a French
record label , which was founded round 1954 byEddie Barclay (who founded the Riviera label round 1950/51) alias Edouard Ruault. Among the artist in their catalog wereDalida ,Mireille Mathieu ,Charles Aznavour ,Noir Désir ,Les Chaussettes Noires ,Eddy Mitchell ,Hugues Aufray ,Henri Salvador ,Jacques Brel ,The Wild Magnolias ,Leo Ferre andFela Kuti ,Jimi Hendrix . Also featuredRaymond Lefevre andMichel Colombier (just in the 60s) as arrangers.Eddie Barclay worked with Sid Vicious and McLaren on the Great Swindle documentary film and albumincluding Sid's song My Way.
The story is that Eddie Barclay went to America to purchase the rights of the 45 RPM record back in 1949.
It is currently owned by the
Universal Music Group , and the label is used under the Universal brand. The label Trema has been absorbed under the Barclay sub-label.See also
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List of record labels
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