RECORDS
Asylum Records was formed by David Geffen in 1971. The label specialized mainly in folk-rock and singer/songwriter material. The first artist signed to Asylum was Judee Sill. Soon after followed David Blue. Geffen scored a coup in 1974 by signing Bob Dylan for two albums during his brief estrangement from Columbia Records. In the mid and late 1970s, Asylum released records by such influential artists as Tom Waits and Warren Zevon, as well as albums by former members of the Eagles, the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield.
August 1973 The Elektra & Asylum Records labels were combined to form the companies Elektra/Asylum Records and Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records.
With this date, Asylum Records also left the old distribution at Atlantic Records. Geffen left the label soon afterwards and founded Geffen Records in 1980. The label name was retired from use on new releases in 1989, but returned to occassional use in 1992 for country releases.
| 85 | Don Henley | Dirty Laundry | ASYLUM | EKR | 4 |
| 85 | Eagles | Hotel California | ASYLUM | EKR | 10 |
| 85 | Teddy Pendergrass | Hold Me / Love | ASYLUM | EKR | 32 |
| 86 | Jackson Browne | For America | ASYLUM | EKR | 35 |
| 86 | Jackson Browne | In The Shape Of A Heart | ASYLUM | EKR | 42 |
| 87 | Warren Zevon | Werewolves Of London | ASYLUM | EKR | 52 |
| 81 | B. A. Robertson | A Free B.A. From Middlesex Poly | ASYLUM | SAM | 131 |
| 86 | Jackson Browne | Running On Empty | ASYLUM | SAM | 306 |
| 82 | Linda Ronstadt | Get Closer | ASYLUM | 969948-7 |
| 82 | Don Henley | Dirty Laundry | ASYLUM | E | 9894 |
| 83 | Linda Ronstadt | Tell Him | ASYLUM | E | 9877 |
| 83 | Don Henley | The Unclouded Day | ASYLUM | E | 9876 |
| 83 | Linda Ronstadt | I Knew You When | ASYLUM | E | 9853 |
| 83 | Jackson Browne | Lawyers In Love / Say It Isn't True | ASYLUM | E | 9826 |
| 83 | Jackson Browne | Tender Is The Night | ASYLUM | E | 9791 |
| 83 | Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra* | What's New | ASYLUM | E | 9780 |
| 84 | Teddy Pendergrass | Hold Me | ASYLUM | E | 9720 |
| 84 | Teddy Pendergrass | You're My Choice Tonight (Choose Me) | ASYLUM | E | 9696 |
| 85 | Linda Ronstadt With Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra* | Falling In Love Again | ASYLUM | E | 9667 |
