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Independent label: Cooking Vinyl is a British independent record label, based in Acton, London, Founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partner Pete Lawrence. Goldschmidt remains the current owner and chairman, while Rob Collins is managing director. The company focuses on artist service-based deals where the artist retains ownership of their copyrights. Cooking Vinyl Records was a Significant British indie label that started with a focus on new folk music and expanded into releasing material from a dazzling array of acts in differing styles, many of whom were already household names. It had Sublabels of Cooking Vinyl USA, Hot Pot, Ministry Of Pies, Take Me To The Hospital. Cooking Vinyl Records Former Address: PO Box 1845 London, W3 0ZA. Distributed By Cartel. Cooking Vinyl was set up in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and distribution manager Pete Lawrence, who initially ran the business as a part-time venture out of a spare room in Goldschmidt's council house in Stockwell, South London. In 1986 Cooking Vinyl recorded an impromptu live performance around a campfire at a folk festival by the singer Michelle Shocked, on a Sony Walkman with fading batteries. One of its first releases, Cooking Vinyl released the recording as The Campfire Tapes, and it sold 250,000 copies worldwide. In 1989, the company was close to bankruptcy when their distributors, Rough Trade, went into receivership. Pete Lawrence sold his stake in the business to Martin Goldschmidt who continued the business while servicing the debt of the company of a period of five years.
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF COOKING VINYL FRY 000 SERIES CAN BE FOUND HERE
| 87 | Oyster Band | Rose Of England | COOKING VINYL | CHEF | 001 |
