THE ICONIC CHRYSALIS RECORDS HAS A NEW HOME – AT FAST-GROWING RESERVOIR
Chrysalis Records, one of the most important independent record labels in history, has a new parent company. New York-based rights company Reservoir – best known to date for its music publishing operation – has struck a deal to bring UK-based music company Blue Raincoat Music and its subsidiary, recorded music company Chrysalis, into its portfolio of offerings. The deal includes master rights to Chrysalis Records’ entire catalog of hits, including Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares 2 U , Generation X’s Dancing With Myself , and more. Founded in 2014 by former Chrysalis Music CEO Jeremy Lascelles and Grammy-winning record producer Robin Millar, Blue Raincoat Music is home to a standalone operating record label that houses the Chrysalis Records catalog. Chrysalis Records represents over 20,000 recordings comprised of many iconic British and American rock and pop tracks from the 1960s to 1990s. In addition to Sinead O’ Connor and Generation X, the catal...