Asylum Records

Label Code: LC 2648 / LC 02648
US label formed by Warren Zevon, as well as albums by former of the Eagles, the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield.

From 1971 through 1973; Asylum was distributed by Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark; U.S. promotional and confirmed first pressings of this release show Atlantic catalog number SD-5072 effaced in the runouts.

Geffen left the label and founded Geffen Records in 1980. The Asylum name was retired from use on new releases in 1989, but returned occasionally in 1992 for country releases.

In 2004, after Warner Music was purchased from Time Warner by a consortium of private investors led by Edgar Bronfman Jr., Asylum was reactivated and became a southern-oriented hip-hop label. Asylum is also the current distributor for Rap-A-Lot Records and Swisha House Records. Although considered an independent label within the Warner Music structure, its numbering system and UPC prefix are those of Elektra Records.

For unofficial releases using the identity of this label, see Asylum Records (5).

Name appearances as found on this profile:
- Asylum Records
- Asylum