US
Bearsville Records was founded in 1970 by Bob Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman.
Initially distributed by US Ampex Records. In it's initial artist roster
was Jerhico, and Todd Rundgren (alias Runt). The first album (Runt) and
single were initially released on the parent Ampex label and eventualy
released on the new Bearsville graphics. As The Ampex label was running
out of steam, Bearsville moved to Warner Brothers Distribution (Big Tree
moved to Bell Records), and the artist roster gained Foghat, Randy Vanwarmer
and the maiden voyages of Sparks. Bearsville continued until 1984 when
the label was shut down. It's back catologue is currently distributed by
Rhino Records. |