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143 Records

{{Short description|US record label}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = 143 Records

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| parent = Warner Music Group

| founded = 1994

| defunct = 2001

| founder = David Foster

| status = Defunct

| distributor = Warner Records
Atlantic Records

| genre = Various

| country = U.S.

| location =

| url = {{URL|www.143records.com}}

}}

143 Records was the record label of producer David Foster. 143 was a sub-label of Warner Records and Atlantic Records. The numbers 1-4-3 are derived from the words "I (1 letter) love (4 letters) you (3 letters)."{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

History

When record producer David Foster signed a deal with Warner Bros. in 1995, it enabled him to start 143 Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_BrianAvnetInterview.html |title=Interview with Brian Avnet |publisher=HitQuarters |date=16 Feb 2004 |access-date=21 Dec 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703171215/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_BrianAvnetInterview.html |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=dead }} Foster gave the responsibility for running the label to manager Brian Avnet. One of the label's first signing was Irish folk-rock band the Corrs.

In 1997 Foster and Avnet concluded "logo labels" like 143 were in a "bad spot". Foster sold the label back to Warner and then became senior vice-president at the corporation. On September 20, 2001, Warner Music Group announced it was shutting down the label.{{Cite web |date=2001-09-20 |title=Warner Music to Close 143 Records Label |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-20-fi-47699-story.html |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

Roster

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External links

  • [http://www.143records.com/ Official site]

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Category:Vanity record labels

Category:Warner Music labels

Category:American country music record labels

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