Rebel Records

{{Short description|Record label}}

{{About|the American record label|the French record label of the same name|Rebel Records (France)}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = Rebel Records

| image = Rebel Records Logo.jpg

| image_size = 100

| founded = {{start date|1959}}

| founder = Dick Freeland
Bill Carroll
Sonny Compton

| distributor =

| genre = Bluegrass, old time

| country = U.S.

| location = Charlottesville, Virginia

| website = {{URL|rebelrecords.com}}

}}

Rebel Records is an independent American record label based in Charlottesville, Virginia that specializes in bluegrass and old time music. The label was founded in Mount Rainier, Maryland in 1959 by Dick Freeland, Bill Carroll and Sonny Compton.{{cite web| last = Vernon| first = Bill| title = Rebel Records History...In the Beginning| publisher = Rebel Records| year = 1998| url = http://www.rebelrecords.com/history.php| access-date = 2009-05-25}}{{cite encyclopedia| last = Dean| first = Eddie| editor = Paul Kingsbury| encyclopedia = The Encyclopedia of Country Music| title = Rebel Records| year = 2004| publisher = Oxford University Press| location = New York| isbn =0-19-517608-1| pages = 432}} In 1980, Freeland sold the label to David Freeman, the founder of County Records.{{cite web| title =IBMA Hall of Fame - Dave Freeman| publisher =International Bluegrass Music Museum| year =2002| url =http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/zbioDavidFreeman.php| access-date =2009-05-25| url-status =usurped| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100814185517/http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/zbioDavidFreeman.php| archive-date =2010-08-14}} Freeman later handed over management of the label to his son Mark Freeman. Rebel has more than 340 titles in print by more than 50 different artists and groups, and continues to release several new titles each year.{{cite web| title = Rebel Records Chronological Discography| publisher = Rebel Records| year = 2024| url = https://rebelrecords.com/chronological/| access-date = 2024-04-14}}