Geffen Records

American record label

Parent label: Interscope Geffen A&M·Est. 1980

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Label Code: LC 7266 / LC 07266. Geffen Records was started by David Geffen in 1980. Its first album was Donna Summer's "The Wanderer", its second was "Double Fantasy", the last album by John Lennon (in collaboration with Yoko Ono). It was distributed in the US by Warner Bros. Records Inc. and internationally by WEA International Inc. throughout the 1980s. In March 1990, it was announced that David Geffen had sold the label to MCA Records however Geffen remained with WEA as distributor worldwide until 1 January 1991 when contracts expired and distribution moved to MCA or BMG. Any MCA credit is after that date in the US and after March 31, 1991, outside the US (when MCA's own deal with WEA expired). Similarly, any distribution credit for BMG is 1 April 1991 or later with the possible exception of Brazil where WEA had a distribution deal with the local BMG company. If the WEA company is referenced on a Brazilan issue, it is pre-1991. Geffen also distributed the first incarnation of Rick Rubin’s Def American Recordings through Warner Bros. Records from 1988 to 1990. At the time of its sale, it was the world’s largest independent label to have major-label distribution. In 1999, after the merger between MCA and PolyGram, which created the Universal Music Group, Geffen became a subsidiary of Interscope Records and was merged into the Interscope Geffen A&M division of the Universal Music Group. In 2003, Geffen Records absorbed the entire MCA Records catalog and roster when the MCA name was retired, as was DGC and DreamWorks Records the same year. In 2017, Geffen was revitalized by Interscope Geffen A&M CEO John Janick and Geffen president Neil Jacobson. Since 2024, Geffen has been a part of Universal Music's newly-consolidated Interscope Capitol Labels Group, which consists of labels belonging to Capitol Records and Interscope Records. Often credited on releases as "Geffen" or as a stylized "G ball / sphere" brand. NOTE: Releases with references to both Geffen Records and DGC or David Geffen Company as a label, should be listed under Geffen Records and DGC together.

Discography

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Nevermind

Nirvana · 1991

Studio Album

Hotel California

Eagles

Studio Album

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses · 1987

Studio Album

In Utero

Nirvana · 1993

Studio Album

Bleach

Nirvana · 1989

Studio Album

L.A. Woman

The Doors · 1971

Studio Album

Who's Next

The Who · 1971

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So

Peter Gabriel · 1986

Studio Album

Use Your Illusion I

Guns N' Roses · 1991

Studio Album

Tommy

The Who · 1969

Studio Album

Axis: Bold As Love

The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1967

Studio Album

Use Your Illusion II

Guns N' Roses · 1991

Studio Album

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy · 1994

Studio Album

Reign In Blood

Slayer · 1986

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Aja

Steely Dan · 1977

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Pump

Aerosmith · 1989

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Alternative Collection

Gorillaz · 2001

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All That You Can't Leave Behind

U2 · 2000

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G N' R Lies

Guns N' Roses · 1988

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Double Fantasy

John Lennon & Yoko Ono · 1980

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Trespass

Genesis · 1970

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Quadrophenia

The Who · 1973

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South Of Heaven

Slayer · 1988

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Weezer

Weezer · 1994

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Merry Christmas

Bing Crosby · 1955

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Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel · 1980

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Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan · 1972

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Watermark

Enya · 1988

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Permanent Vacation

Aerosmith · 1987

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Get A Grip

Aerosmith · 1993

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(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd · 1973

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Security

Peter Gabriel · 1982

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Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan · 1974

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1

Peter Gabriel · 1977

Studio Album

Enema Of The State

Blink-182 · 1999

Studio Album

Whitesnake

Whitesnake · 1987

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Asia

Asia · 1982

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My Generation

The Who · 1965

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Odelay

Beck · 1996

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Second Helping

Lynyrd Skynyrd · 1974

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Us

Peter Gabriel · 1992

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Countdown To Ecstasy = エクスタシー

Steely Dan = スティーリー・ダン · 1973

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Can't Slow Down

Lionel Richie · 1983

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The Royal Scam

Steely Dan · 1976

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Argus

Wishbone Ash · 1972

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Gaucho

Steely Dan · 1980

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2

Peter Gabriel · 1978

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Jesus Christ Superstar (A Rock Opera)

Various, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice · 1970

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