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Elektra Records was started by Jac Holzman in December, 1950, in New York City. The original parent company for the label was the Elektra-Stratford Record Corp. Elektra initially recorded folk music, ethnic music, jazz and gospel, although it later expanded into blues, pop, and rock music.

In 1963, Jac started Nonesuch as a sub-label for inexpensive classical releases. (Nonesuch is now an affiliated label of Warner Bros. Records under the Warner Music Group.)

By the late '60s, Elektra was having success with artists like The Doors, Judy Collins, Tim Buckley and Bread. But the record business was changing and Jac knew Elektra could not survive as a small independent label. Jac talked to Warner Bros. about combining the two companies and establishing a record distribution arm. He received 10 million dollars for Elektra and agreed to remain with the company for three years.

In 1974 Elektra was merged with Asylum Records. It was later merged with Atlantic and Lava to become The Atlantic Records Group, under the larger Warner Music Group.

Labelcodes: LC 00192 / LC 0192
Sublabels
Checkmate (3), Crestview Records (2), Dance Classics (7), Elektra Musician, Elektra Video, Exulta, Network Records (2), Pendulum Records, Specialty Series (5)
Parent Label:
Warner Music Group
Contact Info:
75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York
NY 10019
USA

345 N. Maple Drive, Beverly Hills
CA 90210
USA
Sites:
elektra.com, elektra60.com, atlanticrecords.com, wmg.com, bsnpubs.com, Facebook, YouTube, instagram.com, Twitter, Wikipedia
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Cat#  Artist Title (Format) Label Cat#  Country Year
Never My Love album cover Vern Gosdin Never My Love ‎(CD, Album, RE) Tartare US 2010 Sell This Version
001 Shake It Up album cover The Cars Shake It Up ‎(Flexi) Elektra 001 France 1981 Sell This Version
1OP3-6110 It's Only Love album cover Simply Red It's Only Love ‎(CD, Mini, Single) Elektra, WEA, Elektra, WEA 1OP3-6110 Japan 1989 Sell This Version
1R1 6997 The Best Of Carly Simon album cover Carly Simon The Best Of Carly Simon ‎(Reel, 4tr Stereo, Comp) Elektra 1R1 6997 US 1975 Sell This Version
1R1 7043 Candy-O album cover The Cars Candy-O ‎(Reel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel, Album) Elektra 1R1 7043 US 1979 Sell This Version
1R1-7167 The Game album cover Queen The Game ‎(Reel, 7" Reel, Album) Elektra 1R1-7167 US 1980 Sell This Version
1R1 7195 Panorama album cover The Cars Panorama ‎(Reel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel, Album, Club) Elektra 1R1 7195 US 1980 Sell This Version
1R1 7326 Greatest Hits album cover Queen Greatest Hits ‎(Reel, 4tr Stereo, Comp, Club) Elektra 1R1 7326 US 1981 Sell This Version
1R1 7330 Shake It Up album cover The Cars Shake It Up ‎(Reel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel, Album) Elektra 1R1 7330 US 1981 Sell This Version
1R1 7638 Alive, She Cried album cover Doors* Alive, She Cried ‎(Reel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel) Elektra 1R1 7638 US 1983 Sell This Version
1R1 7657 Heartbeat City album cover The Cars Heartbeat City ‎(Reel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel, Album) Elektra 1R1 7657 US 1984 Sell This Version
1T1-8426 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Paul Butterfield Blues Band ‎(Cass, Album, RE) Elektra 1T1-8426 US 1988 Sell This Version
2A-62367 Peep Show album cover Goudie Peep Show ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra, The Music Company 2A-62367 US 2000 Sell This Version
2A-62374 Lil' Mo Based On A True Story ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62374 US 2001 Sell This Version
2A-62511 Music For The People album cover VAST Music For The People ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra, Elektra 2A-62511 US 2000 Sell This Version
2A-62525 Against All Odds album cover Take 5 Against All Odds ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62525 US 2000 Sell This Version
2A-62536 ReadySexGo album cover Marvelous 3 ReadySexGo ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra, Hi Fi Recordings 2A-62536 US 2000 Sell This Version
2A-62584 More album cover Vitamin C (2) More ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62584 USA & Canada 2001 Sell This Version
2A-62595 Somewhere In Between album cover Systematic (6) Somewhere In Between ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra, TMC - The Music Company 2A-62595 US 2001 Sell This Version
2A-62629 The Experience album cover Yolanda Adams The Experience ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62629 US 2001 Sell This Version
2A-62645 Dakota Moon A Place To Land ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Promo) Elektra 2A-62645 US 2002 Sell This Version
2A-62653 Vespertine album cover Björk Vespertine ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra, Elektra 2A-62653 US 2001 Sell This Version
2A-62662 Knoc's Landin' album cover Knoc-Turn'al Knoc's Landin' ‎(CD, Album, Promo, Aud) L.A. Confidential, Elektra 2A-62662 US 2001 Sell This Version
2A-62676 Sound-Dust album cover Stereolab Sound-Dust ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra, Elektra 2A-62676 US 2001 Sell This Version
2a-62677 The Grand Pecking Order album cover Oysterhead The Grand Pecking Order ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2a-62677 US 2001 Sell This Version
2A-62721 Motherland album cover Natalie Merchant Motherland ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62721 US 2001 Sell This Version
2A-62745 Down II album cover Down (3) Down II ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62745 US 2002 Sell This Version
2A-62750 Code 5 (2) The Secret's Out ‎(CDr, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62750 US 2002 Sell This Version
2A-62766 Title TK album cover The Breeders Title TK ‎(CD, Album, Promo) 4AD, Elektra 2A-62766 US 2002 Sell This Version
2A-62767, 2nd Chance album cover Karen Clark Sheard 2nd Chance ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62767, US 2002 Sell This Version
2A-62769 Epidemic album cover Epidemic (13) Epidemic ‎(CD, Album, Promo, Adv) Elektra 2A-62769 US 2002 Sell This Version
2A-62790 Where You Are album cover Socialburn Where You Are ‎(CD, Album, Enh, Promo) Elektra 2A-62790 US 2003 Sell This Version
2A-62829 Waiting For My Rocket To Come album cover Jason Mraz Waiting For My Rocket To Come ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62829 US 2002 Sell This Version
2A-62832 VonRay album cover VonRay VonRay ‎(CD, Advance, Album) Elektra 2A-62832 US 2003 Sell This Version
2A-62843 As Real As It Gets album cover Sworn Enemy As Real As It Gets ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra, No Name Recordings 2A-62843 US 2003 Sell This Version
2A-62844 Massaging Your Ego album cover The Troys (2) Massaging Your Ego ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62844 US 2003 Sell This Version
2A-62845 Pleasure To Burn album cover Systematic (6) Pleasure To Burn ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62845 US 2003 Sell This Version
2A-62846 Radioactive album cover AM Radio Radioactive ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62846 US 2003 Sell This Version
2A-62854 No Push Collide album cover Serafin (2) No Push Collide ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62854 US 2003 Sell This Version
2A-62863 Year Of The Rabbit album cover Year Of The Rabbit Year Of The Rabbit ‎(CD, Promo) Elektra 2A-62863 US 2003 Sell This Version
2A-62892 Get Born album cover Jet (2) Get Born ‎(CD, Advance, Album, Promo) Elektra 2A-62892 US 2003 Sell This Version
2A-65234 Bleed The Sky album cover Reveille Bleed The Sky ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Promo) Elektra 2A-65234 US 2001 Sell This Version
2A-62542, 62542-2P D-Cru D-Cru ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Elektra, Dexter Entertainment Group 2A-62542, 62542-2P US 2000 Sell This Version
2C-6001(A) Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine album cover The Doors Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine ‎(2xCass, Comp) Elektra, Elektra 2C-6001(A) Canada 1972 Sell This Version
2C-6001(A), 2C-6001(B) Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine album cover The Doors Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine ‎(2xCass, Comp, RE, Dol) Elektra 2C-6001(A), 2C-6001(B) Canada Unknown Sell This Version
2EKS-2005 Golden Butter / The Best Of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band album cover The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Golden Butter / The Best Of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE, Gat) Elektra 2EKS-2005 New Zealand 1972 Sell This Version
2 EKS-6001 Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine album cover The Doors Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine ‎(2xLP, Comp, Aut) Elektra 2 EKS-6001 New Zealand 1972 Sell This Version
2EKS-9002 Absolutely Live! album cover The Doors Absolutely Live! (Album) 2EKS-9002 Canada 1974 Sell This Version
2LFP 62018 Live At The Olympia album cover Véronique Sanson Live At The Olympia ‎(2xLP, Album) Elektra 2LFP 62018 Canada 1976 Sell This Version
2XBB-702 Live Killers album cover Queen Live Killers (Album) 2XBB-702 Canada 1979 Sell This Version
2XBB-703 Legends Of The Lost And Found album cover Harry Chapin Legends Of The Lost And Found (Album) 2XBB-703 Canada 1979 Sell This Version
3EB1-62012 Third Eye Blind album cover Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, RM, 180) Elektra 3EB1-62012 US 2013 Sell This Version
3inch Walk Away album cover Dokken Walk Away ‎(CD, Mini, Single) Elektra 3inch Japan 1988 Sell This Version
5C-5502 An American Prayer album cover Jim Morrison , Music By The Doors Jim Morrison , Music By The Doors - An American Prayer (Album) 5C-5502 US 1978 Sell This Version
5C-5503 The Soundtrack Music From Clint Eastwood's Every Which Way But Loose album cover Various The Soundtrack Music From Clint Eastwood's Every Which Way But Loose ‎(Cass, Comp) Elektra 5C-5503 US 1978 Sell This Version
5C-5504 Hurricane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album cover Nino Rota Hurricane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ‎(Cass, Album, Dol) Elektra 5C-5504 US 1979 Sell This Version
5C5-506 Spy album cover Carly Simon Spy ‎(Cass, Album) Elektra 5C5-506 US 1979 Sell This Version
5C-5507 Candy-O album cover The Cars Candy-O (Album) 5C-5507 US 1979 Sell This Version
5C-5513 The Game album cover Queen The Game (Album) 5C-5513 US 1980 Sell This Version
5C-5514 Panorama album cover The Cars Panorama (Album) 5C-5514 US 1980 Sell This Version
5C-5515 Greatest Hits album cover The Doors Greatest Hits (Comp) 5C-5515 US 1980 Sell This Version
5C-5518 Flash Gordon (Original Soundtrack Music) album cover Queen Flash Gordon (Original Soundtrack Music) (Album) 5C-5518 US 1980 Sell This Version
5C-5521 Thief (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album cover Tangerine Dream Thief (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ‎(Cass, Album) Elektra 5C-5521 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C-5522 Roger Taylor's Fun In Space album cover Roger Taylor Roger Taylor's Fun In Space (Album) 5C-5522 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C-5525 Pleasure album cover Dave Rowland & Sugar* Pleasure ‎(Cass) Elektra 5C-5525 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C-5526 Lee Oskar My Road Our Road ‎(Cass, Album) Elektra 5C-5526 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C-5527 Hush album cover John Klemmer Hush ‎(Cass, Album) Elektra 5C-5527 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C-5531 Love Byrd album cover Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C.* Love Byrd ‎(Cass, Album) Elektra 5C-5531 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-532 Step By Step album cover Eddie Rabbitt Step By Step (Album) 5C5-532 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-534 Tender Togetherness album cover Stanley Turrentine Tender Togetherness ‎(Cass, Album, Dol) Elektra 5C5-534 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-535 The Pressure Is On album cover Hank Williams, Jr.* The Pressure Is On (Album) 5C5-535 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-537 America's Greatest Hero album cover Joey Scarbury America's Greatest Hero (Album) 5C5-537 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-538 One Night Stands album cover Hank Williams, Jr.* One Night Stands ‎(Cass, Album) Elektra 5C5-538 US 1977 Sell This Version
5C5-539 The New South album cover Hank Williams Jr. The New South ‎(Cass, Album, Dol) Elektra 5C5-539 US 1977 Sell This Version
5C5-542 Lovin' Her Was Easier album cover Tompall And The Glaser Brothers* Lovin' Her Was Easier (Album) 5C5-542 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-545 Desperate Dreams album cover Eddy Raven Desperate Dreams ‎(Cass, Album) Elektra 5C5-545 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-546 Fire Down Under album cover Riot (4) Fire Down Under (Album) 5C5-546 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-549 Mel Tillis And Nancy Sinatra Mel Tillis And Nancy Sinatra - Mel And Nancy ‎(Cass, Album, Dol) Elektra 5C5-549 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-551 Just Like Dreamin' album cover Twennynine With Lenny White Just Like Dreamin' ‎(Cass, Album) Elektra 5C5-551 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-552 Here album cover Godmoma Here ‎(Cass, Album, Dol) Elektra 5C5-552 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-554 Christmas Country album cover Various Christmas Country ‎(Cass, Comp) Elektra 5C5-554 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-557 Exit album cover Tangerine Dream Exit (Album) 5C5-557 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-559 Mean Machine album cover Lucifer's Friend Mean Machine ‎(Cass, Album) Elektra 5C5-559 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-560 Full Circle album cover Rupert Holmes Full Circle ‎(Cass, Album, Dol) Elektra 5C5-560 US 1981 Sell This Version
5c5-562 Come Morning album cover Grover Washington, Jr. Come Morning ‎(Cass, Album) Elektra 5c5-562 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5 564 Greatest Hits album cover Queen Greatest Hits (Comp) 5C5 564 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-566 Solo Saxophone II - Life album cover John Klemmer Solo Saxophone II - Life ‎(Cass, Album, Dol) Elektra 5C5-566 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5-567 Shake It Up album cover The Cars Shake It Up (Album) 5C5-567 US 1981 Sell This Version
5C5 515, 5C-5515 Greatest Hits album cover The Doors Greatest Hits ‎(Cass, Comp, Club, RM) Elektra 5C5 515, 5C-5515 US 1980 Sell This Version
5CD-40 Wea Top Hits November 1991 album cover Various Wea Top Hits November 1991 ‎(CD, Comp, Promo) WEA, Elektra 5CD-40 Japan 1991 Sell This Version
5CS-24 Wea Top Hits April 1991 album cover Various Wea Top Hits April 1991 ‎(CD, Comp, Promo) WEA, Elektra 5CS-24 Japan 1991 Sell This Version
5CS-25 The Selection Of The Doors album cover The Doors The Selection Of The Doors ‎(CD, Comp, Ltd, RM) Elektra 5CS-25 Japan 1991 Sell This Version
5CS-26 Wea Top Hits May 1991 album cover Various Wea Top Hits May 1991 ‎(CD, Comp, Promo) WEA, Elektra 5CS-26 Japan 1991 Sell This Version
5CS-27 Wea Top Hits June 1991 album cover Various Wea Top Hits June 1991 ‎(CD, Comp, Promo) WEA, Elektra 5CS-27 Japan 1991 Sell This Version
5CS-31 WEA Top Hits July 1991 album cover Various WEA Top Hits July 1991 ‎(CD, Comp, Promo) WEA, Elektra 5CS-31 Japan 1991 Sell This Version
5CS-32 Three Hot Ladies Sing R&B, Soul, Jazz album cover Natalie Cole / Lisa Fischer / Shirley Murdock Natalie Cole / Lisa Fischer / Shirley Murdock - Three Hot Ladies Sing R&B, Soul, Jazz ‎(CD, MP, Promo) Elektra 5CS-32 Japan 1991 Sell This Version
5CS-35 Wea Top Hits August 1991 album cover Various Wea Top Hits August 1991 ‎(CD, Comp, Promo) WEA, Elektra 5CS-35 Japan 1991 Sell This Version
5CS-37 WEA Top Hits September & October 1991 album cover Various WEA Top Hits September & October 1991 ‎(CD, Comp, Promo) WEA, Elektra 5CS-37 Japan 1991 Sell This Version
5CS-43 Wea Top Hits December 1991 album cover Various Wea Top Hits December 1991 ‎(CD, Comp, Promo) WEA, Elektra 5CS-43 Japan 1991 Sell This Version
5CS-44 Teaser album cover Yngwie Malmsteen Teaser ‎(CD, Single, Promo) Elektra 5CS-44 Japan 1992 Sell This Version

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John_Dunbar

John_Dunbar

January 28, 2015
EKL 4032 Mono = David Peel & the lower east side - Have a Marijuana, 10 tr. LP, Elektra UK, 1969
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