Vertigo Records
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Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its record label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI (with Harvest Records) and Decca Records (with Deram Records).
Some of the first artists to sign included Mike Absalom, Dr. Z, Catapilla, Cressida, Colosseum, Black Sabbath, Jade Warrior, Switzerland's Flame Dream(with Los Angeles guitarist Dale Hauskins), Nirvana, Ben, Keith Tippett Group, Tudor Lodge and Magna Carta. After Philips Records was renamed to Phonogram Records, majors like Status Quo and Thin Lizzy joined Vertigo too. Now part of the Universal Music Group, Vertigo is a division of Mercury Records and distributes Status Quo, Razorlight, Metallica and Dire Straits. More recent signings include The Rapture, The Killers and Noisettes.
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The Vertigo logo appears as a piece of op art visible in the record shop in Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange (1971).
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