Big Life
Big Life was a record label established in 1987 by Jazz Summers and Tim Parry. It featured hundreds of releases from artists such as the Orb, Stare, Yazz, Junior Reid, Coldcut, De La Soul, and Damage. In 1999, the label was put into receivership.
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- 1987
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Big Life was a record label established in 1987 by Jazz Summers and Tim Parry. It featured hundreds of releases from artists such as the Orb, Stare, Yazz, Junior Reid, Coldcut, De La Soul, and Damage. In 1999, the label was put into receivership.
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In 2008, it was purchased by Universal Music Publishing Group.
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- 1.Universal Music Publishing buys Big Life. Music Week. 2008-04-23.
- 2.Colin Larkin. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music. Virgin Books. 35/6. 1998. 0-7535-0252-6.
- 3.Jeff Clark-Meads, Dominic Pride. U.k.'s Big Life in Hands of Receiver. AllBusiness.com. 1999-02-13.
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