Regency Records
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Regency Records is a record label
founded by Georgia record producer and TV/Radio
syndicator Johnny Carter and North Georgia disc jockey Lamar Gravitt in 1965. Regency Records was originally a part of the C-R-Co (Cherokeeland Recording Company), based in Calhoun, Georgia near the 19th century national capital of the Cherokee Indians.
The label operated as a part of Jay Enterprises when Carter moved to Tennessee in 1966, and
became a part of Cherokee Album Corporation when Carter returned to Georgia in 1968.
Regency released a series of singles, and one album in 1972 by a Tennessee garage band
Neutral Spirits. The self-titled album by the group is a highly prized collector's item
worldwide, because most copies of the disc were destroyed in a fire. Fortunately,
the original analog master tape was preserved by the producer, and has been released on CD, as
well as by Florida re-release label GearFab.
Regency would later be the home of the Dutch rock band Diesel
in the early 1980s, releasing a pair of this band's albums, the first of which included the internationally successful hit, "Sausalito Summernight." During this period, Regency was distributed by Warner Communications
.
Regency is now a division of National Recording Corporation
, and records a mixture of genres
in one of the largest state-of-the-art audio/video soundstages in the State of Georgia.
Record label
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founded by Georgia record producer and TV/Radio
syndicator Johnny Carter and North Georgia disc jockey Lamar Gravitt in 1965. Regency Records was originally a part of the C-R-Co (Cherokeeland Recording Company), based in Calhoun, Georgia near the 19th century national capital of the Cherokee Indians.
The label operated as a part of Jay Enterprises when Carter moved to Tennessee in 1966, and
became a part of Cherokee Album Corporation when Carter returned to Georgia in 1968.
Regency released a series of singles, and one album in 1972 by a Tennessee garage band
Neutral Spirits. The self-titled album by the group is a highly prized collector's item
worldwide, because most copies of the disc were destroyed in a fire. Fortunately,
the original analog master tape was preserved by the producer, and has been released on CD, as
well as by Florida re-release label GearFab.
Regency would later be the home of the Dutch rock band Diesel
Diesel (band)
Diesel was a Dutch pop/rock group that became one of the few Dutch acts to chart in the U.S. when their song "Sausalito Summernight" entered the U.S. Top 40 in 1981.-Biography:Diesel was created in October 1978 by ex-Kayak drummer Pim Koopman...
in the early 1980s, releasing a pair of this band's albums, the first of which included the internationally successful hit, "Sausalito Summernight." During this period, Regency was distributed by Warner Communications
Warner Communications
Warner Communications or Warner Communications, Inc. was established in 1971 when Kinney National Company spun off its non-entertainment assets, due to a financial scandal over its parking operations and changed its name....
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Regency is now a division of National Recording Corporation
National Recording Corporation
-Early years:National Recording Corporation was incorporated in Atlanta in 1958. Founders were Bill Lowery, at the time the number one Country Music disc jockey and already a successful music publisher, and Boots Woodall, whose band recorded for Capitol, King, and Bullet Records and performed on...
, and records a mixture of genres
in one of the largest state-of-the-art audio/video soundstages in the State of Georgia.
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