#1 would have to be Columbia. It is, after all, the biggest record company in the world, and there isn't a genre of music they haven't touched at some point. Whatever phase I was going through, Columbia and its' zillion subsidiaries had a record that was up my alley.
#2: Atlantic. They had a powerhouse R&B stable in the fifties, sixties and early seventies that cannot be denied, plus a few worthy white rockers as well. I file about half of my singles by label; if I'm DJing a soul set and don't want to spend too much time picking out records, I usually head straight for the Atlantic files.
Comments
King/Federal
Atlantic
Stax
Blue Note
blue note
stax
rca
Def Jam
Stax & affiliates
Philips
Perry Music
Atlantic
Capitol
Blue Note
CTI
Buddah
United Artist
CTI
Impulse
Fantasy
Verve
Cadet
Janus
Atlantic
Sansu
Brunswick
MPS
and probably RCA!
I don't know, it's probably RCA or some other label like that really though.
Sal Soul
Polydor/King
Columbia
Atlantic
#2: Atlantic. They had a powerhouse R&B stable in the fifties, sixties and early seventies that cannot be denied, plus a few worthy white rockers as well. I file about half of my singles by label; if I'm DJing a soul set and don't want to spend too much time picking out records, I usually head straight for the Atlantic files.
Um... 15-20?
I'd have to say mine is one of the following:
-Cadet/Concept
-Chess
-Impulse
-Blue Note
-Prestige
-Verve
-Columbia
-Motown
-Brunswick
-CTI/A&M
-Atlantic
-Capitol
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Blue Note
Prestige
Westbound
Strata-East
Tribe (also got the japanese box set)
probably in that order
edit - i remembered something
Atlantic
Impulse
Stax
Hi
Dischord
Areito
I'm in the process of downsizing and moving so I can't be too sure.
Polydor
King
Odeon
Blue Note
Def Jam
Loud
Elektra
Tico
Verve
Atlantic
Prestige
Blue Note
Fantasy
RCA