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Cargo Records was a Canadian independent record label and distributor, active in the 1980s and 1990s.〔Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, ''Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995''. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-992-9.〕 Based in Montreal, the company both released albums directly as a label, and distributed albums on behalf of many other small independent labels, making it one of the largest and most influential Canadian record companies of the alternative rock era.〔 By the mid-1990s, the company was so powerful that its decline toward bankruptcy between 1995 and 1997 initially appeared destined to set off a cascading failure of the entire Canadian music industry;〔 however, these early predictions of disaster were averted as affected labels sought out new distribution arrangements.〔 This period of retrenchment, in turn, has been credited with stabilizing the industry and in turn paving the way for the Canadian indie rock boom of the early 2000s.〔 ==History== The label was originally formed in 1987 by Eric Goodis, Randy Boyd and Phillip Hill, three former staffers at Bonaparte Records, an independent record store in Montreal.〔 Boyd was also formerly a partner in the short-lived punk label Psyche Industry Records. Labels distributed in Canada by Cargo included both Canadian companies such as Mint Records, Murderecords and Sonic Unyon, and international labels such as Epitaph,〔 Dischord,〔 Taang!,〔"Bringing it All Back Home". ''Billboard'', February 5, 1994.〕 Restless,〔 Amphetamine Reptile,〔 Alias,〔"Campus Radio Brings Labels Back to School". ''Billboard'', July 1, 1995.〕 SST, Caroline, Ninja Tune and Sub Pop.〔 Artists signed directly to Cargo's label arm included Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet,〔"Bankruptcy ends fairy tale for indie-music firm". ''The Gazette'', January 26, 1998.〕 Dyoxen, Change of Heart,〔 Lost Dakotas, The Smalls, Nomeansno,〔 The Killjoys, Asexuals,〔 SNFU and Grimskunk;〔 through its distribution deals, Cargo also held the Canadian rights to acts such as Mudhoney, Archers of Loaf, The Offspring,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 NOFX and Rancid, as well as to the earlier, pre-breakthrough albums by bands such as Nirvana, Green Day and Soundgarden. In 1993, the company signed an upstream distribution deal with MCA Records,〔 giving it an expanded national distribution channel and in turn giving MCA access to buzz bands such as Sloan, Furnaceface, Me Mom and Morgentaler, The Snitches and The Hardship Post, who were signed to labels distributed by Cargo.〔"Something in the Way They Move: Fast-Acting Indies Now Industry's Prime A&R Source". ''Billboard'', February 5, 1994.〕 The company's power reached its peak in 1995, when its existing contract as the Canadian distributor for Epitaph made it a significant beneficiary of the breakout success of The Offspring and Rancid.〔 In that year, the company held a 2.3 per cent share of the music market in Canada, making it the second largest Canadian-owned music company behind only Quality Records; nonetheless, Cargo was considered more influential than Quality, as the latter was no longer distributing albums by individual artists and instead owed its market share entirely to the ''MuchDance'' series of compilation albums.〔Michael Dorland, ''The cultural industries in Canada: problems, policies and prospects''. James Lorimer & Co., 1996. ISBN 1-55028-494-0.〕 At its peak, the company also had distribution offices in San Diego, Chicago and London;〔"The Importance of Being Exported". ''Billboard'', February 5, 1994.〕 these offices operated as labels and distributors within their own countries — artists who released material through Cargo's American division included Blink-182, Rocket from the Crypt, Drive Like Jehu and 7 Seconds — as well as providing new international distribution channels for artists signed to or distributed by the Canadian office. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cargo Records (Canada)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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