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Capricorn Records was an independent record label founded by Phil Walden and Frank Fenter in 1969 in Macon, Georgia. Capricorn Records is often credited by music historians as creating the southern rock genre.
8. Dez. 2019 · The story of Capricorn Records is as long, tangled, and tragic as the lives of the artists who came into its fold and created some of the most iconic rock songs and albums ever conceived.
20. Jan. 2023 · At its height, Capricorn was generating almost $200 million in record sales and its acts went platinum (million plus sales) 17 times over. America’s biggest group for a time: the Allman...
American record label founded by Phil Walden, Alan Walden, and Frank Fenter. First Incarnation 1969-1979. The first incarnation lasted from 1969 until 1979 when the company went out of business. During this period, distribution was handled by Atlantic Records, then Warner Bros and finally PhonoDisc (from 1977).
The group's main members consisted of songwriters Tommy Talton and Scott Boyer, alongside a rotating group of musicians. They released four albums on the Capricorn Records label in the 1970s: Reach for the Sky (1970), 5'll Getcha Ten (1971), Boyer and Talton (1974), and Cowboy (1977).
Phil Walden (January 11, 1940 – April 23, 2006) was a co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based Capricorn Records, along with former Atlantic Records executive Frank Fenter. Biography. Walden received his undergraduate degree in economics from Macon's Mercer University (where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and a ROTC cadet) in 1962.
9. Sept. 2005 · Arts & Culture Music Music Business. Capricorn Records. Media (0) Cite. Author W. A. Kelly Huff, University of Georgia. Originally published Sep 9, 2005 Last edited Jun 6, 2017. During the 1970s, Phil Walden’s Capricorn Records made Macon a haven for southern music, specifically for a genre known as “southern rock.”
