Brother Records
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| Holding | |
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 1967 in Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Founders | |
| Brands | The Beach Boys |
| Brother Records | |
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| Founded | Los Angeles, 1966 |
| Founder | Nick Grillo |
| Distributor(s) | |
| Genre | Rock |
| Country of origin | United States |
Brother Records, Inc. (BRI) is a holding company established in 1967 that holds the intellectual property rights of the Beach Boys, including "The Beach Boys" trademark. Prior to being incorporated, Brother Records was a record label founded by Beach Boys' manager Nick Grillo in October 1966. Its output was distributed by Capitol Records in 1967, and then Reprise Records throughout 1970–78.
In mid-1966, Beach Boys business manager Nick Grillo formed the Brother Records corporation, bringing in Van Dyke Parks's manager and Brian Wilson's friend David Anderle to run the organization from an office on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Motivated in no small part by the negative reaction of Capitol Records to some of Brian's ideas for Smile, the new company gave the band more control over their recordings.
The shareholders were the 1966 members of the Beach Boys: Wilson brothers Brian, Carl, and Dennis, along with their first cousin Mike Love, their friend Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston, who traded his share in 1971. In 1983, shortly after the death of Dennis Wilson, his estate sold his share back to the corporation to repay loans. In 1998, following Carl Wilson's death, his share of the corporation passed to and is still controlled by his estate.
The label's first releases were the Beach Boys' "Heroes and Villains" single and Smiley Smile album in 1967, distributed by Capitol Records. However, the record label was almost immediately rendered dormant, only releasing the Brian Wilson/Mike Love single "Gettin' Hungry" before the band's albums and singles reverted to appearing on the Capitol label alone. In 1969, however, concurrent with their signing to Reprise Records, the Brother label was reactivated, beginning with the single "Add Some Music to Your Day", and the Sunflower album.
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