Capricorn Records

Capricorn Records
Parent companyUniversal Music Group (first incarnation catalogue)
Sony Music Entertainment (second incarnation catalogue)
Founded1969 (1969)
FounderPhil Walden, Frank Fenter
StatusDefunct
Distributor(s)First Incarnation
Atlantic Records
Warner Bros
PhonoDisc
Second Incarnation
RED Distribution
PolyGram
The Island Def Jam Music Group
Reissues
Island Records/UMe (first incarnation catalogue)
Volcano Entertainment/Legacy Recordings (second incarnation catalogue)
Genre
Country of originU.S.
LocationMacon, Georgia
Capricorn Sound Studios in 2014.
Exterior of the newly renovated Mercer Music at Capricorn in 2020.
The view of the Capricorn Studio control room from standing inside Studio A. Little has changed in both the studio space and control room since 1972.

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.[1][failed verification]

  1. ^ "Capricorn Records founder Phil Walden dies". Today.com. April 24, 2006. Retrieved February 1, 2020.