Megatone Records

Megatone Records
Founded1981
Founder
Defunct1995
StatusBack catalog sold to Unidisc Music.
Distributor(s)Self-distributed
Genre
Country of originUSA
LocationSan Francisco

Megatone Records was an independent music label specializing in disco and created in San Francisco in 1981 by Patrick Cowley and Marty Blecman.[1][2][3] The label name was derived from Cowley's 1981 high energy disco song, "Megatron Man".[citation needed] In 1983, musician Sylvester became a partner of Megatone Records.[4] Some of the artists involved include: Patrick Cowley, Jeanie Tracy, Sylvester, Modern Rocketry, Sarah Dash, Patti LaBelle, and Paul Parker.

  1. ^ Reynolds, Simon (2017-06-29). "Song from the Future: The Story of Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder's". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  2. ^ "Megatone Records". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  3. ^ Gamson, Joshua (2005). The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco. Macmillan. ISBN 0805072500.
  4. ^ Davis, Sharon (2014). Mighty Real: Sharon Davis Remembers Sylvester. New Romney, England: Bank House Books. p. 63. ISBN 978-0957305892.