Columbia Records

Columbia Records ialah label rakaman berpusat di Amerika Syarikat; ia dimiliki oleh Sony Music Entertainment, anak syarikat Sony Corporation of America iaitu bahagian Amerika Utara syarikat konglomerat Sony dari Jepun. Ia ditubuhkan pada tahun 1887, yang berkembang dari American Graphophone Company, pengganti kepada Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia ialah nama jenama tertua dalam perniagaan bunyi rakaman, dan syarikat utama kedua untuk menghasilkan rakaman. Dari tahun 1961 hingga 1990, rakaman Columbia diedarkan luar Amerika Utara di bawah nama CBS Records untuk mengelakkan kekeliruan dengan Syarikat Columbia Graphophone milik EMI. Columbia ialah salah satu label rakaman perdana Sony Music bersama bekas saingan lamanya RCA Records, serta Arista Records dan Epic Records. 

Artis di bawah Columbia termasuk Amerie, AC/DC, Willie Johnson Blind, Adele, Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Beyoncé, Blind Willie Johnson, Dave Brubeck, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, Mariah Carey, The Chainsmokers, The Clash, Miles Davis, Rosemary Clooney, Neil Diamond, Celine Dion, Bob Dylan, Earth, Wind & Fire, Duke Ellington, 50 Cent, Erroll Garner, Benny Goodman, Adelaide Hall, Billy Joel, Janis Joplin, John Mayer, George Michael, Billy Murray, Pink Floyd, Santana, Frank Sinatra, Simon & Garfunkel, Bessie Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Harry Styles, System of a Down, Andy Williams, Pharrell Williams, Bill Withers, Paul Whiteman dan Joe Zawinul.

Rujukan

Bacaan lanjut
 Cogan, Jim; Clark, William, Temples of sound : inside the great recording studios, San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2003. . Cf. chapter on Columbia Studios, pp. 181–192.
 Hoffmann, Frank, Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, New York & London : Routledge, 1993 & 2005, Volume 1. Cf. pp. 209–213, article on "Columbia (Label)"
 Koenigsberg, Allen, The Patent History of the Phonograph, 1877–1912, APM Press, 1990/1991, .
 Revolution in Sound: A Biography of the Recording Industry.  Little, Brown and Company, 1974. .
 High Fidelity Magazine, ABC, Inc.  April 1976, "Creating the LP Record."
 Rust, Brian, (compiler), The Columbia Master Book Discography, Greenwood Press, 1999.
 Marmorstein, Gary. The Label: The Story of Columbia Records. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press; 2007. 
 Ramone, Phil; Granata, Charles L., Making records: the scenes behind the music, New York: Hyperion, 2007. . Many references to the Columbia Studios, especially when Ramone bought Studio A, 799 Seventh Avenue from Columbia. Cf. especially pp. 136–137.
 Dave Marsh; 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story Legends and Legacy, Free eBook released by Columbia Records that puts a spotlight on the label's 263 greatest recordings from 1890 to 2011.

Pautan luar

 Official website
 Columbia masters in the Discography of American Historical Recordings
 See the Profile of Designer Alex Steinweiss

Sony Music
Syarikat rakaman Amerika Syarikat
Syarikat media Amerika Syarikat