Charly Records

Charly Records is a British record label that specialises in reissued material.

Among the labels whose original releases are reissued by Charly are Vee-Jay, Sun, Immediate, BYG, Tomato, and Fania.

History
Charly Records was founded in France in 1974 by Jean-Luc Young, who had been a promoter of teen concerts but moved to the UK in 1975. Charly was originally known mainly for American-originated jazz and other modern oddities, such as the Bollock Brothers, but it is now mainly an album-oriented "retro" label. Its most obvious rivals are Rhino and See for Miles (a label that Charly distributed in the 1980s).

In Europe, Charly is distributed by Snapper Records, while licensing is through LicenseMusic.com.

The label produces Americana, blues, funk, gospel, jazz, Latin, popular, rap, reggae, r&b, rock, rockabilly, soul, and ska.

Roster

 * Johnny Cash
 * Sammy Davis, Jr.
 * Funkadelic
 * Mickey Gilley
 * Rosco Gordon
 * Charlie Gracie
 * Carol Grimes
 * Hardrock Gunter
 * Gong
 * Bill Haley & His Comets
 * Ronnie Hawkins
 * John Lee Hooker
 * Ice-T
 * Elmore James
 * Jerry Lee Lewis
 * Billy Lee Riley
 * Curtis Mayfield
 * Thelonious Monk
 * Moon Mullican
 * Johnny Pacheco
 * Soft Heap
 * Small Faces
 * Alvin "Shine" Robinson
 * Warren Smith
 * The Staple Singers
 * Gene Summers
 * Sylvia Striplin
 * Showaddywaddy
 * Toots & the Maytals
 * Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds
 * 13th Floor Elevators
 * The Red Crayola