Private company
Compass Records
Logo: compassrecords.com3
American independent record label
Compass Records is an American independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown that specializes in folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and acoustic music. In 2006, Compass purchased the Green Linnet and Xenophile catalogs, and in 2008 the label purchased Mulligan Records. Red House Records, an independent folk and Americana record label founded in 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota, was purchased by the Compass Records Group in 2017.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitecompassrecords.com
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Compass Records is an American independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown that specializes in folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and acoustic music.2
Timeline
- 1995Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitecompassrecords.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/CompassRecords1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/CompassRecordsGroup1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/compassrecords1
- WikipediaCompass Records
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- WikidataQ2476036
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- 1WikidataCompass Records on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCompass Records on Wikipedia
- 3Company websiteCompass Records logo