
Come Organisation was a
record label
"Big Three" music labels
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started by
William Bennett
William John Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American conservative politician and political commentator who served as the third United States secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of d ...
in 1979 as a way to release albums by his own band,
Come, when he was unable to find a label willing to release them. It released the work of Bennett's subsequent band,
Whitehouse Whitehouse may refer to:
People
* Charles S. Whitehouse (1921–2001), American diplomat
* Cornelius Whitehouse (1796–1883), English engineer and inventor
* E. Sheldon Whitehouse (1883–1965), American diplomat
* Elliott Whitehouse (born ...
.
The label's first release was the Come single "Come Sunday/Shaved Slits" in 1979. When Bennett dissolved Come in 1980 to form Whitehouse, Come Organisation continued to release his work, serving as the label for all of Whitehouse's albums from its inception through 1985's ''
Great White Death''. In addition, Bennett began to release albums by other controversial or extreme groups, including
Sutcliffe Jugend,
Maurizio Bianchi
Maurizio Bianchi (born 4 December 1955 in Pomponesco in the Province of Mantua) is an Italian pioneer of industrial music, originating from Milan.
Biography
1979–1983
Bianchi was inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream, Conrad Schnitzler ...
,
Nurse With Wound and even
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a Manson ...
.
When Whitehouse went on hiatus at the end of 1985, Come Organisation was dissolved. Bennett again created a label for his releases in 1988, but called it
Susan Lawly
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rather than reviving Come Organisation.
Catalog
See the Come Organisation discography
for further information. Some artists with work on the label include:
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Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a Manson ...
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Come
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Dennis Andrew Nilsen
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Ed Kemper
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Leibstandarte SS MB
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Leni Riefenstahl
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Nurse With Wound
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Whitehouse Whitehouse may refer to:
People
* Charles S. Whitehouse (1921–2001), American diplomat
* Cornelius Whitehouse (1796–1883), English engineer and inventor
* E. Sheldon Whitehouse (1883–1965), American diplomat
* Elliott Whitehouse (born ...
See also
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Lists of record labels
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References
External links
Come Organisation discography (Archived)
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British record labels
Record labels established in 1979
Record labels disestablished in 1985
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