Point Blank Records is a
record label
"Big Three" music labels
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subsidiary of
Virgin Records
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.
Point Blank Records was founded in 1988 by
John Wooler. Wooler served as Deputy Head of
A&R at Virgin Records
UK from 1984 to 1994 and Senior Vice President of Virgin Records
US from 1994 to 2002. He had a passion for
blues
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,
Americana and
soul
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. His
manager
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, Simon Draper, granted him a small budget to create the label. The first act signed to the record label was
Larry McCray followed by
Albert Collins and
The Kinsey Report. Artists such as
John Lee Hooker
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,
Solomon Burke,
Pops Staples,
John Hammond,
Walter "Wolfman" Washington,
Van Morrison
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, and
Johnny Winter were later signed to the label as well. Wooler signed all the musicians on the label and
produced many of them.
See also
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Lists of record labels
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References
External links
John Wooler video interview
British record labels
1988 establishments in the United Kingdom
Record labels established in 1988
Virgin Records
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