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{{Infobox record label
| name = Cooking Vinyl
| image = [[File:Cv Wiki Logo.png|200px]]
| image_bg =
| parent =
| founded = 1986
| founder = [[Martin Goldschmidt]] [[Pete Lawrence]]
| defunct =
| distributor = [[Essential Music & Marketing]] (UK) [[E1 Entertainment Canada|eOne Music]] (Canada) [[Caroline Distribution|Caroline]] (Australia) [[RED Distribution]] (USA)
| genre = Various
| country = United Kingdom
| location = London, England
| url = [http://www.cookingvinyl.com/ Cooking Vinyl UK] [http://www.cookingvinylaustralia.com/ Cooking Vinyl Australia] [http://cookingvinylmusic.com/ Cooking Vinyl Publishing]
}}

'''Cooking Vinyl''' is a UK based independent record company,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/25-years-of-cooking-vinyl/|title=25 years of Cooking Vinyl |publisher=[[Music Week]]|date=2011-05-12|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent [[Martin Goldschmidt]], who remains the current owner and managing director, and distribution manager [[Pete Lawrence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/label-profiles-four-independents-under-the-spotlight-8712226.html|title=Label profiles: Four independents under the spotlight|publisher=[[The Independent]]|date=2006-05-23|accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> The company is based in [[Acton, London]].

Cooking Vinyl Records operates as part of the Cooking Vinyl Group, which also comprises [[Essential Music & Marketing]], CV America, Cooking Vinyl Australia, and Cooking Vinyl Publishing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/5687079/uk-indie-cooking-vinyl-launches-in-australia|title=U.K. Indie Cooking Vinyl Launches in Australia|publisher=[[Billboard (Magazine)]]|date=2013-09-06|accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> Cooking Vinyl is home to artists such as [[The Prodigy]], [[Billy Bragg]], [[The View (band)|The View]], [[Frank Black]], [[Marilyn Manson]], [[Reverend and the Makers]], [[Gary Numan]], [[Amanda Palmer]] and [[Röyksopp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cookingvinyl.com/about/|title=Cooking Vinyl - About |publisher=Cooking Vinyl|date=2014-06-06|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref>

==History==
===Formation===
Cooking Vinyl was set up in 1986 by former manager and booking agent [[Martin Goldschmidt]] and distribution manager Pete Lawrence, who initially ran the business as a part-time venture out of a spare room in Goldschmidt's council house in Stockwell, South London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cookingvinyl.com/about/|title=Cooking Vinyl - About |publisher=Cooking Vinyl|date=2014-06-06|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref>

===1986–1993===
In 1986 Cooking Vinyl famously recorded an impromptu live performance around a campfire at a folk festival by the singer [[Michelle Shocked]], on a Sony [[Walkman]] with fading batteries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/03/big-chills-pete-lawrence-and-unbound-crowdfund-alfresco-festival-with-book-release.html|title=New Take On Music Crowdfunding From Cooking Vinyl's Pete Lawrence & Book Publisher Unbound|publisher=Hypebot.com|date=2012-03-29|accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> One of its first releases, Cooking Vinyl released the recording as The Campfire Tapes, and it sold 250,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/25-years-of-cooking-vinyl/|title=25 years of Cooking Vinyl |publisher=[[Music Week]]|date=2011-05-12|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref>

Originally orientated towards contemporary folk music with bands such as Oysterband, Cowboy Junkies and Jackie Leven, Cooking Vinyl Records has grown and diversified into releasing rock, metal, indie, punk and electronica.

===1993: Artist services deals===
As well as its more traditional royalty agreements, Cooking Vinyl is widely regarded as a pioneer of ‘artist services’ deals where the artist retains ownership of the copyrights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themusicnetwork.com/hot-seat-martin-goldschmidt-founder-cooking-vinyl/|title=Hot Seat: Martin Goldschmidt – Founder, Cooking Vinyl|publisher=[[The Music Network]]|date=2013-12-06|accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> The company’s first such deal came in 1993 with a reissue of [[Billy Bragg]]'s ''[[Back to Basics (Billy Bragg album)|Back To Basics]]'' compilation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/festival-of-business/9075644/Why-music-is-still-good-business.html|title=Why music is still good business|publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group|The Telegraph]]|date=2012-02-11|accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> Since then, Bragg has re-signed to Cooking Vinyl a total of six times, most recently in 2013 for the release of studio album ''[[Tooth & Nail (Billy Bragg album)| Tooth And Nail]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/billy-bragg-re-signs-with-cooking-vinyl/053181|title=Billy Bragg re-signs with Cooking Vinyl|publisher=[[Music Week]]|date=2013-01-16|accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref>

Cooking Vinyl has also delivered services deals for Alison Moyet, Black Spiders, Gary Numan, James Skelly & The Intenders, Madness, Pigeon Detectives, Reverend and The Makers, Ron Sexsmith, and The View.<ref>{{citation |title=Label Services Report|date=2013-04-18|publisher=[[Music Week]]|page=13}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockol.com/uk/news-499691/cooking-vinyl-cuts-deals-with-ub40s-ali-campbell-seth-lakeman|title=Cooking Vinyl's Martin Goldschmidt On Universal-EMI Deal, Marilyn Manson, the Rise of Indies|publisher=[[Billboard (Magazine)]]|date=2013-05-16|accessdate=2014-05-16}}</ref>

===Digital era===
Cooking Vinyl has consistently been in the forefront of the digital revolution. It was the first European label to do a deal with the MP3 download site eMusic and the first to enter negotiations with the peer to peer file-sharing company Kazaa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cookingvinyl.com/about/|title=Cooking Vinyl - About |publisher=Cooking Vinyl|date=2014-06-06|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref> In 2005 Cooking Vinyl set up its own online distribution company, Uploader, which was sold in 2007 to the Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA), one of the best online distributors in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cookingvinyl.com/about/|title=Cooking Vinyl - About |publisher=Cooking Vinyl|date=2014-06-06|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref>

===Commercial success===
Cooking Vinyl has had international success from the start with Michelle Shocked The Texas Campfire Tapes selling 250,000 worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/25-years-of-cooking-vinyl/|title=25 years of Cooking Vinyl |publisher=[[Music Week]]|date=2011-05-12|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> Other notable releases include the Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions and Ryan Adams debut solo studio album Heartbreaker in 2000, which sold 100,000 in the UK alone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cookingvinyl.com/about/|title=Cooking Vinyl - About |publisher=Cooking Vinyl|date=2014-06-06|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref>

In 2009, Cooking Vinyl partnered on the release of The Prodigy's fifth studio album ''[[Invaders Must Die]]'', which went on to sell 1.2 million units worldwide and was the biggest-selling independent record of the year in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/indies/1097203/cooking-vinyls-martin-goldschmidt-on-universal-emi-deal-marilyn|title=Cooking Vinyl cuts deals with UB40’s Ali Campbell, Seth Lakeman|publisher=Rockol.com|date=2012-05-03|accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref>

In 2012, [[Amanda Palmer]], an advocate of the DIY approach, <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/palmer-to-work-with-cooking-vinyl-on-kickstarted-album-release/|title=Palmer to work with Cooking Vinyl on kickstarted album release|publisher=[[Complete Music Update]]|date=2012-06-21|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> announced that she was partnering with Cooking Vinyl in a distribution and label services deal for the European release of her studio album ''[[Theatre Is Evil]]''. The album was funded through a high-profile Kickstarter campaign that raised over $1.2 million in 30 days. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/indies/1093012/amanda-palmer-partners-with-uk-indie-cooking-vinyl-for-european|title=Amanda Palmer Partners With U.K. Indie Cooking Vinyl For European Album Release|publisher=[[Billboard (Magazine)]]|date=2012-06-21|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref>

Another notable campaign from that year was the release of [[Marilyn Manson]]’s ''[[Born Villain]]'' under a joint-venture partnership between Manson's own label Hell, etc. and Cooking Vinyl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/951479/marilyn-manson-plots-2011-comeback-with-indie-label|title=Marilyn Manson Plots 2011 Comeback with Indie Label|publisher=[[Billboard (Magazine)]]|date=2010-11-08|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> The album was a global success charting at #5 in Germany, #10 in the US, and topping Billboard's Hard Rock and Independent album chart. Across the rest of Europe the album peaked at #4 in Austria, #6 in France and #2 in Switzerland. In the UK Manson reached #14 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/cooking-vinyl-toasts-global-marilyn-manson-success/048941|title=Cooking Vinyl toasts global Marilyn Manson success|publisher=[[Music Week]]|date=2012-05-18|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> in the Official Albums Chart and #1 in the UK Rock Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/11/2012-05-12/|title=2012 Top 40 Rock & Metal Albums Archive 12th May 2012|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=2012-05-12|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref>

Cooking Vinyl is noted for its long relationships with many of its artists. The Pixies' Charles Thompson was signed in 2000 and has had 17 releases to date with the label as Frank Black and Black Francis. Since 1994, former Doll By Doll man Jackie Leven has had 23 releases, five of them in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cookingvinyl.com/about/|title=Cooking Vinyl - About |publisher=Cooking Vinyl|date=2014-06-06|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref>

Other key artists that have released through the label include, Counting Crows, The Pretty Reckless, Ryan Adams, Suzanne Vega, The Cult, The Charlatans, The Cranberries, The Subways, Echo and the Bunnymen, Embrace, The Enemy, Groove Armada, The Orb, The Proclaimers, James, The Rifles, Seth Lakeman, Suzanne Vega, UB40, City and Colour and The Dropkick Murphy’s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cookingvinyl.com/about/|title=Cooking Vinyl - About |publisher=Cooking Vinyl|date=2014-06-06|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref>
Cooking Vinyl has enjoyed continued success in 2014 with [[The Pretty Reckless]] reaching number 8 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/5944825/george-michaels-symphonica-tops-uk-albums-chart|title=George Michael’s 'Symphonica' Tops U.K. Albums Chart|publisher=[[Billboard (Magazine)]]|date=2014-03-24|accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref> as well as a number 5 with [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]]’s self-titled album ''[[Embrace (English album)|Embrace]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6077460/calvin-harris-paolo-nutini-top-uk-sales-charts|title=Calvin Harris, Paolo Nutini Top U.K. Sales Charts|publisher=[[Billboard (Magazine)]]|date=2014-05-05|accessdate=2014-05-23}}</ref>

In 2013 Cooking Vinyl was nominated for the AIM Independent Label of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicindie.com/news/1331|title= AIM Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced|publisher=Association of Independent Music (AIM)|accessdate=2015-04-29}}</ref>

==Imprints==
'''DoubleCross Records'''

In August 2012, Cooking Vinyl launched its rock imprint, DoubleCross Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/cooking-vinyl-launches-new-rock-imprint/|title=Cooking Vinyl launches new rock imprint|publisher=[[Complete Music Update]]|date=2012-08-17|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> The current roster includes UK ragga metal band Skindred, who signed to DoubleCross in a new worldwide record deal in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skindred.net/skindred-sign-global-recording-deal-with-doublecross|title=Skindred sign global recording deal with DoubleCross|publisher=[[Complete Music Update]]|date=2013-01-15|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref>

==Sister companies==
'''Essential Music & Marketing'''

In 2003, Vital Distribution's managing director Mike Chadwick teamed up with Cooking Vinyl’s Martin Goldschmidt to launch [[Essential Music & Marketing]], an independent distributor and service provider.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/qa-mike-chadwick-essential-music-marketing/|title=Q&A: Mike Chadwick, Essential Music & Marketing|publisher=[[Complete Music Update]]|date=2013-05-14|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref>

'''CV America'''

In October 2012, the Cooking Vinyl Group launched CV America, headed up by CEO Erik Gilbert. CV America provides strategic services to the CV Group, including artist/label acquisition, marketing and distribution, and business strategy, and also acts as a stand-alone music publisher, with the ability to sign new writers and exploit Cooking Vinyl Publishing copyrights in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordoftheday.com/news-and-press/cv-america-unveils-new-publishing-services-model|title=CV America unveils new publishing services model|publisher=Record of the Day|date=2014-03-13|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref>

'''Cooking Vinyl Australia'''

Cooking Vinyl Australia was formed in September 2013. Based in Melbourne and helmed by former Shock Records executives, Leigh Gruppetta and Stu Harvey, the label signs both local and international artists, and represents the wider Cooking Vinyl Records roster in Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/5687079/uk-indie-cooking-vinyl-launches-in-australia|title=U.K. Indie Cooking Vinyl Launches in Australia|publisher=[[Billboard (Magazine)]]|date=2014-09-06|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref>

'''Cooking Vinyl Publishing'''

Cooking Vinyl Publishing is headed by Paul Kinder, a former director at Chrysalis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/cooking-vinyl-reignites-publishing-arm/043570|title=Cooking Vinyl reignites publishing arm|publisher=[[Music Week]]|date=2010-09-13|accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> The company has an equally diverse roster with current writers including Reverend & The Makers, The Rifles, 65daysofstatic, Tom the Lion, Exit Calm and The Virginmarys, and benefits from an international network of sub-publishers.

==Artists==
===Current artists===
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*[[Adam Cohen (musician)|Adam Cohen]]
*[[Area_11_(band)|Area 11]]
*[[Ali Campbell]]
*[[Alison Moyet]]
*[[Amanda Palmer]]
*[[Billy Bragg]]
*[[Black Spiders]]
*[[Calling All Cars (band)|Calling All Cars]]
*[[Camper Van Beethoven]]
*[[Carl Barât|Carl Barât and The Jackals]]
*[[Chas & Dave]]
*[[City and Colour]]
*[[Counting Crows]]
*[[D.A.R.K.]]
*[[Deap Vally]]
*[[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]]
*[[Feeder]]
*[[Frank Black]]
*[[Gary Numan]]
*Giraffe Tongue Orchestra
*[[Grand Duchy]]
*[[Groove Armada]]
*[[Hayseed Dixie]]
*[[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]]
*[[Howling Bells]]
*[[James (band)|James]]
*James Skelly & The Intenders
*[[John Wheeler (musician)|John Wheeler]]
*[[Kate Miller-Heidke]]
*[[Lewis Watson (musician)|Lewis Watson]]
*[[Lissie]]
*[[Madness (band)|Madness]]
*[[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
*Mexrrissey
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*[[Ocean Colour Scene]]
*[[Passenger (singer)|Passenger]]
*[[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]]
*Primitive Weapons
*[[Reverend and The Makers]]
*[[Richard Ashcroft]]
*[[Ron Sexsmith]]
*[[Röyksopp]]
*[[Seether]]
*[[Seth Lakeman]]
*[[Skindred]]
*Skye and Ross
*[[Suzanne Vega]]
*[[Teddy Thompson]]
*[[The Cranberries]]
*[[The Cult]]
*[[The Dillinger Escape Plan]]
*[[The Fratellis]]
*[[The King Blues]]
*[[The Lemonheads]]
*[[The Orb]]
*[[The Pigeon Detectives]]
*[[The Pretty Reckless]]
*[[The Proclaimers]]
*[[The Prodigy]]
*[[The Rifles (band)|The Rifles]]
*[[The Subways]]
*[[The Travelling Band]]
*[[The View (band)| The View]]
*[[The Virginmarys]]
*[[thenewno2]]
*[[Trivium (band)| Trivium]]
*[[Turin Brakes]]
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===Past artists===
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*[[Ac Acoustics]]
*[[Alex Chilton]]
*[[ Andy White (singer-songwriter)|Andy White]]
*[[Ani DiFranco]]
*[[Audio Bullys]]
*[[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]]
*[[Boiled in Lead]]
*[[Bob Mould]]
*[[Bruce Cockburn]]
*[[Cerebral Ballzy]]
*[[Chris Hillman]]
*[[Chuck Prophet]]
*[[Clannad]]
*[[Clem Snide]]
*[[Clive Gregson]]&[[Christine Collister]]
*[[Cowboy Junkies]]
*[[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas]]
*[[Davy Spillane]]
*[[Dawn Landes]]
*[[Dropkick Murphys]]
*[[Flaco Jiménez]]
*[[Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly]]
*[[Grant Lee Phillips]]
*[[Great Big Sea]]
*[[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]
*[[Idlewild (band)|Idlewild]]
*[[Janis Ian]]
*[[The Jolly Boys]]
*[[Killing Joke]]
*[[Loudbomb]]
*[[Luka Bloom]]
*[[Nitin Sawhney]]
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*[[The Mekons]]
*[[Michael Messer]]<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-messer-mn0000462103/biography |title=Michael Messer | Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2016-03-03}}</ref>
*[[Michael Nesmith]]
*[[Michelle Shocked]]
*[[Prolapse (band)|Prolapse]]
*[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
*[[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]]
*[[Roll Deep]]
*[[Rory McLeod (singer-songwriter)|Rory McLeod]]
*[[Ryan Adams]]
*[[Stephen Duffy]]
*[[Sweet Honey in the Rock]]
*[[The Blackout (band)|The Blackout]]
*[[The Charlatans (UK band)|The Charlatans]]
*[[The Church (band)|The Church]]
*The D.O.T.
*[[Dave Graney|The Dave Graney Show]]
*[[The Enemy (UK Band)|The Enemy]]
*[[The Lilac Time]]
*[[The Nightingales]]
*[[The Undertones]]
*[[The Wannadies]]
*[[They Might Be Giants]]
*[[Tom Robinson]]
*[[Turbonegro]]
*[[T.V. Smith]]
*[[Underworld (band)|Underworld]]
*[[Velvet Crush]]
*[[Violent Femmes]]
*[[Weddings Parties Anything]]
*[[XTC]]
*[[Ziggy Marley]]
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==See also==
* [[List of record labels]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cookingvinyl.com Cooking Vinyl Website]
* [http://cookingvinylmusic.com Cooking Vinyl Publishing]
* [http://www.cookingvinylaustralia.com Cooking Vinyl Australia]

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