Liberation Records

Liberation Records was an independent label created by [a=Michael Gudinski] and [a=Glenn Wheatley] which operated between 1981 and the late nineties.
It was initially distributed by [l=EMI] in Australia and in New Zealand, and for a brief period (c1987-90) by [l=CBS Records Australia].
From May 1990, Liberation Records product was transferred to Festival distribution (oftentimes with a sticker over the barcode indicating a new catalogue number) and in the late 90s by when it was absorbed as the foreign licensing division of [l=Mushroom] in Australia and BMG in NZ.

Please note that any releases on the Liberation Music label, which is a separate label owned by and , set up in 1999, should go on the [l=Liberation Music] page.