Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silkheart Records

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The result was keep. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:59, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Silkheart Records[edit]

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Non notable record company - fails WP:CORP ONLY claim to any form of notability is one of inheritance through signed bands. Codf1977 (talk) 09:13, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sweden-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:47, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:48, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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WP:JAZZ notified. AllyD (talk) 15:55, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Silkheart Records operates in the rarified space of free jazz and improvised music, where it is a significant influence. See for example their crucial role with Charles Gayle in his biographies at AllAboutJazz and Allmusic. Another online article says "Sweden’s Silkheart Records was partially responsible for the reemergence of Ware (along with other musicians such as Charles Gayle, William Hooker and Other Dimensions in Music) in the late 1980’s." [1] AllyD (talk) 16:08, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unless I am missing something from the AllAboutJazz and Allmusic refs they are just mentions "In the late Eighties Silkheart Records recorded three discs" and "Gayle recorded a series of albums for the Swedish-based Silkheart label" I agree that the www.jazztalent.com ref is more than just a mention, however is is not what one would call significant. So I still don't see how Silkheart Records meets WP:CORP.Codf1977 (talk) 17:00, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, as per AllyD. Furthermore, I am not sure that WP:INHERITED is a fair criterion for any record label article: few, if any, record labels are notable, in and of themselves, minus their artistic rosters (e.g. what makes Atlantic Records notable, their logo?). In 1991, Forced Exposure suggested that Silkheart "could easily be considered for the new ESP-Disk throne." (Source: Johnson, Jimmy (1991). "CHARLES GAYLE QUARTET: Always Born CD; CHARLES GAYLE TRIO: Homeless CD [album reviews]". Forced Exposure (17). Waltham, Massachusetts: Forced Exposure, Inc.: 87. ISSN 0893-5599.). And yes, this was in the context of a Charles Gayle review. But there were other Silkheart artists: e.g. Dennis González‎ recorded at least four albums for the label ("part of a determined effort to wrest creative initiative back from New York and the West Coast," The Penguin Guide to Jazz), and Charles Brackeen (whom González‎ had coaxed out of retirement) recorded three albums for Silkheart. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 17:20, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:CORP is immaterial and I take issue with its repeated dredging up in AfDs on labels. The label satisfies WP:MUSIC's idea of a label with a significant history and roster. It is a culturally significant jazz label. Chubbles (talk) 07:50, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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