Caroline Records

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Caroline Records
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	1973
Founder	Richard Branson
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Virgin Music, Virgin France, Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United Kingdom, United States
Location	New York City, U.S.

Caroline Records is a record label originally founded in 1973. Initially founded in the United Kingdom to showcase British progressive rock groups, the label ceased releasing titles in 1976, and then re-emerged in the United States in 1986. The label released the work of American punk rock, thrash metal and new wave music bands.^[1] Caroline had a number of subsidiary labels, including Astralwerks, Gyroscope, Caroline Blue Plate, Beat the World, Scamp and Passenger. In 2013, the brand was relaunched by Universal Music via the Capitol Music Group.^[2]