17 Facts About Cleopatra Records

Cleopatra Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California.

Cleopatra Records has been primarily known for ushering in the second wave of gothic and industrial music with an eclectic roster of artists, including Christian Death, Nosferatu, Rosetta Stone, Switchblade Symphony, Leæther Strip, Birmingham 6, The Electric Hellfire Club, Razed in Black, X Marks the Pedwalk, Spahn Ranch, Genitorturers, Download, Pagandom and others, as well as new wave artists Gary Numan, Missing Persons, Information Society and others.

Cleopatra Records has been a vital force in promoting underground and British punk rock bands such as The Vibrators, UK Subs, and The Damned, as well as dozens of lesser known bands that had never before been released in the US market.

Partnering with European labels such as Lifted Music and Hard Records, Cleopatra established the Hypnotic imprint for a series of electronic music compilations as well as full-length albums by The Future Sound of London, Paul Oakenfold, Superstar DJ Keoki, and Talla 2XLC as well as the first ever feature-length documentary on rave culture: Better Living Through Circuitry.

Judy Collins released a duets album in 2015 via Cleopatra Records called Strangers Again featuring Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Jeff Bridges, Glen Hansard, Jimmy Buffett, Michael McDonald, and Don McLean as well as 2016's Silver Skies Blue album, which earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album, plus 2017's critically acclaimed Everybody Knows album with Stephen Stills.

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Cleopatra Records established a blues imprint, Cleopatra Blues, that produced releases by Junior Wells, Kenny Neal, Arthur Adams, Big Jay McNeely, Popa Chubby, Eric Gales, Leo Welch and others.

Cleopatra Records remains a strong champion of avant garde, underground music such as psychedelic groove band Brainticket who re-released their catalog through Cleopatra Records, and was even brought over for their first US tour in 2011.

Cleopatra Records released the final album by original Hawkwind guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton, a 2-CD collection of rare tracks and new recordings, before his passing in late 2012.

Turner's newest solo efforts, the most critically acclaimed of his career, were released through Cleopatra Records including 2013's Space Gypsy and 2015's Space Fusion Odyssey.

Cleopatra Records's take on “One Night” — Presley's foot-stomping rockabilly barnburner, which made it up to Number Four in 1957 — retains all the lustful passion of the original with gently buzzing guitar and as much glorious slap-back reverb as Danzig could find.

In 2012, Cleopatra Records acquired the entire catalog of releases by New Red Archives, formerly owned by Nicky Garratt of UK Subs.

Meanwhile, Cleopatra Records has continued to work with established artists such as Missing Persons' Dale Bozzio, Thor, The Oak Ridge Boys, Shuggie Otis, and Popa Chubby and Eric Gales.

When Los Angeles-based independent record label Cleopatra Records, Inc began attracting talent from modern blues artists and purchased the estate of Junior Wells, the company decided to create a label dedicated to the genre.

Cleopatra Records Blues was established in 2015, using a logo based on a well-known photo of Junior Wells smoking a cigarette.

Cleopatra Records has focused primarily on the home video market through partnerships with NY-based film distributor The Orchard as well as AMPED Music Distribution, and MVD Entertainment Group.

In 2016, Cleopatra Records Entertainment released its second music documentary to the home video market, this one about UK punk band The Damned, called Don't You Wish That We Were Dead, which premiered a year earlier at the SXSW Film Festival.

Also in October 2016, Cleopatra Records brought the twisted romantic comedy StalkHer starring Australia's John Jarratt and Kaarin Fairfax, to US audiences.