Andy Taylor (music entrepreneur)
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Andy Taylor, co-manager of the British
band Iron Maiden
and co-founder in 1976 of Sanctuary Records
, which described itself, as of January 2007, as the UK's largest independent record company, one of the world's leading developers of music intellectual property
rights (IPR) and the world's largest independent owner of music IPR. The company was named after the Iron Maiden song of the same name. His business partner is Rod Smallwood
, who he met when students at Trinity College, Cambridge
.
United Kingdom
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band Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
and co-founder in 1976 of Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world...
, which described itself, as of January 2007, as the UK's largest independent record company, one of the world's leading developers of music intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
rights (IPR) and the world's largest independent owner of music IPR. The company was named after the Iron Maiden song of the same name. His business partner is Rod Smallwood
Rod Smallwood
Rod Smallwood, co-manager of the British band Iron Maiden and co-founder in 1976 of then Smallwood-Taylor Enterprises, today Sanctuary Group which is the world's largest music management company. The company was named after the Maiden song by the same name...
, who he met when students at Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
.
External links
- Official Sanctuary Management website
- "My Time at Cambridge", interview and profile of Andy Taylor, Cambridge Alumni Magazine, 2005