Probe Records
Encyclopedia
Probe Records was a sub-label
of ABC-Paramount Records. It was started in 1968
as their label for psychedelic rock
and progressive rock
.
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
of ABC-Paramount Records. It was started in 1968
1968 in music
-Events:*January 4 – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding.*January 6 – Gibson Guitar Corporation patents its Gibson Flying V electric guitar design....
as their label for psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
and progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
.
Releases
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] (Chart)- CPLP 4500 - The Soft MachineThe Soft Machine (album)The Soft Machine, as reissue also titled "Volume One", is the debut album by the British psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene....
- The Soft MachineSoft MachineSoft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre...
[1968] (12-68, #160) - CPLP 4501 - The Mystic Number National Bank - The Mystic Number National Bank [1969]
- CPLP 4502 - The Love Songs Of A. Wilbur Meshel - Billy Meshel [1969]
- CPLP 4503 - Guy and David - Guy & David [1969]
- CPLP 4504 - Emerge - The LitterThe LitterThe Litter was an American psychedelic and garage rock band, formed in 1966 in Minneapolis. They are best remembered for their 1967 debut single "Action Woman." The group recorded an album in 1972 but would re-unite in 1990, 1992, and again in 1998, when they recorded a new studio album consisting...
[1969] (8-69, #175) - CPLP 4505 - Volume Two - The Soft Machine [1969]
- CPLP 4506 - Over the Hills/Bastich - Saint Steven [1969]
- CPLP 4507 - Morgen - Morgen [1969]
- CPLP 4508 - Reincarnation - Fat City [1969]
- CPLP 4509 - Rock Slides - Scott Bradford [1969]
- CPLP 4510 - Zephyr - ZephyrZephyr (band)Zephyr was a blues-based hard rock band formed in 1969 in Boulder, Colorado by guitarist Tommy Bolin, keyboardist John Faris, David Givens on bass guitar, Robbie Chamberlin on drums and Candy Givens on vocals. Although the charismatic performances by Candy Givens were originally the focal point for...
[1969] (12-69, #48) - CPLP 4511 - From Here To There - Frummox [1969]
- CPLP 4512 - White Hot Soul - Dick Jensen [1969]
- CPLP 4513 - The Seven Deadly Sins - Plus [1969]
- CPLP 4514 - Rare Bird - Rare BirdRare BirdRare Bird was a progressive rock band founded in 1969. They were formed in England, but had more success in other European countries than they did at home. They are mostly remembered for the haunting, organ-based track "Sympathy"...
[1970] (3-70, #117) UK: Charisma CAS 1005 - CPLP 4515 - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each OtherThe Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each OtherThe Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other is the second album by the British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. It was released in 1970. The album was reissued in re-mastered form, with two bonus tracks, in 2005....
- Van der Graaf GeneratorVan der Graaf GeneratorVan der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester. They were the first act signed to Charisma Records. The band achieved considerable success in Italy during the 1970s...
[1970] UK: Charisma CAS 1007 - CPLP 4516 - Classical Heads - Classical Heads [1970]
- CPLP 4517 - I Shall Be Released - Freddie ScottFreddie ScottFreddie Scott was an American soul singer and songwriter. His biggest hits were "Hey, Girl", a top ten US pop hit in 1963, and "Are You Lonely For Me", a no.1 hit on the R&B chart in early 1967.-Life and career:...
[1970]