Melodian

Melodian Records was an Australian independent record label founded in 1988 by record producer and music journalist Ian Meldrum with Michael Gudinski and Amanda Pelham. The name Melodian is a combination of 'melody' and Meldrum and Ian.[1]

Melodian Records
Founded1988
FounderIan Meldrum, Michael Gudinski and Amanda Pelham
Genre
Country of originAustralia
LocationMelbourne

Background

In July 1987, Australian music television show Countdown ended. Meldrum had hosted the show since its induction in 1974. Meldrum wanted to start a record label as he felt "so many young pop acts weren't getting a go". The first two signings were Indecent Obsession (a pop band from the Gold Coast) and Roxus (a rock band from Melbourne).[2]

The first album released on the label was Indecent Obsession's Spoken Words in November 1989. It peaked in Australia at number 28.[3]

Former artists
gollark: You can't reasonably cater to every individual separately, because mass production is more efficient.
gollark: But what the people want is *to some extent* what gets produced, because if you don't produce things people want they won't buy it.
gollark: And the money can act as a decent signalling mechanism that you actually want something, like on Kickstarter and whatnot.
gollark: And anything which people (with money, but that's lots of them) *want* can generate money.
gollark: I think they're attempting to introduce lower-priced options because of the general decline of the phone market.

See also
  • List of record labels

References
  1. Meldrum, Ian and Jenkins, Ian (2015). Ian Molly Meldrum:The Never, Um, Ending Story Stories (2ns ed.). Allen & Unwin. pp. 395–396. ISBN 9781760291372.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Meldrum, Ian and Jenkins, Ian (2016). Ah Well, Nobody's Perfect: The Untold Stories (1st ed.). Allen & Unwin. p. 306. ISBN 9781760294427.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "INDECENT OBSESSION - SPOKEN WORDS (ALBUM)". Australian Charts. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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