Geffen Records

Geffen on vinyl: rock, hip hop and R&B from Los Angeles

In short: David Geffen had already founded Asylum when he started Geffen Records in 1980 – with John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Double Fantasy” as its first big record. In the eighties and nineties Geffen became the home of Guns N’ Roses and Beck; Nirvana came via the sublabel DGC. The Vinyl Room currently has 31 Geffen records.

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Geffen first pressings

Rock & alternative

Soul & R&B

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What makes Geffen special?

Geffen covered a lot of ground: we have Beck with the singles “Devils Haircut” and “Sissyneck”, Guns N’ Roses with “Use Your Illusion I”, Asia with “Alpha” and Debbie Harry’s “Rockbird”. Hip hop comes from GZA with “Liquid Swords” (1995) and DJ Shadow.

Soul and R&B range from Jennifer Holliday’s “Feel My Soul” (1983) to Mary J. Blige’s “Love & Life”, Keyshia Cole and Nelly Furtado’s “Loose”. Plus film music like Danny Elfman’s “Beetlejuice”. In 1990 David Geffen sold his label to MCA; today it belongs to Universal Music.

FAQ

Who founded Geffen Records? David Geffen, in Los Angeles in 1980 – he had already founded Asylum Records before.

What is DGC? The sublabel David Geffen Company, known above all for Nirvana.

What does Geffen have to do with MCA? MCA bought Geffen in 1990; in 2003 MCA Records was merged into Geffen.

What do you have on Geffen? Rock, hip hop, soul and R&B from the eighties to today – 31 records in all.