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19-553: May refer to Sanctuary Records Sanctuary Housing Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sanctuary Group . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanctuary_Group&oldid=907440907 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

38-497: A general manager of the company, Taylor becoming Chief Executive and former British Airways chief executive Bob Ayling being installed as the new chairman. On 26 May 2006, Ayling dismissed Taylor, following a review of accounting practices prompted by inquiries from the Financial Reporting Review Panel . The board's publicly stated reason for the dismissal was "that certain of the prior year adjustments made in

57-421: A giant producer. So for all those reasons, and, of course, it sold like twenty million copies worldwide." Kalodner's unique role was underlined by the fact that he is usually credited on albums for simply being himself. The phrase "John Kalodner: John Kalodner" originated with Foreigner's 1978 Double Vision album, when the album's producer, Keith Olsen , was wondering how to credit Kalodner's involvement with

76-512: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sanctuary Records Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and is, as of 2013, a subsidiary of BMG Rights Management solely for reissues. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest music management company in

95-648: The Black Crowes , among others. Kalodner considered that the best example of his contribution to an artist's success was his role in Aerosmith's 1993 Get a Grip album, for the reasons that "... first of all, I made them rerecord the whole record completely. Second of all, I made them write with all these different people. They were very resistant. The record is an interesting eclectic record with, like, five hit singles, very rare in music, and Bruce Fairbairn produced it. And I got Brendan O'Brien to mix it, who became

114-517: The European Commission , UMG was required to sell Sanctuary. It was one of the three units of Universal Music, never fully owned by EMI, that were forced to be sold; other such units were Vivendi Entertainment and V2 Records . BMG Rights Management acquired Sanctuary for over €46 million. In June 2013, BMG agreed to have INgrooves distribute the label's catalogue in North America, while

133-469: The PIAS Group would handle international rights; however, Black Sabbath 's catalogue remained at Universal until March 2014, when BMG took over the band's distribution. In March 2017, BMG transferred the distribution rights of select Sanctuary artists to Warner Music Group 's ADA division. In 2023, BMG signed a new distribution deal with Universal Music Group, Sanctuary's previous owner. Iron Maiden

152-468: The 2005 accounts should have been presented as a correction of fundamental errors and not as changes in accounting policy". Taylor was replaced by Frank Presland , the chief executive of Sanctuary-owned Twenty-First Artists Management . In July 2006, it was reported that MAMA, the management group behind the Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand and headed by Mean Fiddler chief Dean James, had bid for

171-735: The UK. The albums were only available as imports in the US. Rogers' 2003 release "Back to the Well" was released by Sanctuary in the UK. Mayan Records was an imprint of Sanctuary Records, under which Lordi 's UK album The Monster Show was released. 2006 saw Sanctuary's notable twentieth anniversary release of CD86: 48 Tracks from the Birth of Indie Pop , a reissue of the pivotal UK independent compilation C86 . The company incurred significant losses in its 2004 and 2005 fiscal years. Sanctuary's losses in 2005 increased to £142.6m from £26.7m in 2004. In October 2005,

190-431: The band and the album. In keeping with the double vision theme, Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones came up with idea of doubling Kalodner's name. Kalodner retired from the music business in 2006. Until late 2005, he had been the senior vice-president of A&R at Sanctuary Records Group . He subsequently sold most of his industry awards and RIAA record plaques to Scott Roderick President of Rock-N-Roll Warehouse, donating

209-455: The company announced that one quarter of its staff, representing 175 positions, would be eliminated. One such layoff was John Kalodner , senior vice-president of A&R , with over thirty years of industry experience. The company partly blamed the loss increase on record release delays, while announcing, in early 2006, a £110m rescue deal. These events, plus pressure from the UK financial and business leaders led to Smallwood becoming merely

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228-559: The company diversified. Amongst the new media interests included a joint venture with screenwriter and producer, Raymond Thompson, which evolved into the Cloud9 Screen Entertainment Group. Iron Maiden's catalogue was re-issued by Sanctuary in conjunction with Columbia/SME Records in the US in 2002. Kenny Rogers ' 1980s catalogue (originally released on RCA Records ) was re-issued by Sanctuary's Castle Music label in conjunction with Kenny Rogers' Dreamcatcher Records in

247-522: The group. This proved unsuccessful, further depressing the share value of the company. In late 2006, Rod Smallwood left the company, taking with him Iron Maiden's management interests. In April 2007, Billboard reported that Sanctuary Records would cease to exist as a new release label in the US that summer, though catalogue, licensing, and new media operations would continue. On 15 June 2007 Universal Music Group announced it had reached an agreement to buy Sanctuary Records for £44.5 million. The agreement

266-636: The record industry and was first noticed and hired as a publicist in 1974 by Atlantic Records executive Earl McGrath. His initial role at Atlantic was as a writer and photographer, while he continued to review concerts on the weekend for the Inquirer , commuting from New York. Kalodner was headhunted as the first A&R executive for David Geffen 's new label Geffen Records in 1980, where he worked with Asia , White Zombie , Madness , XTC , Whitesnake , Wang Chung , Nelson and Aerosmith . He brought Jimmy Page and Sammy Hagar success as solo artists, and

285-421: The world. It was also the world's largest independent owner of music intellectual property rights , with over 160,000 songs. The company was formed in 1979 by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor , who met as undergraduates at Trinity College, Cambridge . In 1979, they discovered Iron Maiden in a London pub and went on to manage the group. They named the record company after the band's song " Sanctuary ," which

304-774: Was completed in October 2007. By December 2007, it appeared that the Sanctuary name had begun to be phased out, with both Morrissey and Robert Plant being transferred to the Universal-owned Decca Music Group and Iron Maiden to Universal Music Enterprises (with distribution by Sony Music Entertainment, a successor to Sanctuary and Columbia's distribution partnership for the band's releases) for future releases. On 21 September 2012, regulators approved Universal Music Group 's planned acquisition of EMI from Citibank for £1.2 billion. However, due to conditions imposed by

323-517: Was one of the last artists signed to Sanctuary, which released their album, The Book of Souls in North America, on 4 September 2015. John Kalodner John David Kalodner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , and was a writer and photographer at Concert magazine. He went on to be a photographer for various record labels by 1972, as well as being a freelance music writer and photographer for The Philadelphia Inquirer . He wanted to be in

342-478: Was released as a single in 1980, and later included on American pressings as well as the reissued CD version of their 1980 eponymous debut album . Sanctuary Records has historically signed artists with long-term appeal that have had a long career and steady fan base. Between 1989 and 1991, Sanctuary was co-owned by the Zomba Group , whose music publishing arm still held the music of Iron Maiden in 2001. In 1994,

361-447: Was responsible for the musical collaboration Coverdale•Page and the formation of supergroup Damn Yankees . Kalodner also placed songs on soundtracks of such films as Top Gun and Footloose . Kalodner followed Aerosmith to Columbia in the 1990s, where he also worked with Cher , Santana , Journey , Manowar , Chicago , Heart , Iron Maiden , Joe Satriani , Steve Vai , Ted Nugent , REO Speedwagon , Mars Electric , and

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