Strange Fruit Records

Strange Fruit Records is an independent record label in the United Kingdom. It is a division of Pinnacle Entertainment.

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Independent record label - United Kingdom - Pinnacle Entertainment

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The label, established by John Peel in the 1990s, is the primary distributor of BBC concert recordings, including Peel Sessions albums.

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John Peel - 1990s - BBC

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Strange Fruit also licenses albums released on other labels, such as Latent Records in Canada, for release in the UK, and re-releases older out-of-print albums by British classic rock artists such as Small Faces, Mott the Hoople, Humble Pie and Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

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Latent Records - Canada - Classic rock - Small Faces - Mott the Hoople - Humble Pie - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

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It is possible that the name came from the eponymous song by Billie Holiday, itself a reference to racially motivated lynchings.

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