Merge Records Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records reaching the top of the "Billboard" music charts. After releasing a number of 7" records and cassettes, the first Merge Records full-length CD release came on April 1, 1992 with MRG020 Superchunk - "", the band's first collection of singles. The label's first album to reach
Tharangini Records Tharangini Records Tharangini Records (currently Tharangni) is the music company founded by noted Indian Playback singer K. J. Yesudas in 1980 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It became the first recording centre in Kerala from where Malayalam film songs on audio cassettes came out. The company opened its functioning in its first studio at Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram as Tharangini Records and also at Ernakulam. The office and studio were moved to Abhiramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu licensed under Dr. K. J. Yesudas Audio and Visual Corporation Ltd. It also started a voice mixing studio in Studio27, Chennai. The company was incorporated in the US