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
Phonag Records album and singles releases, the company is into publishing through Globi Verlag. It also marketed electronic Atari game consoles including Pac-man etc., a series of Arkade compilations and later on VHS video cassettes. According to IFPI Switzerland, it had also nearly two-thirds of the digital sales and downloads in Switzerland. Phonag Records Phonag Records is a major record label in Switzerland based in Glattbrugg, Switzerland. It was founded in 1960 as Phonag Schallplatten AG later renamed Records AG. In 2007, Phonag Records AG was taken over by TBA AG with Phonag remaining an independent marketing and rep company under this