About
[b]Bizarre Records[/b] was founded by Frank Zappa and his manager, Herb Cohen, in 1968 as a recordings extension of their company Bizarre Productions after MGM Records passed up a contract option with the duo. The [b]Bizarre Records[/b] label was created as an outlet for Frank Zappa's own productions and for artists discovered by Zappa who's performances were a little more 'bizarre' than the 'straight' acts recorded on the company's sister label Straight, created in the spring of 1969. Both labels were distributed by Warner Reprise*. Whilst the latter Straight label had its own catalog ID the [b]Bizarre Records[/b] releases are normally identified by the [b]Bizarre[/b] logo on the cover art and (usually) a Reprise label & catalog ID from their 2000 & 6000 series. *Initially [b]Bizarre Records[/b] was distributed by Verve and marketed in the UK by Polydor until Zappa contracted to Warners. Some Bizarre issues were linked to the Warner 7 Arts/Reprise distribution, with the 7 Arts/Reprise roundel logo. It should be noted that many Zappa sleeves are often 'legacy artworks' post 1971, bearing the old '7Arts/R' roundel & the 'Bizarre' egg-timer logo. [b]In such cases the Reprise Label or Warner Bros. Label etc., on disc/s should take precedence in cat# order display.[/b] In the UK the label's releases were distributed by Pye, then Warner Bros. using the "K" catalog prefix in 1971. (By which time Bizarre had ceased). The company logo was designed [a574497]; it shows the line drawing of an old medical pump. The label was later revived by [a673064] and [a468302] as [l93001] with similar logo.