Track Records is an English record label founded in London in 1966 by Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, then managers of hard rock band The Who. The most successful artists whose work appeared on the Track label were The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Thunderclap Newman and Golden Earring. In its early years Track was one of the hippest and most successful record companies in the UK. The label ceased operations in 1978 but a new incarnation of the company was revived in 1999.
Read more about Track Records: Background, History: 1966-1969, 1970-1978, 1999-present, List of Track Records Artists 1967-1978
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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