Riva Records Ltd.
Настоящее имя: Riva Records Ltd.
Riva Records Ltd was a UK record company originally founded in 1975 as Tartan Records Ltd. by Billy Gaff, manager of Rod Stewart. Formerly a subsidiary of WEA Records Ltd.
Rod Stewart signed to the Riva label in the UK, but stayed with Warner Bros. Records in the US. Another well known artist on the label was John Cougar Mellencamp, distributed by PolyGram in the USA, and WEA in most other countries. After Stewart and Mellencamp left the label, it stopped operating.
The label also released the soundtrack for the 1981 film "Private Lessons" which was distributed by MCA Records in the USA and Canada.
Rod Stewart left in 1982 (last issue "How Long"), whereas Mellencamp stayed a little later.
Full legal entity name: Riva Records Limited
UK Company number: 01211832
Incorporated: 9 May 1975 as 'Tartan Records Limited'
Dissolved: 5 April 1994
(obsolete):
2 New Kings Rd
London SW6
England