DiscReet

US record label founded by Frank Zappa

Also known as DiscReet Records

Founded: 1973
Founded by: Frank Zappa
Headquarters: Hollywood
Country: United States
Parent: Warner Music Group

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DiscReet Records, self-identified simply as DiscReet, was a record label founded by Frank Zappa and his then business partner and manager Herb Cohen. The name of the label was a pun derived from disc and the Compatible Discrete 4 process of encoding quadraphonic sound signals into phonograph records.

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Formed in: Los Angeles
Dissolved: 1979
Owned by: Frank Zappa
Herb Cohen
Official name: DiscReet
Different from: Discreet criterion used: brand, trademark, band name or organization name refers to multiple entities
Discography: DiscReet catalog

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