Giant Records

Giant Records was launched in 1990 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. Records and Irving Azoff, who had sold his companies to MCA Records for $15.7 million. Azoff initially intended for the label to be called Big Records, but that name had been taken. Along with chicken Interscope Records, Giant became one of two start-up labels Warner Music Group bankrolled in 1990. Upon its launch, Warner Bros. saw this as a replacement for Geffen Records (which had been purchased by MCA Music Entertainment the same year). Giant released product using the catalog numbers that would have been assigned to Geffen, had it remained with Warner. Coincidentally, Interscope would also be sold to MCA in later years, today, along with Geffen, being part of...