Peak Records

Peak Records is a record label that was co-founded by The Rippingtons leader and guitarist Russ Freeman & Andi Howard in 1994. The early years, Peak founded as a production for Russ' group The Rippingtons in GRP Records. Now, Peak is a part of Concord Records. Peak's first recording was "Time Slipping By" from Mark Williamson in 1994, and "Sahara" by Russ Freeman and the Rippingtons. During the late 1990s, Peak became a fully self-sufficient independent label under Windham Hill/RCA, and the Rippingtons' released "Black Diamond" to commemorate the then 10-year anniversary of the group. When the label became part of Concord Records, Peak signed saxophonists Paul Taylor and Eric Marienthal, and the song-stylist Regina Belle to the label as...