what acts were on the label and did they get bought out by a bigger record company?

I remember The SOS Band, Alexander O'Neal and Cherelle being on the Tabu label.

Tabu Records @ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...bu_Records

thanks!

Those were the only three on the label right. SOLAR jr, LOL.

Same thing that happened to all the other little fish. A big ass shark came and gobbled it up.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

More like the other way around lol :

II Close
African Unity
Anacostia
Art Wilson
Brainstorm
Demetrius Perry
Deshay
Detroyt
Dezi Phillips
Femi Kuti
General Caine
Identity Crisis
James Robinson
Jamie J. Morgan
Kathy Mathis
Kid Flash
Larry Springfield
Late Nite Magic
Lucky Dube
Mark Anthony
Mary Davis
Lalo Schifrin
Lamont Johnson
Michael Boothman
Rhonda Clark
R.O.A.R.
Wailers Band
Woods Empire

http://www.discogs.com/la...bu+Records

There were more artists signed to the CBS-sublabel

I remember they split from CBS in the early 90s (around 92 or 93). They went on to be distributed by Polygram (which is now Universal). I don't think much music was released under the 90s deal with A & M/Polygram. All I can recall was Alexander O'Neal's "Love Makes No Sense" and an album by Cherrelle. They then issued a few Greatest Hits packages for Alex and Cherrelle.

In more recent years, they were distributed by EMI/CEMA as a catalog label (like they did with SOLAR), but there were only a few reissued cds that I remember. Brainstorm, Alexaner O'neal's first 3 albums (Self Titled, Hearsay and his Christmas album), Cherrelle's first 2 albums and the first 2 albums from the SOS Band.

I haven't seen or heard from TABU records since around 02 or 03.

I found this site that gives a little background:
http://www.onamrecords.co...cords.html