Sanctuary

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Sanctuary Records was founded in 1976 by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor in London. In 1979, they discovered Iron Maiden, and subsequently renamed the company to “Sanctuary”, after the Iron Maiden song of the same name (

Sanctuary).

In 2005, the company went through severe financial difficulties, resulting in rearrangement at the top level, and the sacking of Andy Taylor after inaccuracies in that year’s accounting.

In 2006, Smallwood left the company to pursue management only of Iron Maiden.

Sanctuary is known to favour “heritage” acts over others; bands with long-term appeal, and a large following.

Are being purchased by Universal.

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1	Black Sabbath – Paranoid full track	11,631
2	Gary Jules – Mad World	8,368
3	The Moldy Peaches – Anyone Else But You	5,449
4	Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark full track	5,436
5	The Kinks – A Well Respected Man	5,383
6	The Kinks – You Really Got Me full track	5,173
7	Black Sabbath – War Pigs	5,000
8	Tegan and Sara – Walking With a Ghost full track	4,988
9	The Kinks – Lola	4,180
10	The Libertines – Can't Stand Me Now	3,628

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Kosterlijk wrote:
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[deleted-user] wrote:
June 2008

HI, LISTEN OUR MUSIC AND TELL US WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT. FREE DOWNLOAD SONGS http://www.lastfm.es/music/rebery
[deleted-user] wrote:
May 2008

this label is not so crappy as Roadrunner!
nikebordom wrote:
April 2008

can someone tell me on which record tardis - dr. who is? preferably one that is still available.

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coobymx wrote:
April 2008

They should upload some Dolores O'Riordan stuff...

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green_miles wrote:
October 2007

Listen GREEN MILES band. You'll like it! http://www.lastfm.ru/user/green_miles/

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DrFleming wrote:
October 2007

Why the fuck are label pages for both Sanctuary and Sanctuary Records?

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4x4Grimreaper wrote:
May 2007

:O Tegan and Sara is above Motorhead in weekly charts! Blasphemy!

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