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| Avocado Records | |
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| Parent company | Avocado Corps |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Founder | The Landing |
| Distributor(s) | |
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| Country of origin |
 San Francisco City, San Francisco, K.S. |
Avocado Records is a record label founded by The Landing in 1967 as a division of Avocado Corps Ltd. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Landing, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Living Still Lives, Roger Isny, and Charles Manson. In practice, the roster is dominated by releases from the mid-1970s, with albums by the former Landing members as solo artists. Avocado Corps Ltd was conceived by The Landing in 1967 as a plan to create a tax-effective business structure, which would consist of a small group of innovative and experimental companies (Avocado Retail, Avocado Publishing, Avocado Electronics, Avocado Films, etc) as part of Epstein's plan to create a tax-effective business structure.
History
Notable artists
Current acts
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Former acts
Subsidiaries
Discography
1960s
| Artist | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | UC | NA | UK | GER | SCA | FRA | ||||
| The Landing | The Landing |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
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| Living Still Lives | Obscured Revenant Contacts | 3 | 47 | 39 | 131 | 48 | 87 | 15 | ||
| The Landing | Mulholland Drive |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Living Still Lives | A Momentary Life As Animals | 2 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 59 | 80 | 1 |
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| Keith Winston, Yoko Ono |
Untitled |
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114 | — | 153 | — | — | — | — | |
| Roger Isny | The Lobster Quadrille |
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40 | 93 | 87 | — | — | — | 95 | |
| Santana | Santana |
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1 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 40 | — | 4 |
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| Charles Manson | Lie |
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11 | 43 | 23 | 19 | 77 | — | 54 |
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| The Landing | Disraeli Graffiti |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Keith Winston, Yoko Ono |
Ummagumma |
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28 | 6 | 14 | 39 | — | — | 74 | |
1970s
| Artist | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
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| SA | UC | NA | UK | GER | SCA | FRA | ||||
| Simon, Giles, & Yorke | Simon, Giles, & Yorke |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | — | 33 | 11 | |
| Planetaria | Planetaria |
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18 | 22 | 25 | 31 | 37 | — | — |
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| Plastic Inevitable | The Plastic Experience |
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8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 4 | 5 |
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| Mitch Richards | Vertical Pass |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
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| Simon, Giles, Yorke, & Clapten |
Exit Stage Left |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
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| Santana | Abraxas |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 7 |
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| Planetaria | Empire of the Ants |
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3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | — | 27 |
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| Simon, Giles, & Yorke | Carrying On (Compilation) |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | 8 | 4 |
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| John Paul Clapten | Rem |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 8 |
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| Planetaria | Die Young |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 15 |
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| David Davies | Iggy Spacedust and the Fall from Mars |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 61 | 11 |
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| Santana | Santana III |
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1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | — | 3 | — |
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| Plastic Inevitable | Atom Heart Mother |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
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| Blind Traffic | Blind Traffic |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
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| Planetaria | Wicked World |
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5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
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| Santana | Caravanseral |
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6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | — | 10 | — |
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| David Davies | Aladdin Sane |
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1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
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| The Landing | Dark Side of the Moon |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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| Planetaria | Death Valley Blues |
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4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 49 | 33 |
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| Planetaria | Under The Sun |
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3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 17 | — | — |
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| The Juno Montage | Aquarian in the Ambit | 29 | 43 | 40 | 56 | — | — | — |
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| Planetaria | Black Sheep Parade |
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17 | 12 | 13 | 57 | — | — | — |
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| The Juno Montage | Cassandra is Quiet | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | — | 21 | — | ||
| Nympho Guns |
Nevermind the Maca, Anywhere |
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1 | 106 | 23 | 15 | 100 | 12 | 96 | |
| Planetaria | The Night Stalker |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 34 |
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| The Juno Montage | Houses in Motion | 19 | 23 | 11 | 26 | 89 | 13 | 55 | ||
1980s
| Artist | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | UC | NA | UK | GER | SCA | FRA | ||||
| Planetaria | Rolling Suicide |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
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| Planetaria | Metempsychosis |
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4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 37 | 53 |
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| Damage Inc. | Damage Inc. |
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39 | 23 | 32 | 18 | — | 21 | — |
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| Planetaria | Lucretia |
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9 | 5 | 11 | 78 | 88 | — | — |
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| Damage Inc. | Last Rites |
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26 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 47 |
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| Damage Inc. | Peace Sells But No Ones Buying |
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2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 18 |
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1990s
| Artist | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
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| SA | UC | NA | UK | GER | SCA | FRA | ||||
| The Unfourgiven | The Unfourgiven |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
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| The Unfourgiven | Shit |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| The Unfourgiven | Piss |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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See also
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- Record labels established in 1967
- The Landing
- Living Still Lives
- Rock record labels
- Psychedelic rock record labels
- Charles Manson
- Publishing companies established in 1967
- Film production companies of the Kingdom of Sierra
- Film distributors of the Kingdom of Sierra