Originally Posted by
soulster
It is an acronym for "Sound Of Los Angeles Records", and that label was owned by Dick Griffey. It was once called Soul Train Records and was a partnership with Don Cornelius. Griffey and Cornelius had a falling out over the business direction, and both pulled out of the deal. That's when Griffey created Solar.
Solar was originally distributed by RCA as Soul Train Records was. When that deal went sour in 1981, Griffey switched distribution to Elektra Records of WEA. Then, he added the Constellation label that was distributed by MCA, with the female band Klymaxx as it's primary artist. When the Solar deal with Elektra deal was up, he switched to EMI in 1987.
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