Alert Records

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Alert Music
Founded1984 (1984)
FounderW. Tom Berry
Genre Indie
Country of origin Canada
Location Toronto, Ontario
Official website www.alertmusic.com

Alert Music was a recording, publishing, producing, and artist management company founded in 1984 by W. Tom Berry and Marc Durand, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] It was home to Alert Records, an independent record label. The company has no current roster and has been dormant since 2014.

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References

  1. "Alert Music". University of Toronto Media Commons. Archived from the original on 2015-09-08.