Refuge Records

Refuge Records
Founded	1980 (1980)
Founder	Greg Nelson, Jack Hafer, Ray Nenow
Genre	Contemporary Christian music
Country of origin	United States

Refuge Records was a contemporary Christian music record label founded in 1980 by Greg Nelson, Jack Hafer and Ray Nenow. ^[1]

One imprint of Refuge was Pure Metal Records, although Star Song Communications bought out that branch in 1990. ^[2] The label had Doug Mann, future founder of R.E.X. Records, as an employee. ^[3]

Artists

• Edin-Ådahl
• Daniel Amos ( Vox Humana in 1984)
• Daniel Band
• Bride
• The Choir (Shades of Grey ep)
• Robin Crow
• Jerusalem (Dancing on the Head of the Serpent in 1988)
• Joe English (Held Accountable in 1982)
• Tommy Funderburk group known as "The Front"
• Larry Howard (Shout and Sanctified Blues.)
• Phil Madeira (Citizen of Heaven in 1986)
• Newsboys (Read All About It in 1988)
• In 3D (No Glasses Needed 1985)

See also

• List of record labels

References

1. Thompson, John J. (2000). Raised by Wolves: The Story of Christian Rock & Roll . Toronto, ON: ECW Press. p.  132. ISBN   978-1-55022-421-4.
2. Van Pelt, Doug (August 1989). "On the Beat / Metal". CCM Magazine . 13 (2): 20. ISSN   1524-7848.
3. Mann, Doug (October 16, 2016). "Doug Mann, founder of R.E.X. Records (Part One)". Interviewed by Trav Turner and Bruce Fitzhugh. As the Story Grows. Retrieved October 24, 2016.