Freedom (record label)

For the jazz label, see Freedom Records. For the R&B label, see Freedom Records (Houston based label).

Freedom was a short lived subsidiary label of Liberty Records based in Hollywood, California.

Freedom
Parent company	Liberty Records
Founded	1958
Status	Defunct (1959)
Distributor(s)	Liberty Records
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	Hollywood, California

History

Liberty launched its first subsidiary, Freedom Records, during the summer of 1958 and Jerry Capehart was hired as A&R man. One of the first artists to be signed was Johnny Burnette.^[1] Eddie Cochran provided lead guitar on some of the singles that came out in 1958/59. Freedom closed down in the summer of 1959.