Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records Ltd
Chrysalis Records Ltd
Founded	1968
Founder	Chris Wright; Terry Ellis
Status	Europe: Independent record company, owned by Reservoir Media Management; Rest of the world: defunct, merged into Universal Music Group
Distributors	U.S. and Canadian catalogues, as well as those of Ramones, Robbie Williams, Billy Idol and Belinda Carlisle: Universal Music Group; Capitol Records; Geffen Records (Ramones; US and Canada only); Island Records (Robbie Williams); Virgin Records (Belinda Carlisle); Most non-North American catalogues, plus the rights to artists not originally signed to Chrysalis: Blue Raincoat Music/Reservoir Media Management; Reservoir Media Management; Catalogues of Spandau Ballet, Jethro Tull, Ramones and the Proclaimers: Warner Music Group Parlophone (Europe); Rhino Entertainment (Rest of the world, except Ramones);
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Official website	blueraincoatmusic.com/chrysalisrecords

Chrysalis Records (/ˈkrɪsəlɪs/) is a British independent record label that was founded in 1968. The name is both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders' names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis. It started as the Ellis-Wright Agency.