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David Gresham Records

Long-running South African independent record, distribution and publishing company in Johannesburg.

Based in
Johannesburg, South Africa
Founder
David Gresham

David Gresham Records is a South African independent record company and distribution house with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town, founded by the broadcaster and entrepreneur David Gresham. It has operated for more than four decades.

Alongside its label activity it provides distribution, marketing, radio and television promotion, publicity and digital strategy to artists and labels, and runs a music publishing arm. It sits within the wider Gresham Music Group.

It matters as one of the longest-running independent music businesses in South Africa, and one of the few still combining a label, a publisher and a distribution service under one owner.

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