Cooking Vinyl is a UK based independent record company, founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partner Pete Lawrence. Goldschmidt remains the current owner and managing director. The company is based in Acton, London. Established in 1986, Cooking Vinyl has developed a reputation as one of EuropeÍs most innovative independent labels, inspiring an enviable loyalty among its artist roster in the process. Key to the companyÍs longevity is its emphasis on artist-driven deals with its pioneering introduction of bespoke services-only contracts that claim no stake in artistsÍ copyrights. As for recent years, 2015 and 2016 were remarkable for the label, described by Uncut magazine ña template for modern independent record companiesî. After topping the charts in 2015 with The ProdigyÍs ñThe Day is My Enemyî, this feat was repeated in 2016 with the global success of PassengerÍs ñYoung as the Morning Old as the Seaî. Both records qualified for a silver disc in the UK. This same year, Richard Ashcroft reached the UK top 3 with ñThese Peopleî, his first album in six years. The Fratellis, The View, Reverend & The Makers, Turin Brakes, The Cult, Billy Bragg & Joe Henry, Feeder, Area 11, The Rifles and Seth Lakeman also reached the UK top 40, thus fulfilling the entry criteria for the BRIT Awards 2017 ñAlbum of the Yearî category. In these years, Cooking Vinyl Australia notched up a number 1 album with Parkway Drive, and top 5 entries with City and Colour and Kate Miller-Heidke. Together with a highly creditable #31 in the Billboard 200 in 2016 with the latest album by The Dillinger Escape Plan for the newly established Cooking Vinyl America branch in New York, it all adds up to a true champagne years for the West London indie. Cooking Vinyl Records is a member of the CV Group, which also includes, CV America, CV Australia and CV Publishing.