Vermillion Records

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Vermillion Records is the private music label of Tak Matsumoto and Koshi Inaba that is responsible for releasing and marketing all B'z releases. It is a subsidiary of Being GIZA and is headed by Vermillion, Inc., a company established to manage the assets of the label. In addition to publishing all B'z works, the label also handles all respective solo works.

History of B'z labels

B'z began their career with a subsidiary of BMG Japan known as BMG Victor.

Label Sub-label From First Release
BMG Victor AIR September 1988 B'z
BMG Rooms ZEZ August 1992 ZERO
BMG Rooms Vermillion May 1995 Negai
Rooms Records Vermillion September 1995 LOVE PHANTOM
Vermillion Records ——— June 2002 Atsuki Kodou no Hate

Transition from BMG to Being

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Publishing and distribution

The band's works were originally published by BMG Victor. Publishing duties for the band's works were later handed over to J-DISC, who now operate as J-DISC Being, beginning with the November 1996 release of the mini-album FRIENDS II.

Sub-labels

In 2004, Tak launched a sub-label by the name of House Of Strings that was to primarily publish guitar and strings-based music. The label has been responsible for Tak's solo releases beginning with House Of Strings.