Sparrow Records

US label founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn In 1985, The Sparrow Corporation signed a distribution and promotion deal with Capitol Records and the Capitol logo began appearing on releases distributed beyond the Christian bookstore market. If the Capitol logo appears on release, please credit Capitol Records with "Record Company" role, unless a specific role is credited, e.g. Distributed By, Marketed By, etc. Purchased by Thorn Emi in Oct, 1992. In 1994, Thorn Emi moved Sparrow Records under the EMI CMG Label Group division of its new EMI Christian Music Group (now Capitol Christian Music Group). The following letter prefixes are relevant to Sparrow's catalog system: SGD - CD Single release SPD - CD release SPR - Vinyl release SPC - Cassette release