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Some of the first artists to sign included Ian Matthews , Mike Absalom , Dr. Z , Catapilla , Cressida, Colosseum , Black Sabbath , Jade Warrior, Switzerland's Flame Dream (with Los Angeles guitarist Dale Hauskins), Nirvana , Kraftwerk , Ben, Keith Tippett Group, Tudor Lodge and Magna Carta . After Philips Records was renamed to Phonogram Records , majors like Status Quo , Thin Lizzy and Tears For Fears (in Canada and briefly in Europe) joined Vertigo too. Now part of the Universal Music Group , Vertigo is a division of Mercury Records and distributes, Razorlight , Metallica (outside the US, Canada, and Japan) and Dire Straits (except the US).
More recent signings include The Rapture , The Killers (UK/Eire), One Night Only and the Noisettes .


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Albums on Vertigo (spiral label LPs)




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The Vertigo logo appears as a piece of Op Art visible in the record shop in Stanley Kubrick 's film '' A Clockwork Orange '' (1971).


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