Buddah Records
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While working at Kama Sutra Records, Art Kass was unhappy with the distribution deal with MGM Records and started Buddah Records around 1967. He brought in Neil Bogart, who was an MGM General Manager in the early sixties. Buddah was also the distrubutor of Sussex Records until 1974, T-neck Records (the Isley Brothers label), and Cobblestone Records (a jazz label) among others. The single "Fickle" by Michael Henderson in the spring of 1983 was the last release of the label.
Some known artists on the Buddah Record label were Melanie, Gladys Knight & the Pips, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Captain Beefheart, The Lovin' Spoonful and The Ohio Express.
Buddah, now spelled Buddha Records, was later re-activated by BMG in September 1998 as a reissue label which reorganized into BMG Heritage Records on January 1, 2002.