Fiction Records is a British record label founded by Chris Parry[1] in 1978, owned by Universal Music Group and based in the United Kingdom. It is best known for being the home of the Cure for over 20 years. It was originally a part of Polydor, but in January 2014, Universal restructured Fiction as a standalone label, removing it from Polydor's corporate affiliation. Fiction repertoire is now released internationally through Virgin (ex-North America).[2]
History
Fiction Records was founded in the late 1970s by Polydor A&R man and longtime the Cure manager Chris Parry,[3] alongside music publisher Fiction Songs Ltd, who went on to found Radio X (then XFM). Both were subsidiaries of Polydor Records, and based in London at 97 Charlotte Street and eventually maintained a satellite office in