1.   Aware that an American wine label can be a drawback, the Gallo team goes out of its way to stress the California origins of its wines.

2.   Band leader Alec Empire is looking to secure a major American label for future ATR releases.

3.   He also maintained an association with Albany Records, an enterprising American label that recorded several disks of his music, both in the United States and in Britain.

4.   How interesting that more and more Japanese cars are being built in the United States while more and more traditionally American labels become increasingly less American.

5.   In the last year, five American labels have signed Welsh bands.

6.   Likewise, his recent triptych of albums for the American label have enabled producer Rick Rubin to boil Cash down to a primal, iconic and timeless presence.

7.   More and more producers are buying bulk chardonnay and other wines abroad to be sold under American labels.

8.   Q. Were many American record labels aware of your music?

9.   Still others, such as the Saw Doctors and Mary Coughlan, are being signed to American record labels for the first time.

10.   The American labels of the era are not the only ones with a following today.