Caltex Records
Caltex Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1980 by Iranian American immigrant Mehrdad Pakravan. The label focuses on Iranian music. In 1994, the label represented 75% of Persian musical artists in the world in part due to the exodus of musicians from Iran after the government banned popular music.Artists and bands who have recorded with Caltex Records include:
- Andranik Madadian
- Andy & Kouros
- Aref Arefkia
- Bijan Mortazavi
- Black Cats
- Dariush Eghbali
- Delkash
- Ebi
- Emad Ram
- Faramarz Aslani
- Fereydoun Farrokhzad
- Gholam-Hossein Banan
- Hassan Sattar
- Hayedeh
- Homeyra
- Kourosh Yaghmaei
- Leila Forouhar
- Mahasti
- Mansour
- Marzieh
- Moein
- Morteza Barjesteh
- Omid Soltani
- Pyruz
- Shahram Shabpareh
- Shahrum Kashani
- Shohreh Solati
- Siavash Ghomayshi
- Siavash Shams
- Susan Roshan
- Viguen
