Come Organisation was a record label

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 started by William Bennett in 1979

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 as a way to release albums by his own band, Come

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Come was a British noise project which was founded in 1979 by William Bennett. In the short time of its existence it had such prominent members as Daniel Miller and J. G. Thirlwell...

, when he was unable to find a label willing to release them. It is best known for releasing the work of Bennett's subsequent band, Whitehouse

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The label's first release was the Come single "Come Sunday / Shaved Slits" in 1980. When Bennett dissolved Come in 1980 to form Whitehouse, Come Organisation continued to release his work, serving as the label for all of Whitehouse's albums from its inception through 1985's Great White Death

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. In addition, Bennett began to release albums by other controversial or extreme groups, including Sutcliffe Jugend

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, Maurizio Bianchi

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, Nurse With Wound

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 and even Charles Manson

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When Whitehouse went on hiatus at the end of 1985

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, Come Organisation was dissolved. Bennett again created a label for his releases in 1988, but called it Susan Lawly rather than reviving Come Organisation.