Nathan Joseph (23 July 1939 – 30 August 2005) was a British record company founder, theatrical producer and talent agent.
Joseph started his label by importing American folk and blues recordings that were hard to obtain in the UK in the early 1960s.
He also released a few offbeat spoken word recordings (including a series of audio sex instruction manuals).
By 1963 Joseph had started to sign and record British and Irish artists - primarily in the folk and blues spheres.
He also released the first recordings by the Portsmouth Sinfonia the avant garde orchestra that included Brian Eno and Michael Nyman in its membership.