Immediate Records
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Immediate Records was a British
United Kingdom
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 record label
Record label
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, started in 1965 by The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

' manager
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

 Andrew Loog Oldham
Andrew Loog Oldham
Andrew Loog Oldham is an English producer, talent manager, impresario and author. He was manager and producer of The Rolling Stones from 1963, and was noted for his flamboyant style.-Biography:...

 and Tony Calder
Tony Calder
Tony Calder is an English rock and roll record manager, impresario, talent-spotter, Promoter and Public Relations agent...

 and concentrating on the London
London
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-based blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 and R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 scene.

History

Immediate Records was started in 1965. Signed musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

s included Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....

, P.P. Arnold, songwriter Paul Korda
Paul Korda
Paul Korda is an English songwriter, singer, musician, and actor. He has been writing and performing music since the 1960s...

, Billy Nicholls
Billy Nicholls
Billy Nicholls is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and musical director, who first gained fame in the 1960s while still a teenager with his Pet Sounds influenced album, Would You Believe, originally released on Immediate Records.Nicholls' compositions have been covered by many...

, John Mayall
John Mayall
John Mayall, OBE is an English blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, whose musical career spans over fifty years...

, Savoy Brown
Savoy Brown
Savoy Brown, originally known as the Savoy Brown Blues Band, are a British blues rock band, formed in 1965, in Battersea, South West London...

, Small Faces, The Nice
The Nice
The Nice were an English progressive rock band from the 1960s, known for their blend of rock, jazz and classical music. Their debut album, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack was released in 1967 to immediate acclaim. It is often considered the first progressive rock album...

, Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...

, The Groundhogs
The Groundhogs
Groundhogs are a British rock band founded in late 1963, that toured extensively in the 1960s, achieved prominence in the early 1970s and continued sporadically into the 21st century.-Career:...

, Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe is an English rock, blues and soul singer. He is best known for his hit single "Out of Time", which rose to #1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1966, and his association with Colosseum and the Thunderbirds.Outside his music career, Farlowe collects war memorabilia.-Career:Inspired by Lonnie...

, Duncan Browne
Duncan Browne
Duncan Browne was an English singer-songwriter.-Career:Browne attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, studying both music theory and drama. He chose to become a musician when in 1967 he met Andrew Loog Oldham, and signed with his Immediate Records label...

 and Humble Pie
Humble Pie (band)
Humble Pie was a rock band from England, finding success both in the UK and the US. They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie"...

.

Due to financial problems, the label ceased operations in 1970 and it has been the subject of controversy ever since. This is especially true in regard to unpaid royalties
Royalties
Royalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property...

 owing to the Small Faces, who made numerous hit
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...

 recordings
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...

 for the label between 1967 and 1969. Despite their success, the band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

 received virtually no income from these often re-released records
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

, until legal action finally secured payments from the present licencees in the early 2000s.

According to Small Faces drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

 Kenney Jones
Kenney Jones
Kenneth Thomas "Kenney" Jones is a veteran English rock drummer best known for his work in Small Faces, Faces, and The Who.-Small Faces to the Faces:...

, most of Immediate's assets and income were embezzled by one of the company's senior partners, who allegedly channelled the funds to offshore bank
Offshore bank
An offshore bank is a bank located outside the country of residence of the depositor, typically in a low tax jurisdiction that provides financial and legal advantages. These advantages typically include:...

 accounts. Paul Korda
Paul Korda
Paul Korda is an English songwriter, singer, musician, and actor. He has been writing and performing music since the 1960s...

, who wrote songs such as "The Time Has Come" for P.P. Arnold, was never paid for work done for Immediate.

In the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Immediate first set up a deal with MGM Records
MGM Records
MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films. Later it became a pop label, lasting into the 1970s...

, who issued three single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

s (K-13530, K-13567, K-13600) as part of the regular MGM series. Then Immediate set up a short-lived deal with United Artists
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...

, who issued two singles using the Immediate moniker (E-1901, E-1902) before signing a deal with CBS
Sony Music Entertainment
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 to set up a new label series, which picked selective Immediate singles (using product codes with the ZS7 prefix) and albums (using Z12) until they had a falling-out. Finally, Immediate set up a short-lived independent label in the U.S. to issue one single (IMOC-001) and The Nice's last album before the label went into liquidation
Liquidation
In law, liquidation is the process by which a company is brought to an end, and the assets and property of the company redistributed. Liquidation is also sometimes referred to as winding-up or dissolution, although dissolution technically refers to the last stage of liquidation...

.

In 2008, a comprehensive book about Immediate Records was published in the UK and US by Black Dog as part of their Labels Unlimited series. According to the publisher a second (amended) edition will be published in February 2011.

Albums

UK #US #Artist(s)Album title
IMLP-001 The McCoys
The McCoys
The McCoys were a rock group that started in Union City, Indiana, in 1962.-Career:The original members, all from Union City, were guitarist Richard Zehringer , his brother Randy on drums, and bassist Dennis Kelly. This first line-up was known as The Rick Z Combo, and later known as Rick and the...

Hang On Sloopy (from US Bang)
IMLP-002 Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Samuel Cook, , better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and...

The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke (featuring US Keen material)
IMLP-003 Aranbee Pop Symphony Orchestra Today's Pop Symphony (directed by Keith Richards
Keith Richards
Keith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...

)
IMLP-004 Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy (singer)
Mark Murphy is an American jazz singer based in New York. He is most noted for his definitive and unique vocalese and vocal improvisations with both melody and lyrics...

Who Can I Turn To
IMLP-005 Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe is an English rock, blues and soul singer. He is best known for his hit single "Out of Time", which rose to #1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1966, and his association with Colosseum and the Thunderbirds.Outside his music career, Farlowe collects war memorabilia.-Career:Inspired by Lonnie...

14 Things to Think About
IMLP-006 Chris Farlowe The Art of Chris Farlowe
The Art of Chris Farlowe
The Art of Chris Farlowe is the third 1966 album by British Singer Chris Farlowe, featuring his band, "The Thunderbirds", but only credited to him....

IMLP-007 Twice as Much
Twice as Much
Twice as Much was composed of David Skinner and Andrew Rose and were harmony singers who also wrote much of their own material...

Own Up
IMLP-008 Z12-52002 Small Faces Small Faces (aka There Are But Four Small Faces)
IMLP-009 Billy Nicholls
Billy Nicholls
Billy Nicholls is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and musical director, who first gained fame in the 1960s while still a teenager with his Pet Sounds influenced album, Would You Believe, originally released on Immediate Records.Nicholls' compositions have been covered by many...

Would You Believe
Would You Believe (Billy Nicholls album)
Would You Believe is an album by Billy Nicholls recorded in 1968.Billy Nicholls was originally hired by Andrew Loog Oldham as a staff writer for Oldham's Immediate Records. Oldham was so entranced by the Beach Boys' 1966 album, Pet Sounds that he enlisted songwriter Billy Nicholls to record a...

IMLP-010 Chris Farlowe The Best of Chris Farlowe Vol. 1
IMLP-011 P.P. Arnold The First Lady of Immediate
IMLP-012 Z12-52008 Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake was a successful concept album by the English rock band Small Faces. Released on 24 May 1968 the LP became a number one hit in the UK Album Charts on 29 June where it remained for a total of six weeks....

IMLP-013 Twice as Much That's All
IMLP-014 Z12-52006 Various Blues Anytime Vol. 1
Blues Anytime
-Anthology of British Blues :-The Immediate Blues Anthology :...

(aka An Anthology of British Blues Vol. 1)
IMLP-015 Z12-52007 Various Blues Anytime Vol. 2
Blues Anytime
-Anthology of British Blues :-The Immediate Blues Anthology :...

(aka An Anthology of British Blues Vol. 2)
IMLP-016 Z12-52004 The Nice
The Nice
The Nice were an English progressive rock band from the 1960s, known for their blend of rock, jazz and classical music. Their debut album, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack was released in 1967 to immediate acclaim. It is often considered the first progressive rock album...

The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack is the 1967 debut album by the English psychedelic rock and progressive rock group The Nice. It is considered one of the first albums in the latter genre....

IMLP-017 Z12 52016 P.P. Arnold Kafunta
IMLP-018 Z12-52012 Duncan Browne
Duncan Browne
Duncan Browne was an English singer-songwriter.-Career:Browne attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, studying both music theory and drama. He chose to become a musician when in 1967 he met Andrew Loog Oldham, and signed with his Immediate Records label...

Give Me Take You
IMLP-019 Z12-52018 Various Blues Anytime Vol. 3
Blues Anytime
-Anthology of British Blues :-The Immediate Blues Anthology :...

(aka The Beginning: British Blues)
IMLP-020 Z12-52020 The Nice Ars Longa Vita Brevis
IMLP-021 Chris Farlowe The Last Goodbye
IMLP-022 Small Faces In Memoriam (not issued in the UK; only in Europe)
IMLP-023 Amen Corner
Amen Corner (band)
Amen Corner were a successful Welsh rock group, formed in late 1966 in Cardiff, Wales.-Career:The band was named after The Amen Corner, a weekly disc spin at the Victoria Ballroom in Cardiff, Wales, where every Sunday night Dr...

National Welsh Coast Live Explosion Company
IMLP-024 Various Blues Leftovers
Blues Anytime
-Anthology of British Blues :-The Immediate Blues Anthology :...

IMLP-025 Humble Pie
Humble Pie (band)
Humble Pie was a rock band from England, finding success both in the UK and the US. They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie"...

As Safe As Yesterday Is
As Safe As Yesterday Is
As Safe As Yesterday Is is the debut album for rock band Humble Pie, released in the UK in August 1969. The album peaked at number 16 in the UK album chart.Featuring former frontmen Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton...

IMLP-026 Z12-52022 The Nice Nice
Nice (The Nice album)
Nice was the third album by The Nice; it was titled Everything As Nice As Mother Makes It in the U.S. after Immediate's distribution changed from Columbia to Capitol. Nice had been initially released in the U.S. with a slightly longer version of Rondo 69 not available on the UK or on the Capitol...

IMLP-027 Humble Pie Town and Country
Town and Country (album)
Town and Country is rock outfit Humble Pie's second studio album, released in November 1969 .-Album profile:An interesting anomaly in the Humble Pie oeuvre, Town And Country finds the band in a gentler mood than their first album...

IMLP-028 Amen Corner Farewell to the Real Magnificent Seven
EPs
IMEP-001 Chris Farlowe Farlowe in the Midnight Hour
IMEP-002 The McCoys Hits Vol. 1
IMEP-003 The McCoys Hits Vol. 2
IMEP-004 Chris Farlowe Hits
Double-albums
IMAL-01/02 Small Faces The Autumn Stone
The Autumn Stone (album)
The Autumn Stone was the posthumous retrospective double album released in the UK by Small Faces in 1969 on the Immediate label.- Album profile :...

IMAL-03/04 Various Anthology of British Blues Volume 1
Blues Anytime
-Anthology of British Blues :-The Immediate Blues Anthology :...

IMAL-05/06 Various Anthology of British Blues Volume 2
Blues Anytime
-Anthology of British Blues :-The Immediate Blues Anthology :...

Sampler albums
IMLYIN Various Immediate Lets You In
IMLYIN-2 Various Happy to Be a Part of the Industry of Human Happiness

Singles

UK #US #Artist(s)Song title
IM-001 The McCoys
The McCoys
The McCoys were a rock group that started in Union City, Indiana, in 1962.-Career:The original members, all from Union City, were guitarist Richard Zehringer , his brother Randy on drums, and bassist Dennis Kelly. This first line-up was known as The Rick Z Combo, and later known as Rick and the...

"Hang On Sloopy
Hang on Sloopy
"Hang on Sloopy" is a song by the pop group The McCoys which was #1 in America in October 1965 and is the official rock song of the state of Ohio and The Ohio State University...

" (from US Bang)
b/w "I Can't Believe It"
IM-002 The Fifth Avenue "The Bells of Rhymney
The Bells of Rhymney
"The Bells of Rhymney" is a song first recorded by folk singer Pete Seeger, using words written by Welsh poet Idris Davies. The lyrics to the song were drawn from part of Davies' poetic work Gwalia Deserta, which was first published in 1938...

"
b/w "Just Like Anyone Would Do"
IM-003 Nico
Nico
Nico was a German singer, lyricist, composer, musician, fashion model, and actress, who initially rose to fame as a Warhol Superstar in the 1960s...

"I'm Not Sayin'"
b/w "The Last Mile"
IM-004 Gregory Phillips "Down in the Boondocks"
b/w "That's the One"
IM-005 The Masterminds "She Belongs to Me"
b/w "Taken My Love"
IM-006 The Poets
The Poets
The Poets were a Scottish blues, freakbeat and psychedelic pop band, who were managed and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Some of their singles were released on his Immediate Records label...

"Call Again"
b/w "Some Things I Can't Forget"
IM-007 The Strangeloves
The Strangeloves
The Strangeloves were the creation of an American songwriting/production team in the 1960s who were from New York, but pretended to be from Australia. Their biggest hits were "I Want Candy," "Cara-Lin" and "Night Time"....

"Cara-Lin" (from US Bang)
b/w "(Roll On) Mississippi"
IM-008 Van Lenton "Gotta Get Away"
b/w "You Don't Care"
IM-009 The Factotums "In My Lonely Room"
b/w "A Run in the Green and Tangerine Flaked Forest"
IM-010 The Golden Apples of the Sun "The Monkey Time"
b/w "Chocolate Rolls, Tea and Monopoly"
IM-011 Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn is an American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer. She is best known for her R&B chart-topping hit, "You'll Lose A Good Thing" .-Life and career:She played piano as a child, but switched to guitar...

"You Can't Buy My Love" (from US Tribe)
b/w "That's What a Friend Will Do"
IM-012 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are a pioneering English blues band, led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, OBE. Mayall used the band name between 1963 and 1967, but then dropped it for some fifteen years. However, in 1982 a 'Return of the Bluesbreakers' was announced and...

"I'm Your Witchdoctor
I'm Your Witchdoctor
"I'm Your Witchdoctor" is a 1965 single by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers composed by Mayall, produced by Jimmy Page, and issued on the Immediate label. The song was originally recorded at Decca's studios in West Hampstead for release on their own label...

"
b/w "Telephone Blues"
IM-013 Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns is a musician, recording engineer and record producer.-Career:He has worked with such artists as Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Easybeats, The Band, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Clash, The Steve Miller Band, Small Faces, Spooky Tooth, The Ozark...

"Mary Anne"
b/w "Like Grains of Yellow Sand"
IM-014 Mick Softley
Mick Softley
Michael 'Mick' Softley is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist. A figurehead during the British folk scene, Softley set up his own folk club, released three albums and has been known to work with Mac MacLeod , Donovan Leitch and Maddy Prior...

"I'm So Confused"
b/w "She's My Girl"
IM-015 The Mockingbirds "You Stole My Love"
b/w "Skit Skat"
IM-016 Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe is an English rock, blues and soul singer. He is best known for his hit single "Out of Time", which rose to #1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1966, and his association with Colosseum and the Thunderbirds.Outside his music career, Farlowe collects war memorabilia.-Career:Inspired by Lonnie...

"The Fool"
b/w "Treat Her Good"
IM-017 Joey Vine "Down & Out"
b/w "The Out of Towner"
IM-018 Jimmy Tarbuck
Jimmy Tarbuck
Jimmy Tarbuck OBE or Tarby is an English comedian. Growing up he was a schoolmate of John Lennon.His first television show was It's Tarbuck 65! on ITV in 1964. He has also hosted numerous quiz shows, including Winner Takes All, Full Swing, and Tarby's Frame Game...

"Someday"
b/w "Wastin' Time"
IM-019 The Variations "The Man With All the Toys"
b/w "She'll Know I'm Sorry"
IM-020 Les Fleur de Lys
Les Fleur de Lys
The Fleur de Lys were a British band originally formed in late 1964, in Southampton, Hampshire, England. They recorded singles beginning in 1965 in the transitional Beat to psychedelic music genre, later known as freakbeat. The band had varied line-ups; only drummer Keith Guster was a member...

"Moondreams"
b/w "Wait for Me"
IM-021 The McCoys "Fever
Fever (1956 song)
"Fever" is a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, who used the pseudonym John Davenport. It was originally recorded by Little Willie John in 1956. It has been covered by numerous artists from various musical genres, notably Peggy Lee in 1958....

" (from US Bang)
b/w "Sorrow"
IM-022 The Factotums "You're So Good to Me"
b/w "Can't Go Home Anymore My Love"
IM-023 Chris Farlowe "Think"
b/w "Don't Just Look at Me"
IM-024 The Poets "Baby Don't You Do It
Baby Don't You Do It
-Original version:"Baby Don't You Do It" is a 1964 single by American singer Marvin Gaye. Released on the Tamla label, this song discusses a man who is at a standstill with his girlfriend, who he feels is neglecting his love stating "don't break my heart/...I've tried to do my best".Featured on the...

"
b/w "I'll Come Home"
IM-025 Charles Dickens "So Much in Love"
b/w "Our Soul Brother TH"
IM-026 Goldie
Goldie
Clifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie is an English electronic music artist, disc jockey, visual artist and actor. He is well known for his innovations in the jungle and drum and bass music genres, having previously gained exposure for his work as a graffiti artist...

"Going Back"
b/w "Headlines"
IM-027 Tony Rivers and the Castaways "Girl Don't Tell Me"
b/w "The Girl From Salt Lake City"
IM-028 The McCoys "Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure" (from US Bang)
b/w "Ko-Ko"
IM-029 The McCoys "Up and Down" (from US Bang)
b/w "If You Tell a Lie"
IM-030 The London Waits "Softly, Softly" (theme from the BBC Television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...

 series Softly, Softly
Softly, Softly (TV series)
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern - supposedly in the Bristol and Chepstow area of the UK...

)
b/w "Serenadio (Italian Serenade)"
IM-031 The Turtles
The Turtles
The Turtles are an American rock group led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. The band became notable for several Top 40 hits beginning with its cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" in 1965...

"You Baby"
b/w "Wanderin' Kind"
IM-032 Les Fleur de Lys "Circles"
b/w "So, Come On"
IM-033 K-13530 Twice as Much
Twice as Much
Twice as Much was composed of David Skinner and Andrew Rose and were harmony singers who also wrote much of their own material...

"Sittin' on a Fence
Sittin' On A Fence
"Sittin' on a Fence" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the British rock and roll band The Rolling Stones. The song was given to the singing duo Twice as Much, who released it as their debut single in May 1966...

"
b/w "Baby I Want You"
IM-034 The McCoys "Runaway"
b/w "Come On Let's Go"
IM-035 K-13567 Chris Farlowe "Out of Time"
b/w "Baby Make It Soon"
IM-036 K-13600 Twice as Much "Step Out of Line"
b/w "Simplified"
IM-037 The McCoys "(You Make Me Feel) So Good" (from US Bang)
b/w "Everyday I Have to Cry"
IM-038 Chris Farlowe "Ride On, Baby
Ride On, Baby
"Ride On, Baby" is a song by the British rock 'n' roll band, The Rolling Stones. It was first released as a single by Chris Farlowe in October 1966 and reached #31 on the British charts. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and the group's own version appeared a few months later on...

"
b/w "Headlines"
IM-039 Twice as Much "True Story"
b/w "You're So Good for Me"
IM-040 P.P. Arnold "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
b/w "Life Is But Nothing"
IM-041 Chris Farlowe "My Way of Giving"
b/w "You're So Good to Me"
IM-042 Twice as Much "Crystal Ball"
b/w "Why Can't They All Go and Leave Me Alone"
IM-043 Apostolic Intervention
Apostolic Intervention
The Apostolic Intervention were a British rock band in the mid-1960s, who are best known for their 1967 single "Tell Me "....

"(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me"
b/w "Madame Garcia"
IM-044 Nicky Scott "Big City"
b/w "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
IM-045 Nicky Scott "Backstreet Girl"
b/w "Chain Reaction"
IM-046 The McCoys "I Got to Go Back" (from US Bang)
b/w "Dynamite"
IM-047 E-1901 P.P. Arnold "The First Cut Is the Deepest
The First Cut Is the Deepest
"The First Cut Is the Deepest" is a 1967 song written by Cat Stevens, originally released by P. P. Arnold in the spring of 1967. Stevens' own version of the song is technically a cover, and originally appeared on his album New Masters in December 1967....

"
b/w "Speak to Me"
IM-048 Mort Shuman IV "Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday
"Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by The Mamas & the Papas for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. It was the group's only number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100....

"
b/w "Little Children
Little Children (song)
"Little Children" is a song written by J. Leslie McFarland and Mort Shuman. It was recorded by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in March 1964, and number seven in the US Hot 100 singles chart later the same year...

"
IM-049 Chris Farlowe "Yesterday's Papers"
b/w "Life Is But Nothing"
IM-050 E-1902 Small Faces "Here Come the Nice
Here Come the Nice
"Here Come the Nice" is a song released by English rhythm and blues group Small Faces. It peaked at number 12 in the UK singles chart in 1967. It was their first release on new label Immediate after moving from Decca.-Song profile:...

"
b/w "Talk to You"
IM-051 ZS7-502 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
with Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...

"I'm Your Witchdoctor
I'm Your Witchdoctor
"I'm Your Witchdoctor" is a 1965 single by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers composed by Mayall, produced by Jimmy Page, and issued on the Immediate label. The song was originally recorded at Decca's studios in West Hampstead for release on their own label...

"
b/w "Telephone Blues"
IM-052 Marquis of Kensington
Marquis of Kensington
The Marquis of Kensington was a British studio project from the end of the 1960s. It consisted of Robert Wace, then manager of The Kinks, and the record producer Mike Leander . While the project's vocals are Wace's, Leander was featured on the single covers...

"The Changing of the Guard"
b/w "Reverse Thrust"
IM-053 Murray Head
Murray Head
Murray Seafield Saint-George Head is a British actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" and "One Night in Bangkok" and his album Say It Ain't So...

"She Was Perfection"
b/w "Secondhand Monday"
IM-054 The Australian Playboys "Black Sheep R.I.P."
b/w "Sad"
IM-055 P.P. Arnold "The Time Has Come"
b/w "If You See What I Mean"
IM-056 Chris Farlowe "Moanin'"
b/w "What Have I Been Doing?"
IM-057 ZS7-501 Small Faces "Itchycoo Park
Itchycoo Park
"Itchycoo Park" is a psychedelic pop song written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, first recorded by their group, the Small Faces. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart, 1967.-Song profile:...

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b/w "I'm Only Dreaming"
IM-058 Warm Sounds
Warm Sounds
Warm Sounds was an English musical duo, consisting of Denver Gerrard and Barry Younghusband. They are considered a one hit wonder for their hit single, "Birds and Bees", from 1967. The group existed from 1967 to 1968.-Charts:...

"Sticks and Stones"
b/w "Angeline"
ZS7-5002 Chris Farlowe "Paint It Black"
b/w "You're So Good to Me"
IM-059 ZS7-5004 The Nice "The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack"
b/w "Azrail (Angel of Death)"
IM-060 Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....

"Little Miss Understood"
b/w "So Much to Say (So Little Time)"
IM-061 ZS7-5006 P.P. Arnold "(If You Think You're) Groovy"
b/w "Though It Hurts Me Badly"
IM-062 ZS7-5003 Small Faces "Tin Soldier"
b/w "I Fell Much Better"
IM-063 Billy Nicholls
Billy Nicholls
Billy Nicholls is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and musical director, who first gained fame in the 1960s while still a teenager with his Pet Sounds influenced album, Would You Believe, originally released on Immediate Records.Nicholls' compositions have been covered by many...

"Would You Believe
Would You Believe
Would You Believe can refer to:* Would You Believe - An Irish TV series broadcast on RTÉ One.Music* Would You Believe? , an album by Ray Charles* Would You Believe? , a 1966 album by The Hollies...

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b/w "Daytime Girl"
IM-064 ZS7-5007 Small Faces "Lazy Sunday"
b/w "Rollin' Over (Part II of Happiness Stan)"
IM-065 ZS7-5005 Chris Farlowe "Handbags and Gladrags
Handbags and Gladrags
"Handbags and Gladrags" is the name of a song written in 1967 by Mike d'Abo, who was then the lead singer of Manfred Mann. D'Abo describes the song as "saying to a teenage girl that the way to happiness is not through being trendy. There are deeper values."The original demo tape of the original...

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b/w "Everyone Makes a Mistake"
IM-066 Chris Farlowe "The Last Goodbye" (from the film The Last Goodbye)
b/w "Paperman Fly in the Sky"
IM-067 The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits (band)
The Outer Limits were a 1960s rock group formed in Leeds. They released a single for Deram Records in April 1967 and one for Immediate Records in May 1968 that was withdrawn then re-released five months later on the Instant subsidiary as IN001...

"Great Train Robbery"
b/w "Sweet Freedom"
IM-067 P.P. Arnold "Angel of the Morning"
b/w "Life Is But Nothing"
IM-068 ZS7-5008 The Nice "America" (from the musical West Side Story
West Side Story
West Side Story is an American musical with a script by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins...

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b/w "The Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon"
IM-069 ZS7-5009 Small Faces "The Universal"
b/w "Donkey Rides, a Penny a Glass"
IM-070 ZS7-5010 Duncan Browne "On the Bombsite"
b/w "Alfred Bell"
IM-071 ZS7-5011 Chris Farlowe "Paint It Black"
b/w "I Just Need Your Loving" (UK), "What Have I Been Doing?" (US)
IM-072 The Nice "Brandenburger"
b/w "Happy Freuds"
ZS7-5012 Small Faces "Mad John"
b/w "The Journey"
IM-073 ZS7-5013 Amen Corner
Amen Corner (band)
Amen Corner were a successful Welsh rock group, formed in late 1966 in Cardiff, Wales.-Career:The band was named after The Amen Corner, a weekly disc spin at the Victoria Ballroom in Cardiff, Wales, where every Sunday night Dr...

"(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice"
b/w "Hey Hey Girl"
IM-074 Chris Farlowe "Dawn"
b/w "April Was the Month"
IM-075 Michael D'Abo "(See the Little People) Gulliver's Travels" (from the show Gulliver's Travels)
b/w "An Anthology of Gulliver's Travels - Part Two"
IM-076 The McCoys "Hang On Sloopy" (from US Bang)
b/w "This Is Where We Came In"
IM-077 ZS7-5014 Small Faces "Afterglow of Your Love"
b/w "Wham Bam Thank You Man"
IM-078 Chris Farlowe "Out of Time"
b/w "Ride On Baby"
IM-079 P.P. Arnold "The First Cut Is the Deepest"
b/w "The Time Has Come"
IM-080 Earl Vince and the Valiants
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...

"Man of the World"
b/w "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite"
IM-081 Amen Corner "Hello Susie"
b/w "Evil Man's Gonna Win"
IM-082 IMOC-001 Humble Pie
Humble Pie (band)
Humble Pie was a rock band from England, finding success both in the UK and the US. They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie"...

"Natural Born Bugie
Natural Born Bugie
Natural Born Bugie was the debut single released in 1969 by English rock band Humble Pie, who were one of the first British supergroups. It was written as a mid tempo rock song by Steve Marriott, for Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate label and became the band's first single release. The B-Side was...

" (aka "Natural Born Woman")
b/w "Wrist Job" (aka "I'll Go Alone")
IM-083 ZS7-5015 (unused – reportedly slated to feature P.P. Arnold's "Would You Believe" b/w "Am I Still Dreaming")
IM-084 Amen Corner "Get Back"
b/w "Farewell to the Real Magnificent Seven"
ZS7-5016 The Hill "Sylvie"
b/w "The Fourth Annual Convention of the Battery Hen Farmers Association - Part II"
IM-085 Amen Corner Greatest Hits Immediate IML 2004 Year 1977
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