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Swan Song Records was a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 launched by English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 rock group Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
 on May 10, 1974. It was managed by Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant and was a vehicle for the band to promote its own products as well as sign artists who found it difficult to win contracts with other major labels. The decision to launch the label came after Led Zeppelin's five year contract with Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an United States record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and jazz. Long one of the most important American independent labels, Atlantic now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group, which consolidated Atlantic Records and the Elektra Entertainment Group into one...
 expired at the end of 1973.






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Swan Song Records was a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 launched by English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 rock group Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
 on May 10, 1974. It was managed by Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant and was a vehicle for the band to promote its own products as well as sign artists who found it difficult to win contracts with other major labels. The decision to launch the label came after Led Zeppelin's five year contract with Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an United States record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and jazz. Long one of the most important American independent labels, Atlantic now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group, which consolidated Atlantic Records and the Elektra Entertainment Group into one...
 expired at the end of 1973. Atlantic Records ultimately distributed the label's product.

Artists that released material on the Swan Song label during its existence included Led Zeppelin itself (including later solo releases by band members Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
 and Robert Plant
Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
); Bad Company
Bad Company

Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
; The Pretty Things; Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
; Mirabai
Mirabai

Mirabai was a Hindu mystical poetess whose compositions are popular throughout India. Mirabai is held to have been a disciple of Ravidas. Mirabai composed between 200 to 1300 prayerful songs called bhajans....
; Maggie Bell
Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell is a Scottish people rock music and blues-rock singer. Vocally regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin....
 (and the short-lived band she fronted, Midnight Flyer); Detective
Detective (band)

Detective was an United States rock music rock band that toured and recorded in the late 1970s. Detective consisted of vocalist Michael Des Barres, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Bob Pickett, keyboardist Tony Kaye , and drummer Jon Hyde....
; Sad Cafι
Sad Cafι (band)

Sad Caf? is an England rock band, which formed in Manchester in the late 1970s. Band members included Paul Young in 1985. They are best known for their song "Every Day Hurts" which reached Number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979....
; and Wildlife. In addition to these artists, two other noted recording acts (though not signed to the label) were credited artists on Swan Song singles, both of which were UK hits in 1981: B. A. Robertson
B. A. Robertson

B. A. Robertson is a Scottish people musician, actor, composer and songwriter....
 duetted on with Maggie Bell on the single "Hold On", and The Stray Cats backed Dave Edmunds on his 1981 single "The Race Is On".

Swan Song ceased active operations in 1983, and now exists only to reissue previously released material.

History

In January 1974 Led Zeppelin negotiated the agreement with Atlantic Records to set up Swan Song Records. The label was launched with parties in New York and Los Angeles. A lavish media party was also held at Chislehurst Caves
Chislehurst Caves

Chislehurst Caves is a long series of tunnels in Chislehurst, in the south eastern suburbs of Greater London. Although called caves, they are entirely man-made mining for chalk and flint....
 in Kent
Kent

Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 on October 31, 1974, to celebrate the label’s first UK release by the Pretty Things
Pretty Things

The Pretty Things are an England rock and roll musical band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British invasion, including The Rolling Stones....
, Silk Torpedo (the first US release for Swan Song was the self-titled debut album
Bad Company (album)

Bad Company is the eponymous debut album by hard rock band Bad Company.The album was recorded at Headley Grange with Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio in November 1973....
 from Bad Company
Bad Company

Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
 in June 1974). The company logo was based on Evening or the Fall of Day (1869) by painter William Rimmer
William Rimmer

William Rimmer was an American artist born in Liverpool, England. He was the son of a French refugee, who emigrated to Nova Scotia, where he was joined by his wife and child in 1818, and who in 1826 moved to Boston, where he earned a living as a shoemaker....
, featuring a picture of the Greek god Apollo
Apollo

In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Apollo , is one of the most important and many-sided of the Twelve Olympians. The ideal of the kouros , Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more....
.

By March 1975, Swan Song had four albums (Bad Company, Silk Torpedo, Physical Graffiti, and Suicide Sal) in the Billboard Top 200 chart. The recording label also partly funded film projects such as Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 in film film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python , and directed by Gilliam and Jones....
 in 1975. In an interview he gave in January of that year, Page offered his perspective on the label:

Two years later, he elaborated on Led Zeppelin's intention to found the label:

Artists who signed with the label but did not produce any releases included Metropolis (which featured members from the Pretty Things
Pretty Things

The Pretty Things are an England rock and roll musical band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British invasion, including The Rolling Stones....
), The Message (which featured future Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an United States hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s....
 members Alec John Such and Richie Sambora
Richie Sambora

Richard "Richie" Steven Sambora , is an American Rock music guitarist, producer, musician, singer and songwriter who is the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi....
), and Itchy Brother
The Kentucky Headhunters

The Kentucky Headhunters are an United States country rock group whose early albums were embraced by both country music and rock music fans. They are essentially a southern rock group that adapted their sound to country music....
 (which featured future members of The Kentucky Headhunters
The Kentucky Headhunters

The Kentucky Headhunters are an United States country rock group whose early albums were embraced by both country music and rock music fans. They are essentially a southern rock group that adapted their sound to country music....
.) Artists that Swan Song Records wanted to sign but bowed out to other labels were Roy Harper
Roy Harper

Roy Harper , is an English people Rock music / Folk music singer-songwriter / guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s....
 and blues guitarist Bobby Parker
Bobby Parker

Bobby Parker is a blues rock guitarist. He is best-known for his 1961 song, "Watch Your Step", a single for the V-Tone Records label that became a hit on United Kingdom and United States of America rhythm and blues charts....
. When Swan Song's offices were cleared out in 1983, early demos from Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English Heavy metal music band from Leyton, East London, England, formed in 1975. The band is led by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris ....
 and Paul Young
Paul Young

Paul Antony Young is an England pop music musician....
's band Q-Tips
Q-Tips (band)

Q-Tips are an English rock music first formed in 1979 from the remnants of the Rock music#Rock as a counterculture movement outfit Streetband. Saddled with the novelty song "Toast", a B-side made successful from incessant airplay by BBC Radio 1?s Kenny Everett, and despite two competent album , Streetband had failed to find credibility....
 were among those found, unplayed and ignored, on the shelves.

Swan Song ceased operations in October 1983
1983 in music

Events*Publication of A Generative Theory of Tonal Music by Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff.*February 6 - Madonna released her first ever album after signing to Warner Bros.....
 due to the break-up of Led Zeppelin and Peter Grant’s health problems. A rescue attempt to save the label by Atlantic Records executive Phil Carson proved fruitless. Robert Plant started his own label, Es Paranza Records, in the wake of the closure of Swan Song, while Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones (musician)

John Paul Jones is an England musician, composer, orchestration, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist musician.Best known as the bass guitarist, keyboardist and, less often, mandolin player for Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a successful Solo career, and is widely respected as both a musician and a producer....
 returned to Atlantic Records. Bad Company moved over to Atco Records
Atco Records

Atco Records is an United States record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment....
 when they resumed in the late 1980s. Today, the label is strictly used for reissues of all the albums that were released by the label when it was active.

  • UK Address: 484 Kings Road, London, SW10 UK
  • US Address: 444 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10022 U.S.A.


Personnel

  • Peter Grant – President
  • Danny Goldberg
    Danny Goldberg

    Danny Goldberg is the President of Gold Village Entertainment . He has worked in the music business as a personal manager, record company president, public relations man and journalist since the late 1960s....
     – Vice-President (US) (1974-1976)
  • Abe Hoch – Vice-President (UK) (1974-1976)
  • Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
     - Executive Producers
  • Phil Carson – Atlantic Records liaison
  • Alan Callan
    Alan Callan

    Alan Callan is a businessman, musician, and filmmaker....
     – Vice-President (1977-1983)
  • Steve Weiss – Attorney (US)
  • Joan Hudson – Attorney (UK)
  • Mark London – Band security
  • Mitchell Fox, Nancy Gurskik – Assistants (US)
  • Carole Brown, Unity Maclean,Cynthia Sach, Sian Meredith – Assistants (UK)


Label discography
Discography

Discography is the study and listing of sound recordings.This portmanteau word stems from:# the gramophone record, often called a "disc", the dominant commercial medium of sound recording for most of the 20th century...
 


LPs

  • June 15, 1974 - SS-8410 - Bad Company
    Bad Company (album)

    Bad Company is the eponymous debut album by hard rock band Bad Company.The album was recorded at Headley Grange with Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio in November 1973....
     - Bad Company
    Bad Company

    Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
  • November 1, 1974 - SS-8411 - Silk Torpedo - Pretty Things
    Pretty Things

    The Pretty Things are an England rock and roll musical band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British invasion, including The Rolling Stones....
  • February 24, 1975 - SS-2-200 - Physical Graffiti
    Physical Graffiti

    Physical Graffiti is the sixth album by the England Rock music band Led Zeppelin. It is a double album which was released on 24 February, 1975....
     - Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
  • April, 1975 - SS-8412 - Suicide Sal - Maggie Bell
    Maggie Bell

    Maggie Bell is a Scottish people rock music and blues-rock singer. Vocally regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin....
  • April 12, 1975 - SS-8413 - Straight Shooter
    Straight Shooter (album)

    Straight Shooter is a 1975 rock music album released by hard rock band Bad Company. It was highly anticipated after their Bad Company released 1974 in music....
     - Bad Company
    Bad Company

    Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
  • December, 1975 - SS-8414 - Savage Eye - Pretty Things
    Pretty Things

    The Pretty Things are an England rock and roll musical band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British invasion, including The Rolling Stones....
  • February 21, 1976 - SS-8415 - Run With the Pack
    Run With the Pack

    Run With The Pack is Bad Company third album. It was released in 1976 .Run With The Pack was recorded in France with Rolling Stones Mobile Studio in September 1975 with engineer Ron Nevison and mixed in Los Angeles by Eddie Kramer....
     - Bad Company
    Bad Company

    Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
  • March 31, 1976 - SS-8416 - Presence
    Presence

    Presence is the seventh studio album by England Rock music band Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on March 31, 1976. The album was written and recorded during a tumultuous time in the band's history, as Robert Plant was recuperating from serious injuries he had sustained in a recent car accident....
     - Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
  • September 28, 1976 - SS-2-201 - The Song Remains the Same
    The Song Remains the Same (album)

    The Song Remains the Same is the soundtrack album of the The Song Remains the Same by the England rock band Led Zeppelin. The album was originally released in 1976, before being remastered and re-issued in 2007....
     (soundtrack) - Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
  • March, 1977 - SS-8500 - Burnin' Sky
    Burnin' Sky

    Burnin' Sky is the fourth album by the band Bad Company. It was released in 1977 .Burnin' Sky was recorded in France at Ch?teau d'H?rouville in July and August 1976 with future Rolling Stones engineer Chris Kimsey but its release was delayed until March 1977 as to not compete with the band's then-current album Run with the Pack....
     - Bad Company
    Bad Company

    Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
  • April, 1977 - SS-8417 - Detective - Detective
    Detective (band)

    Detective was an United States rock music rock band that toured and recorded in the late 1970s. Detective consisted of vocalist Michael Des Barres, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Bob Pickett, keyboardist Tony Kaye , and drummer Jon Hyde....
  • April, 1977 - SS-8418 - Get It - Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • April, 1978 - SS-8504 - It Takes One to Know One - Detective
    Detective (band)

    Detective was an United States rock music rock band that toured and recorded in the late 1970s. Detective consisted of vocalist Michael Des Barres, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Bob Pickett, keyboardist Tony Kaye , and drummer Jon Hyde....
  • September 8, 1978 - SS-8505 - Tracks on Wax 4 - Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • March 17, 1979 - SS-8506 - Desolation Angels
    Desolation Angels

    Desolation Angels is a 1979 album by the hard rock band Bad Company. It was their 5th studio release. Paul Rodgers revealed on In the Studio with Redbeard that the album's title came from the novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac....
     - Bad Company
    Bad Company

    Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
  • July 5, 1979 - SS-8507 - Repeat When Necessary
    Repeat When Necessary

    Repeat When Necessary is an album by Wales Rock music musician Dave Edmunds. Produced by Edmunds, it was released in 1979 by Swan Song Records ....
     - Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • August 15, 1979 - SS-16002 - In Through the Out Door
    In Through the Out Door

    In Through the Out Door is the eighth studio album by England Rock music band Led Zeppelin and the last recorded before John Bonham died and the group disbanded in 1980....
     - Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
  • February, 1981 - SS-8509 - Midnight Flyer - Midnight Flyer
  • April 20, 1981 - SS-16034 - Twangin’... - Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • August, 1981 - SS-16048 - Sad Cafι - Sad Cafι
    Sad Cafι (band)

    Sad Caf? is an England rock band, which formed in Manchester in the late 1970s. Band members included Paul Young in 1985. They are best known for their song "Every Day Hurts" which reached Number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979....
  • November, 1981 - SS-8510 - Best of Dave Edmunds - Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • February, 1982 - SS-11002 - Rock 'n' Roll Party (mini LP) - Midnight Flyer
  • February 15, 1982 - SS-8511 - Death Wish II
    Death Wish II (album)

    Death Wish II is a soundtrack album by Jimmy Page, released by Swan Song Records on 15 February, 1982 to accompany the film Death Wish II....
     (soundtrack) - Jimmy Page
    Jimmy Page

    James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
  • June 28, 1982 - SS-8512 - Pictures at Eleven
    Pictures at Eleven

    Pictures at Eleven is the debut solo album from former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant. Genesis drummer Phil Collins played drums for six of the album's eight songs....
     - Robert Plant
    Robert Plant

    Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
  • August, 1982 - 790001-1 - Rough Diamonds
    Rough Diamonds

    Rough Diamonds is the sixth album by rock band Bad Company released in August 1982.Rough Diamonds, like its predecessor, Desolation Angels, was recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in Surrey, England in late 1981 and early 1982 and engineered by Max Norman ....
     - Bad Company
    Bad Company

    Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
  • November 19, 1982 - 790051-1 - Coda
    Coda (album)

    Coda is a studio album by England rock music band Led Zeppelin, released in 1982 in music. This collection of outtakes from various sessions during Led Zeppelin's twelve-year career was released two years after the group had officially disbanded following the death of drummer John Bonham....
     - Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
  • April, 1983 - 790078-1 - Wildlife - Wildlife


Singles

  • November, 1974 – SSK-19401 – "Is It Only Love/Joey" – Pretty Things
    Pretty Things

    The Pretty Things are an England rock and roll musical band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British invasion, including The Rolling Stones....
  • April 2, 1975 – SS-70102 – "Trampled Underfoot/Black Country Woman" (US only) – Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
  • May, 1975 – SSK-19403 – "I’m Keeping…/Atlanta" – Pretty Things
    Pretty Things

    The Pretty Things are an England rock and roll musical band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British invasion, including The Rolling Stones....
  • July, 1975 – SSK-19401 – "Joey/Bridge of God" – Pretty Things
    Pretty Things

    The Pretty Things are an England rock and roll musical band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British invasion, including The Rolling Stones....
  • November, 1975 - SD-18144 - "MIRABAI" - Mirabai
    Mirabai

    Mirabai was a Hindu mystical poetess whose compositions are popular throughout India. Mirabai is held to have been a disciple of Ravidas. Mirabai composed between 200 to 1300 prayerful songs called bhajans....
  • January, 1976 – SSK-19405 – "Sad Eye/Remember the Boy" – Pretty Things
    Pretty Things

    The Pretty Things are an England rock and roll musical band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British invasion, including The Rolling Stones....
  • May, 1976 – SSK-19406 – "Tonight/It Isn’t Rock 'n' Roll" – Pretty Things
    Pretty Things

    The Pretty Things are an England rock and roll musical band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British invasion, including The Rolling Stones....
  • June 18, 1976 – SS-70110 – "Candy Store Rock/Royal Orleans" (US only) – Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
  • July, 1976 – SSK-19408 – "Here Comes the Weekend/As Lovers Do" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • October, 1976 – SSK-19409 – "When or Where/New York’s a Lonely Town" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • April, 1977 – SSK-19410 – "Ju Ju Man/What Did I Do Last Night" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • June, 1977 – SSK-19411 – "I Knew the Bride/Back to Schooldays" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • March, 1978 – SSK-19412 – "Hazell/Night Flighting" – Maggie Bell
    Maggie Bell

    Maggie Bell is a Scottish people rock music and blues-rock singer. Vocally regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin....
  • September, 1978 – SSK-19413 – "Deborah/What Looks Best on You" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • November, 1978 – SSK-19414 – "Television/Never Been in Love" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • March, 1979 – SSK-19416 – "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy/Crazy Circles" – Bad Company
    Bad Company

    Bad Company are an England hard rock Supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant , who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success....
  • April, 1979 – SSK-19417 – "A1 On the Juke Box/It’s My Own Business" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • May, 1979 – SSK-19412P – "Hazell/Night Flighting" (picture disc reissue) – Maggie Bell
    Maggie Bell

    Maggie Bell is a Scottish people rock music and blues-rock singer. Vocally regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin....
  • August 8, 1979 – SSK-19418 – "Girls Talk/Bad is Bad" (clear vinyl issue) – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • September, 1979 – SSK-19419 – "Queen of Hearts/Creature from the Black Lagoon" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • October 10, 1979 – SSK-19420 – "Crawling from the Wreckage/As Lovers Do" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • December 7, 1979 – SS-71003 - "Fool In the Rain/Hot Dog" (US Only) – Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
  • January, 1980 – SSK-19422 – "Singing the Blues/Boys Talk" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • March, 1981 – SSK-19423 – "Rough Trade/Midnight Love" – Midnight Flyer
  • April 10, 1981 – SSK-19424 – "Almost Saturday Night/You’ll Never Get Me Up" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • June, 1981 – SSK-19425 – "The Race is On/ (I’m Gonna Start) Living If It Kills Me" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
     with The Stray Cats
  • October, 1981 – BAM-1 – "Hold Me/Spring Greens" – B. A. Robertson
    B. A. Robertson

    B. A. Robertson is a Scottish people musician, actor, composer and songwriter....
     and Maggie Bell
    Maggie Bell

    Maggie Bell is a Scottish people rock music and blues-rock singer. Vocally regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin....
  • April, 1982 – SSK-19426 – "Waiting for You/Rock 'n' Roll Party" – Midnight Flyer
  • September, 1982 – SSK-19428 – "Goosebumps/Key to Your Heart" – Maggie Bell
    Maggie Bell

    Maggie Bell is a Scottish people rock music and blues-rock singer. Vocally regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin....
  • September, 1982 – SSK-19429 – "Burning Down One Side/Moonlight in Samosa" – Robert Plant
    Robert Plant

    Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
  • September, 1982 – SSK-19429T – "Burning Down One Side/Moonlight in Samosa/Far Post" (12 inch) – Robert Plant
    Robert Plant

    Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
  • January, 1983 – MB-1 – "Crazy/All I Have to Do Is Dream" – Maggie Bell
    Maggie Bell

    Maggie Bell is a Scottish people rock music and blues-rock singer. Vocally regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin....
  • September, 1983 – B-9842 – "Somewhere in the Night/Sun Don’t Shine" – Wildlife


Promo discs

  • 1978 – LAAS-002 – "Live from the Atlantic Studios" – Detective
    Detective (band)

    Detective was an United States rock music rock band that toured and recorded in the late 1970s. Detective consisted of vocalist Michael Des Barres, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Bob Pickett, keyboardist Tony Kaye , and drummer Jon Hyde....
  • 1978 – PR-230 – "College Radio Presents Dave Edmunds" – Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds

    Dave Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave music, and had numerous popular chart-topper in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll....
  • July, 1982 – SAM-154 – "Pictures at Eleven – Interview with Alan Freeman" – Robert Plant
    Robert Plant

    Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....


See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...
  • Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....