Vertigo Records today is a UK-based record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 operated by Universal Music UK.

History

Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records

Philips Records

Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics company Philips. It was started by "Philips Phonographische Industrie" in 1950. Recordings were made with popular artists of various nationalities and also with classical artists from Germany, France and Holland. Philips also...

 chose in the late 1960s for its record sub-label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 with Harvest Records

Harvest Records

-References:* Harvest Records collectors guide ISBN 978-5-9622-0021-7...

 and Decca Records

Decca Records

Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....

 with Deram Records

Deram Records

Deram Records was a subsidiary record label established in 1966 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. At this time U.K. Decca was a completely different company than the Decca label in the United States, which was then owned by MCA Inc. Deram recordings were also distributed in the U.S. through...

.

Early days

Some of the first artists to sign included Ian Matthews

Iain Matthews

Iain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, then as the 1960s progressed, as Ian Matthews...

, Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...

, Mike Absalom, Dr. Z, Catapilla

Catapilla

Catapilla was an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s to early 1970s. They released two albums on the major record label Vertigo Records.-History:...

, Cressida

Cressida (progressive rock band)

Cressida were a British progressive rock band, best known for their mellow, symphonic sound. Originally known as Charge, they were active from 1968 and 1970, and recorded two albums for Vertigo.-Career:...

, Colosseum

Colosseum (band)

Colosseum is a pioneering British progressive jazz-rock band, mixing progressive rock and jazz-based improvisation.-History 1968 - 1971:The band was formed in September 1968 by drummer Jon Hiseman, tenor sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith and bass player Tony Reeves, who had previously worked together...

, Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...

, Jade Warrior

Jade Warrior (band)

Jade Warrior are a British group that were formed in 1970, originally evolving out of a band named July. The founding members were Tony Duhig , Jon Field and Glyn Havard...

, Metallica

Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...

, Nirvana

Nirvana (UK band)

Nirvana were a United Kingdom-based progressive rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Though the band only achieved limited commercial success, they were acclaimed both by music industry professionals and critics...

 (UK band), Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...

, Ben, Keith Tippett

Keith Tippett

Keith Tippett is a British jazz pianist and composer.Tippett, the son of a local police officer, went to Greenway Boys Secondary Modern school in Southmead, Bristol. He formed his first jazz band called The KT7 whilst still at school and they performed numbers popular at the time by The Temperance...

 Group, Tudor Lodge

Tudor Lodge

Tudor Lodge is an English folk music ensemble, which was formed in 1968, featuring John Stannard and Roger Strevens. The group started playing at the White Horse in Reading, England, and later made appearances at other clubs on the folk circuit. In 1969 Lyndon Green replaced Strevens...

, Streetwalkers

Streetwalkers

Streetwalkers were an English rock band formed in late 1973 by two former members of Family, vocalist Roger Chapman and guitarist John "Charlie" Whitney...

, Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend was a 1970s German Rock band. Allmusic author, Eduardo Rivadavia, noted the group as, "early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock." They also incorporated elements of jazz into their music. The band have also been cited as one of the pioneers of doom metal.-History:The...

 and Magna Carta

Magna Carta (band)

Magna Carta is a folk rock group originally formed in London in April 1969; their first concert was on 10 May 1969, by Chris Simpson , Lyell Tranter , and Glen Stuart ....

.

Phonogram

After Philips Records

Philips Records

Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics company Philips. It was started by "Philips Phonographische Industrie" in 1950. Recordings were made with popular artists of various nationalities and also with classical artists from Germany, France and Holland. Philips also...

 was renamed to Phonogram Records

Phonogram Records

Phonogram Records was started in 1962 as a joint venture between Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon. In 1972, Phonogram was merged with Polydor Records into PolyGram....

 in 1972 and released albums in Europe by bands including, Streetwalkers

Streetwalkers

Streetwalkers were an English rock band formed in late 1973 by two former members of Family, vocalist Roger Chapman and guitarist John "Charlie" Whitney...

, Status Quo, Beggars Opera, Switzerland's Flame Dream, Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...

, Dire Straits

Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...

 and Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...

.

Vertigo later became the European home to various hard rock bands signed to Mercury in North America, such as Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...

 and Kiss

KISS (band)

Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...

.

Today

Now part of the Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

, Vertigo is a division of Mercury Music Group

Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

 (UK), which in turn is a frontline music group operation of Universal Music UK. It distributes Metallica

Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...

 (outside the US and Canada), Razorlight

Razorlight

Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...

, and Dire Straits

Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...

 (except the US). More recent signings include The Rapture

The Rapture (band)

The Rapture is an Indie rock band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock, pioneering the post-punk revival genre...

, The Killers (UK/Éire), One Night Only

One Night Only (band)

One Night Only is a British Indie rock band from Helmsley, North Yorkshire formed in 2003.-History:One Night Only formed in summer 2003, consisting initially of Mark Hayton, Daniel “Pob” Parkin, Sam “Gunner” Ford and Kai "Kai" Smith. The band did not have a vocalist until George Craig, a friend of...

, Amy Macdonald

Amy MacDonald

Amy MacDonald is an American author of children's books. Her works include Little Beaver and the Echo, which has been translated into 28 languages around the world, and Rachel Fister's Blister. Her first book, a satire of Jill Krementz's children's books, was A Very Young Housewife.Amy MacDonald...

, Noisettes

Noisettes

Noisettes are an English indie rock band from London, comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison...

 and Thee Unstrung

Thee Unstrung

Thee Unstrung were an English group, signed to Mercury Records Thee Unstrung were an English group, signed to Mercury Records Thee Unstrung were an English group, signed to Mercury Records (originally signed to Alan McGee's record label Poptones. Thee Unstrung released an album in 2005 entitled...

 2004-2005 and Kassidy in 2009.

Discography

The earliest records released:

• VO 1 Colosseum
  Colosseum (band)
  Colosseum is a pioneering British progressive jazz-rock band, mixing progressive rock and jazz-based improvisation.-History 1968 - 1971:The band was formed in September 1968 by drummer Jon Hiseman, tenor sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith and bass player Tony Reeves, who had previously worked together...
  
   - Valentyne Suite
  Valentyne Suite
  Valentyne Suite is a 1969 album by Colosseum. It was Vertigo Records' very first album release, and reached number 15 in the UK Albums Chart....
  
   LP
• VO 2 Juicy Lucy
  Juicy Lucy (band)
  Juicy Lucy is a blues-rock band formed on April 1, 1969. After the demise of The Misunderstood, vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn Ross Campbell, and saxophone player Chris Mercer formed Juicy Lucy...
  
   - Juicy Lucy LP
• VO 3 Manfred Mann Chapter Three
  Manfred Mann Chapter Three
  Manfred Mann Chapter Three was a British experimental jazz rock band founded by South African keyboard player Manfred Mann and long-time partner Mike Hugg...
  
   - Manfred Mann Chapter Three
  Manfred Mann Chapter Three (album)
  Manfred Mann Chapter Three is the debut album released in 1969 by Manfred Mann Chapter Three. It was on of the three first albums released on the Vertigo record label. The principal members of the group were Manfred Mann and Mike Hugg. Mann played the organ and acted as the group's musical...
  
   LP
• VO 4 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....
  
   - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
  An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
  An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down was the debut album by Rod Stewart, released on February 1970 on Vertigo Records...
  
    LP
• VO 5 (unknown; possibly the original catalog number of Ancient Grease's Women and Children First album, which was eventually released on Mercury)
• VO 6 Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
  
   - Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath (album)
  Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Released on 13 February 1970 in the United Kingdom, and later on 1 June 1970 in the United States, the album reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart and has been recognised as the first main album to be credited...
  
   LP
• VO 7 Cressida
  Cressida (progressive rock band)
  Cressida were a British progressive rock band, best known for their mellow, symphonic sound. Originally known as Charge, they were active from 1968 and 1970, and recorded two albums for Vertigo.-Career:...
  
   - Cressida LP
• 6360 001 Fairfield Parlour - From Home to Home LP
• 6360 002 Gracious! - Gracious! LP
• 6360 003 Magna Carta
  Magna Carta (band)
  Magna Carta is a folk rock group originally formed in London in April 1969; their first concert was on 10 May 1969, by Chris Simpson , Lyell Tranter , and Glen Stuart ....
  
   - Seasons LP
• 6360 004 Affinity
  Affinity (band)
  Affinity were an English jazz-rock fusion band, active from mid 1968 to January 1971.-Origins:The origin of Affinity was, circa 1965 in the science department of the University of Sussex in Brighton, England...
  
   - Affinity
  Affinity (Affinity album)
  -Personnal:* Linda Hoyle - vocals* Lynton Naiff - Hammond M102 organ* Mo Foster - Gibson EBO bass guitar* Mike Jopp - guitar* Grant Serpell - drums...
  
   LP
• 6360 005 Bob Downes
  Bob Downes
  Bob Downes is an English avant-garde jazz flautist and saxophonist. Probably best known for his work with musicians like Mike Westbrook and for leading his own group since 1968, the Open Music Trio.-External links:*...
  
   - Electric City LP
• 6360 006 Uriah Heep
  Uriah Heep (band)
  Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and regarded as a seminal classic hard rock act of the 1970s. Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always been massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and David Byron's operatic vocals...
  
   - Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble
  Very 'eavy... Very 'umble
  Very 'eavy... Very 'umble is the debut album of British hard rock band Uriah Heep.It was released in the United States as Uriah Heep with alternate sleeve artwork, and with "Bird of Prey" in place of "Lucy Blues." The album is notable for being rooted more in raunchy blues rock than the band's...
  
   LP
• 6360 007 May Blitz
  May Blitz
  May Blitz is a British heavy rock power trio that was active in the early 1970s.The group was formed in 1969 by bassist Terry Poole and drummer Keith Baker, the rhythm section of the blues-rock trio Bakerloo, both of whom left the group when guitarist Clem Clempson departed to join Colosseum...
  
   - May Blitz LP
• 6360 008 Nucleus
  Nucleus (band)
  Nucleus were a pioneering jazz-rock band from Britain who continued in different forms from 1969 to 1989. In their first year they won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival, released the album Elastic Rock, and performed both at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Village Gate jazz club.They were...
  
   - Elastic Rock
  Elastic Rock
  Elastic Rock is Nucleus' first album. Recorded in January 1970, it was a pioneering work in emerging genre of jazz-rock fusion. Bandleader Ian Carr, later a jazz journalist and published expert on Miles Davis, was probably inspired by Davis' "going electric" in 1969, but the seminal Bitches Brew...
  
   LP
• 6360 009 Dr. Strangely Strange
  Dr. Strangely Strange
  Dr. Strangely Strange were an experimental Irish folk group, formed in Dublin in 1967 by Tim Booth , vocals and guitar, and Ivan Pawle bass and keyboards.-Career:...
  
   - Heavy Petting LP
• 6360 010 Jimmy Campbell
  Jimmy Campbell (musician)
  Jimmy Campbell was a musician and songwriter from Liverpool. He was a member of Merseybeat groups The Kirkbys, The 23rd Turnoff, Rockin' Horse as well as releasing three solo albums.-Career:...
  
   - Half Baked LP
• 6360 011 Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
  
   - Paranoid
  Paranoid (album)
  Paranoid is the second studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Released in September 1970, the album was the only one by the band to top the UK Albums Chart, and as a result is commonly identified as the band's magnum opus...
  
   LP
• 6360 012 Manfred Mann
  Manfred Mann
  Manfred Mann was a British beat, rhythm and blues and pop band of the 1960s, named after their South African keyboardist, Manfred Mann, who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band...
  
   - Chapter Three Volume 2
  Manfred Mann Chapter Three Volume Two
  Manfred Mann Chapter Three Volume Two is an album released in 1970 by Manfred Mann Chapter Three.- Track listing :Side one#"Lady Ace" – 7:58#"I Ain't Laughing" – 2:36#"Poor Sad Sue" – 5:54...
  
   LP
• 6360 013 Clear Blue Sky - Clear Blue Sky LP (released with the title Play it Loud in some countries)
• 6360 014 Juicy Lucy
  Juicy Lucy (band)
  Juicy Lucy is a blues-rock band formed on April 1, 1969. After the demise of The Misunderstood, vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn Ross Campbell, and saxophone player Chris Mercer formed Juicy Lucy...
  
   - Lie Back and Enjoy It LP
• 6360 015 Warhorse
  Warhorse (70s band)
  Warhorse were a British band formed by the former Deep Purple bassist, Nick Simper.-Career:Simper left Deep Purple in 1969, and joined Marsha Hunt's backing band. Not long after, Simper replaced her backing band with Ged Peck on guitar and Mac Poole on drums. When Hunt became pregnant, the band...
  
   - Warhorse
  Warhorse (album)
  Warhorse is the debut album by English hard rock band Warhorse. The album was re-released on vinyl in 1984 under the name Vulture Blood.- Track listing :*All Songs Written By Warhorse, except where noted.# "Vulture Blood" - 6:13...
  
   LP
• 6360 016 Patto
  Patto
  Patto was a progressive jazz-rock band formed in England in 1970 by vocalist Mike Patto with a lineup taken from Timebox consisting of vocalist Patto, drummer John Halsey, guitarist and vibraphone player Ollie Halsall and bassist Clive Griffiths....
  
   - Patto
  Patto (album)
  Patto is the debut album by the progressive jazz-rock band Patto. It was released in late 1970.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Mike Patto - vocals*John Halsey - drums*Ollie Halsall - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, vibraphone...
  
   LP
• 6360 017 Colosseum
  Colosseum (band)
  Colosseum is a pioneering British progressive jazz-rock band, mixing progressive rock and jazz-based improvisation.-History 1968 - 1971:The band was formed in September 1968 by drummer Jon Hiseman, tenor sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith and bass player Tony Reeves, who had previously worked together...
  
   - Daughter of Time
  Daughter of Time
  -Personnel:*Mark Clarke - Bass Guitar *Dave "Clem" Clempson - Guitar, Vocal on 3*Chris Farlowe - Vocals *Louis Cennamo - Bass Guitar *Dave Greenslade - Organ, Piano, Vibes, Vocals...
  
   LP
• 6360 018 Beggars Opera
  Beggars Opera (band)
  Beggars Opera were a progressive rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in Glasgow in 1969 by guitarist Ricky Gardiner. The line-up consisted of Ricky Gardiner , Alan Park , Martin Griffiths , Marshall Erskine and Raymond Wilson...
  
   - Act One LP
• 6360 019 Legend - Legend (Red Boot) LP
• 6360 020 Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...
  
   - Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant (album)
  Gentle Giant was the first album of British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1970.-Side One:# "Giant" – 6:22...
  
   LP
• 6360 021 Graham Bond
  Graham Bond
  Graham John Clifton Bond was an English musician, considered a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s....
  
   - Holy Magick LP
• 6360 023 Gravy Train - Gravy Train LP
• 6360 024 Keith Tippett
  Keith Tippett
  Keith Tippett is a British jazz pianist and composer.Tippett, the son of a local police officer, went to Greenway Boys Secondary Modern school in Southmead, Bristol. He formed his first jazz band called The KT7 whilst still at school and they performed numbers popular at the time by The Temperance...
  
   - Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening LP
• 6360 025 Cressida
  Cressida (progressive rock band)
  Cressida were a British progressive rock band, best known for their mellow, symphonic sound. Originally known as Charge, they were active from 1968 and 1970, and recorded two albums for Vertigo.-Career:...
  
   - Asylum LP
• 6360 026 Still Life - Still Life LP
• 6360 027 Nucleus
  Nucleus (band)
  Nucleus were a pioneering jazz-rock band from Britain who continued in different forms from 1969 to 1989. In their first year they won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival, released the album Elastic Rock, and performed both at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Village Gate jazz club.They were...
  
   - We'll Talk About It Later LP
• 6360 028 Uriah Heep
  Uriah Heep (band)
  Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and regarded as a seminal classic hard rock act of the 1970s. Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always been massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and David Byron's operatic vocals...
  
   - Salisbury
  Salisbury (album)
  Salisbury is the second album released by British rock band Uriah Heep.Although the majority of tracks are clean hard rock, more so than on the previous Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble, the album features forays into both jazz-fusion on "The Park", and square progressive rock on the band's first foray into...
  
   LP
• 6360 029 Catapilla
  Catapilla
  Catapilla was an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s to early 1970s. They released two albums on the major record label Vertigo Records.-History:...
  
   - Catapilla LP
• 6360 030 Assagai
  Assagai
  Assagai was an Afro-rock band from South Africa, active in the early 1970s in London. It consisted of five members: drummer Louis Moholo, trumpeter/flautist Mongezi Feza, tenor saxophonist Bizo Muggikana, guitarist Fred Cocker, and alto saxophonist Dudu Pukwana....
  
   - Assagai LP
• 6360 031 Nirvana
  Nirvana (UK band)
  Nirvana were a United Kingdom-based progressive rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Though the band only achieved limited commercial success, they were acclaimed both by music industry professionals and critics...
  
   - Local Anaesthetic LP
• 6360 032 Patto
  Patto
  Patto was a progressive jazz-rock band formed in England in 1970 by vocalist Mike Patto with a lineup taken from Timebox consisting of vocalist Patto, drummer John Halsey, guitarist and vibraphone player Ollie Halsall and bassist Clive Griffiths....
  
   - Hold Your Fire LP
• 6360 033 Jade Warrior
  Jade Warrior (band)
  Jade Warrior are a British group that were formed in 1970, originally evolving out of a band named July. The founding members were Tony Duhig , Jon Field and Glyn Havard...
  
   - Jade Warrior
  Jade Warrior (album)
  Jade Warrior - the debut self titled and self-produced album by Jade Warrior, released in 1971 as one of the earlier albums of the psychedelic progressive rock movement...
  
   LP
• 6360 034 Ian Matthews
  Iain Matthews
  Iain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, then as the 1960s progressed, as Ian Matthews...
  
   - If You Saw Thro' My Eyes
  If You Saw Thro' My Eyes
  If You Saw Thro' My Eyes is the 1971 album by country rock/folk rock musician Ian Matthews. Guest musicians were former Fairport Convention bandmates Sandy Denny supplying vocals & keyboards, and Richard Thompson on accordion & guitar.-Track listing:...
  
   LP
• 6360 035 Manfred Mann Chapter Three
  Manfred Mann Chapter Three
  Manfred Mann Chapter Three was a British experimental jazz rock band founded by South African keyboard player Manfred Mann and long-time partner Mike Hugg...
  
   - Manfred Mann Chapter Three
  Manfred Mann Chapter Three (album)
  Manfred Mann Chapter Three is the debut album released in 1969 by Manfred Mann Chapter Three. It was on of the three first albums released on the Vertigo record label. The principal members of the group were Manfred Mann and Mike Hugg. Mann played the organ and acted as the group's musical...
  
   LP (catalog number of Argentinian release)
• 6360 036 Juicy Lucy
  Juicy Lucy (band)
  Juicy Lucy is a blues-rock band formed on April 1, 1969. After the demise of The Misunderstood, vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn Ross Campbell, and saxophone player Chris Mercer formed Juicy Lucy...
  
   - Juicy Lucy LP (catalog number of Argentinian release)
• 6360 037 May Blitz
  May Blitz
  May Blitz is a British heavy rock power trio that was active in the early 1970s.The group was formed in 1969 by bassist Terry Poole and drummer Keith Baker, the rhythm section of the blues-rock trio Bakerloo, both of whom left the group when guitarist Clem Clempson departed to join Colosseum...
  
   - Second of May LP
• 6360 038 Daddy Longlegs - Oakdown Farm LP
• 6360 039 Ian Carr
  Ian Carr
  Ian Carr was a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator.-Early years:Carr was born in Dumfries, Scotland, the elder brother of Mike Carr...
  
   - Solar Plexus LP
• 6360 040 Magna Carta
  Magna Carta (band)
  Magna Carta is a folk rock group originally formed in London in April 1969; their first concert was on 10 May 1969, by Chris Simpson , Lyell Tranter , and Glen Stuart ....
  
   - Songs from the Wasties Orchard LP
• 6360 041 Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...
  
   - Acquiring the Taste
  Acquiring the Taste
  Acquiring the Taste was the second album of English progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1971.This was a departure from the blues and soul styles found on their self titled debut. It was more experimental, more discordant, and with more varied instrumentation...
  
   LP
• 6360 042 Graham Bond
  Graham Bond
  Graham John Clifton Bond was an English musician, considered a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s....
  
   - We Put Our Magick On You LP
• 6360 043 Tudor Lodge
  Tudor Lodge
  Tudor Lodge is an English folk music ensemble, which was formed in 1968, featuring John Stannard and Roger Strevens. The group started playing at the White Horse in Reading, England, and later made appearances at other clubs on the folk circuit. In 1969 Lyndon Green replaced Strevens...
  
   - Tudor Lodge LP
• 6360 044 (original catalog number of Dave Kelly
  Dave Kelly (musician)
  David 'Dave' Kelly , is a British bluessinger, guitarist and composer, who has been active on the British blues music scene since the 1960s...
  
  's self-titled album, which was eventually released on Mercury)
• 6360 045 V/A - Heads Together, First Round LP
• 6360 046 Ramases
  Ramases
  Ramases was the creation and alter-ego of Martin Raphael , born in Sheffield, UK. Formerly an army PT instructor, whilst involved in a central heating business in Scotland, was inspired to assume the mantle of the Egyptian Pharaoh of whom he believed himself a reincarnation, and take up a musical...
  
   - Space Hymns LP
• 6360 047 Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
  
   - Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath (album)
  Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Released on 13 February 1970 in the United Kingdom, and later on 1 June 1970 in the United States, the album reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart and has been recognised as the first main album to be credited...
  
   LP (catalog number of Brazilian release)
• 6360 048 Dr Z - Three Parts To My Soul LP
• 6360 049 Freedom
  Freedom (band)
  Freedom was a psychedelic rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, formed initially by members of Procol Harum.Ray Royer and Bobby Harrison, who had performed on the hit Procol Harum single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", were kicked out of the Harum by vocalist Gary Brooker, and replaced by...
  
   - Through the Years LP
• 6360 050 Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
  
   - Master of Reality
  Master of Reality
  Master of Reality is the third album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in July 1971. It is sometimes noted as the first stoner rock album...
  
   LP
• 6360 051 Gravy Train - (A Ballad Of) A Peaceful Man LP
• 6360 052 Ben
  Ben
  Ben is often a shortened version of the given name Benjamin, Benvolio, Benedict, or less commonly Bentley, although it is also used as a formal given name in its own right...
  
   - Ben LP
• 6360 053 Mike Absalom - Mike Absalom LP
• 6360 054 Beggars Opera
  Beggars Opera (band)
  Beggars Opera were a progressive rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in Glasgow in 1969 by guitarist Ricky Gardiner. The line-up consisted of Ricky Gardiner , Alan Park , Martin Griffiths , Marshall Erskine and Raymond Wilson...
  
   - Waters of Change LP
• 6360 055 John Dummer - Blue LP
• 6360 056 Ian Matthews
  Iain Matthews
  Iain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, then as the 1960s progressed, as Ian Matthews...
  
   - Tigers Will Survive
  Tigers Will Survive
  Tigers Will Survive is the 1971 album by country rock/folk rock musician Ian Matthews. Former Fairport Convention bandmate Richard Thompson sat in on guitar and accordion.-Track listing:#"Tigers Will Survive"...
  
   LP
• 6360 057 (unknown)
• 6360 058 (original catalog number of Assagai
  Assagai
  Assagai was an Afro-rock band from South Africa, active in the early 1970s in London. It consisted of five members: drummer Louis Moholo, trumpeter/flautist Mongezi Feza, tenor saxophonist Bizo Muggikana, guitarist Fred Cocker, and alto saxophonist Dudu Pukwana....
  
  's Zimbabwe LP, which was eventually released on Philips)
• 6360 059 Paul Jones
  Paul Jones (singer)
  Paul Jones is an English singer, actor, harmonica player, and radio personality and television presenter.-Career:As P. P...
  
   - Crucifix in a Horse Shoe LP
• 6360 060 Linda Hoyle
  Linda Hoyle
  Linda Hoyle was the vocalist of English jazz-rock band Affinity. Her singing style combines rock, blues, soul and jazz. Her brief musical career, and the fact of non-commercial play, caused her music to be obscure....
  
   - Pieces of Me LP
• 6360 061 V/A - Superheavy Vol. 1 LP (label sampler released only in Peru)
• 6360 062 Jade Warrior
  Jade Warrior (band)
  Jade Warrior are a British group that were formed in 1970, originally evolving out of a band named July. The founding members were Tony Duhig , Jon Field and Glyn Havard...
  
   - Released LP
• 6360 063 Legend - Moonshine LP
• 6360 064 Hokus Poke - Earth Harmony LP
• 6360 065 (unknown; possibly a German reissue of Nucleus
  Nucleus (band)
  Nucleus were a pioneering jazz-rock band from Britain who continued in different forms from 1969 to 1989. In their first year they won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival, released the album Elastic Rock, and performed both at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Village Gate jazz club.They were...
  
  ' Elastic Rock
  Elastic Rock
  Elastic Rock is Nucleus' first album. Recorded in January 1970, it was a pioneering work in emerging genre of jazz-rock fusion. Bandleader Ian Carr, later a jazz journalist and published expert on Miles Davis, was probably inspired by Davis' "going electric" in 1969, but the seminal Bitches Brew...
  
   album)
• 6360 066 Warhorse
  Warhorse (70s band)
  Warhorse were a British band formed by the former Deep Purple bassist, Nick Simper.-Career:Simper left Deep Purple in 1969, and joined Marsha Hunt's backing band. Not long after, Simper replaced her backing band with Ged Peck on guitar and Mac Poole on drums. When Hunt became pregnant, the band...
  
   - Red Sea LP
• 6360 067 Jackson Heights
  Jackson Heights (band)
  Jackson Heights were an English rock band, led by bassist and vocalist Lee Jackson, that ran from 1970 to 1973. Other players included Brian Chatton , Dave Watts playing keyboards and King Crimson's drummers Michael Giles and Ian Wallace.Their debut album King Progress included a reworking of...
  
   - 5th Avenue Bus LP
• 6360 068 Magna Carta
  Magna Carta (band)
  Magna Carta is a folk rock group originally formed in London in April 1969; their first concert was on 10 May 1969, by Chris Simpson , Lyell Tranter , and Glen Stuart ....
  
   - In Concert LP
• 6360 069 Gordon
  Gordon Waller
  Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller was a Scottish singer–songwriter–guitarist, best known as "Gordon" of the 1960s duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was "A World Without Love".-Biography:...
  
   - Gordon LP
• 6360 070 Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...
  
   - Three Friends
  Three Friends
  Three Friends is a concept album by the British progressive rock band Gentle Giant. The group's third album was also their first American release to chart, peaking at #197 on the Billboard 200...
  
   LP
• 6360 071 Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath
  Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
  
   - Vol 4
  Black Sabbath, Vol. 4
  Black Sabbath Vol. 4 is the fourth album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in September 1972. The album was originally to be titled Snowblind, after one of several songs referring to cocaine use, and features several Sabbath classics, such as "Tomorrow's Dream," "Snowblind,"...
  
    LP
• 6360 072 Freedom
  Freedom (band)
  Freedom was a psychedelic rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, formed initially by members of Procol Harum.Ray Royer and Bobby Harrison, who had performed on the hit Procol Harum single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", were kicked out of the Harum by vocalist Gary Brooker, and replaced by...
  
   - Is More Than A Word LP
• 6360 073 Beggars Opera - Pathfinder LP
• 6360 074 Catapilla
  Catapilla
  Catapilla was an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s to early 1970s. They released two albums on the major record label Vertigo Records.-History:...
  
   - Changes LP
• 6360 075 (unknown)
• 6360 076 Ian Carr
  Ian Carr
  Ian Carr was a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator.-Early years:Carr was born in Dumfries, Scotland, the elder brother of Mike Carr...
  
   - Belladonna LP
• 6360 077 Jackson Heights
  Jackson Heights (band)
  Jackson Heights were an English rock band, led by bassist and vocalist Lee Jackson, that ran from 1970 to 1973. Other players included Brian Chatton , Dave Watts playing keyboards and King Crimson's drummers Michael Giles and Ian Wallace.Their debut album King Progress included a reworking of...
  
   - Ragamuffin's Fool LP
• 6360 078 V/A - Superheavy Vol. 2 LP (label sampler released only in Peru)
• 6360 079 Jade Warrior
  Jade Warrior (band)
  Jade Warrior are a British group that were formed in 1970, originally evolving out of a band named July. The founding members were Tony Duhig , Jon Field and Glyn Havard...
  
   - Last Autumn's Dream
  Last Autumn's Dream (album)
  Last Autumn's Dream is the third studio album by British band Jade Warrior. The album was well received, and yielded two singles, in A Winter's Tale and The Demon Trucker....
  
   LP
• 6360 080 Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...
  
   - Octopus LP
• 6360 081 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Framed
  Framed (SAHB album)
  Framed is the 1972 debut album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. The album was released separately on CD, but is more widely available on a 2 in 1 album, the other album being Next. This album also features a cover of the song written by Willie Dixon and originally performed by Muddy Waters, "I...
  
   LP
• 6360 082 Status Quo - Piledriver
  Piledriver (Status Quo album)
  Piledriver is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released in 1972. It was the first to be produced by the group themselves, and their first on the Vertigo label after their departure from Pye Records....
  
   LP
• 6360 083 John Dummer - Oobleedooblee Jubilee LP
• 6360 123 Streetwalkers
  Streetwalkers
  Streetwalkers were an English rock band formed in late 1973 by two former members of Family, vocalist Roger Chapman and guitarist John "Charlie" Whitney...
  
    - Downtown Flyers LP
• 6657 001 V/A - Vertigo Annual 1970 LP; Double LP
• 6360 500 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....
  
   - Gasoline Alley
  Gasoline Alley (album)
  Gasoline Alley was the second solo album by Rod Stewart. It was released in 1970. It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die...
  
    LP
• 6830 032 V/A - Vertigo Sampler July 1970 LP
• 6325 250 Thomas F Browne - Wednesday's Child LP
• 6342 010 Lighthouse
  Lighthouse (band)
  Lighthouse is a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto which included horns, string instruments, and vibraphone; their music reflected elements of rock music, jazz, classical music and swing...
  
   - One Fine Morning LP
• 6342 011 Lighthouse
  Lighthouse (band)
  Lighthouse is a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto which included horns, string instruments, and vibraphone; their music reflected elements of rock music, jazz, classical music and swing...
  
   - Thoughts of Moving on LP
• 6830 067 V/A - New Vertigo Popular Material LP
• 6333 500/501 Aphrodite's Child
  Aphrodite's Child
  Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou , Demis Roussos , Loukas Sideras , and Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris . Their band's name was derived from the title of a track from another Mercury act, Dick Campbell, from his Sings Where It's At album...
  
   - 666 LP
• 6360 636 Lady LP
• 6360 700 Jim Croce
  Jim Croce
  James Joseph "Jim" Croce January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973 was an American singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and 11 singles...
  
   - You Don't Mess Around with Jim
  You Don't Mess Around with Jim
  -Notes:-Notes:-Notes:*A Tracks 1-12 correspond to the original 1972 album-Personnel:*Jim Croce - guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals, background vocals*Maury Muehleisen - guitar, vocals*The Briggs - background vocals...
  
   LP
• 6360 701 Jim Croce
  Jim Croce
  James Joseph "Jim" Croce January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973 was an American singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and 11 singles...
  
   - Life and Times LP
• 6441 077 Kraftwerk
  Kraftwerk
  Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
  
   - Kraftwerk
  Kraftwerk (album)
  Kraftwerk is the first album by German electronic band Kraftwerk. It was released in Germany in 1970, and produced by Konrad "Conny" Plank.-Background:...
  
   LP
• 6367 016 Flame Dream - Out in the Dark LP
• 6360 609 Atlantis - Atlantis LP
• 6435 144 Flame Dream - Supervision LP
• 6435 197 Flame Dream - Travaganza  LP
• 9102 010 Streetwalkers
  Streetwalkers
  Streetwalkers were an English rock band formed in late 1973 by two former members of Family, vocalist Roger Chapman and guitarist John "Charlie" Whitney...
  
   - Red Card LP

See also

• Wikipedia category: Vertigo Records albums
• List of record labels