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unusual facts about Phonogram


Phonogram

Phonogram Records, a 1960s music label, which merged with Polydor in 1972


Bill Nelson's Red Noise

This attracted the attention of Phonogram, who secured the remaining tracks for Cocteau in order to release the full album, Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam, credited simply to "Bill Nelson", in 1981.

Code: Selfish

The album would prove to be their last for the Phonogram label as the group were dropped following the release of the Ed's Babe EP later in 1992.

Dalek I Love You

On 24 May 1980, Compass Kumpas, Dalek I's debut album was released on the Phonogram label.

Ensign Records

Ensign Records was started in 1976 by London-born Nigel Grainge, as an independent Phonogram subsidiary.

Green on Red

A major-label deal with Phonogram/Mercury followed, with the EP No Free Lunch and the album The Killer Inside Me, produced by Jim Dickinson at Ardent Studios in Memphis.

Há 10 Mil Anos Atrás

It was the last album of Raul Seixas to feature Paulo Coelho as his songwriting partner (although they would reunite in 1978 to record Mata Virgem), and his last album to be released under the Philips/Phonogram label.

Orchestral Favorites

He then attempted to get a distribution deal with Phonogram to release Läther on the new Zappa Records label.

Some Bizzare Records

Pearce went on to manage Soft Cell, got them a deal with Phonogram under the Some Bizzare umbrella, and their cover of "Tainted Love" topped the charts.


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