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8 unusual facts about Phonogram Records


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.

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.

I Don't Want TISM, I Want a Girlfriend

This was their final release on Elvis Records, as they had signed to Phonogram Records earlier in the year and put this single out to fulfill the contract with Elvis.

Mike Walling

A three-week strike at the distributors (Phonogram Records) meant that the records never actually got to the shops.

Orchestral Favorites

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

Phonogram

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

Streetwalkers

After recording the album Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers, Chapman and Whitney changed the name of their band to Streetwalkers and Tench joined them as an official band member, when they signed to Phonogram Records in 1975.


Ensign Records

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

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.

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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