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Swan Song Records was a 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,...

launched by the English rock

Rock music

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band Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

on 10 May 1974. It was overseen 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 American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

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 "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, 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 founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...

and Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...

); Bad Company

Bad Company

Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...

; The Pretty Things

The Pretty Things

The Pretty Things are an English rock and roll band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing" and, in their early days, were dubbed by the British press the "uglier cousins of the Rolling Stones". Their most commercially successful...

; Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

; Mirabai; Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer, regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin.-Career:...

(and the short-lived band she fronted, Midnight Flyer); Detective

Detective (band)

Detective was an American/English rock band that toured and recorded in the late 1970s. Detective consisted of vocalist Michael Des Barres, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Bobby Pickett, ex-Yes organist Tony Kaye, and drummer Jon Hyde...

; and Sad Café

Sad Café (band)

Sad Café were an English rock band, which formed in Manchester in 1976, as a result of the unification of the rock bands Mandala and Gyro. Sad Café are best known for their song "Every Day Hurts" which reached Number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979....

. 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 musician, actor, composer and songwriter.-Career:...

duetted on with Maggie Bell on the single "Hold Me", 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 are a long series of tunnels in Chislehurst, in the south eastern suburbs of Greater London. Although called caves, they are chalk and flint mines and entirely man-made....

in Kent

Kent

Kent is a county 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 Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

on 31 October 1974, to celebrate the label's first UK release by the Pretty Things, Silk Torpedo (the first US release for Swan Song was the self-titled debut album

Bad Company (album)

Bad Company is the eponymous debut studio 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 in June 1974). The company logo was based on Evening also called 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

Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...

.

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 1974 British comedy 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 Message (which featured future 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...

members Alec John Such and Richie Sambora

Richie Sambora

Richard Stephen "Richie" Sambora is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer, and songwriter who is the longtime lead guitarist of the rock band, Bon Jovi. He and frontman Jon Bon Jovi form the primary songwriting unit of the band...

), and Itchy Brother (which featured future members of The Kentucky Headhunters

The Kentucky Headhunters

The Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock band. They were founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother, which comprised brothers Richard Young and Fred Young along with Greg Martin and Anthony Kenney...

.) Artists that Swan Song Records wanted to sign but who bowed out to other labels were Roy Harper

Roy Harper

Roy Harper is an English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s...

and blues guitarist Bobby Parker. When Swan Song's offices were cleared out in 1983, early demos from Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

, Heart

Heart (band)

Heart is an American rock band who first found success in Canada. Throughout several lineup changes, the only two members remaining constant are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The group rose to fame in the 1970s with their music being influenced by hard rock as well as folk music...

and Paul Young

Paul Young (singer and guitarist)

Paul Antony Young is an English pop musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, his following solo success as a solo recording artist turned him into a 1980s teenage pop idol...

's band Q-Tips

Q-Tips (band)

Q-Tips were an English blue-eyed soul and rock band, first formed in 1979 from the remnants of the 1970s rock outfit Streetband. Saddled with the novelty song "Toast", a B-side made successful from incessant airplay by Capital Radio's’s Kenny Everett, and despite two albums, Streetband had failed...

were among those found, unplayed and stored, on the shelves.

Swan Song ceased operations in October 1983

1983 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...

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 English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...

returned to Atlantic Records. Bad Company moved over to both Atlantic and it's subsidiary Atco Records

Atco Records

ATCO Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment.-Beginnings:Atco Records was founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by one of Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who...

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 USA

Personnel

Peter Grant – President
Danny Goldberg – Vice-President (US) (1974–1976)
Abe Hoch – Vice-President (UK) (1974–1976)
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

- Executive Producers
Phil Carson – Atlantic Records liaison
Alan Callan
Alan Callan
Alan Callan is a British businessman, record producer and music executive. He has worked as an executive for Swan Song Records , as a business manager for Jimmy Page, and as a chairman for Scottish Open Championship Ltd...

– Vice-President (1977–1983)
Steve Weiss – Attorney (US)
Joan Hudson – Attorney (UK)
Mark London
Mark London
Mark London is a soundtrack composer, songwriter and producer. He is particularly notable as the co-writer of the song "To Sir With Love".-History:...

– Band security
John Bindon
John Bindon
John Dennis Arthur "Biffo" Bindon was a British actor and bodyguard who had close links with the London underworld. In numerous films, he played gangsters or tough police detective. Bindon has been described as "the archetypal actor-villain, and an all-round 'good geezer'". He was also notable for...

- Security (1977)
Mitchell Fox, Nancy Gurskik – Assistants (US)
Unity Maclean, Carole Brown, Cynthia Sach, Sian Meredith – Assistants (UK)

LPs

15 June 1974 - SS-8410 - Bad Company
Bad Company (album)
Bad Company is the eponymous debut studio 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 were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...
1 November 1974 - SS-8411 - Silk Torpedo
Silk Torpedo
Silk Torpedo is the seventh album by English rock band The Pretty Things. This is their second album without Wally Waller, the group's rhythm guitarist/bassist since 1967...

- Pretty Things
Pretty Things
The Pretty Things are an English rock and roll band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing" and, in their early days, were dubbed by the British press the "uglier cousins of the Rolling Stones". Their most commercially successful...
24 February 1975 - SS-2-200 - Physical Graffiti
Physical Graffiti
Physical Graffiti is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 24 February 1975 as a double album. Recording sessions for the album were initially disrupted when bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones considered leaving the band...

- Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
April 1975 - SS-8412 - Suicide Sal - Maggie Bell
Maggie Bell
Maggie Bell is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer, regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin.-Career:...
12 April 1975 - SS-8413 - Straight Shooter
Straight Shooter (Bad Company album)
Straight Shooter is the second studio album by British supergroup Bad Company. The album was released in April 1975, a month after the release of the single "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and four months before the album's second single "Feel Like Makin' Love" .The album became a hit in America, making the...

- Bad Company
Bad Company
Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...
December 1975 - SS-8414 - Savage Eye - Pretty Things
Pretty Things
The Pretty Things are an English rock and roll band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing" and, in their early days, were dubbed by the British press the "uglier cousins of the Rolling Stones". Their most commercially successful...
21 February 1976 - SS-8415 - Run With the Pack
Run With the Pack
Run With The Pack is Bad Company's third album. It was released in 1976.Run With The Pack was recorded in France with The Rolling Stones Mobile Truck in September 1975 with engineer Ron Nevison and mixed in Los Angeles by Eddie Kramer...

- Bad Company
Bad Company
Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...
31 March 1976 - SS-8416 - Presence - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
28 September 1976 - SS-2-201 - The Song Remains the Same
The Song Remains the Same (album)
Upon its initial release in 1976, the album received some poor reviews, with some critics considering it to be over-produced and lumbering. Indeed, the band's members themselves have since expressed a lack of fondness for the recording...

(soundtrack) - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
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 Château d'Hérouville 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...

- Bad Company
Bad Company
Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...
April 1977 - SS-8417 - Detective - Detective
Detective (band)
Detective was an American/English rock band that toured and recorded in the late 1970s. Detective consisted of vocalist Michael Des Barres, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Bobby Pickett, ex-Yes organist Tony Kaye, and drummer Jon Hyde...
April 1977 - SS-8418 - Get It - Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds
David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...
April 1978 - SS-8504 - It Takes One to Know One - Detective
Detective (band)
Detective was an American/English rock band that toured and recorded in the late 1970s. Detective consisted of vocalist Michael Des Barres, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Bobby Pickett, ex-Yes organist Tony Kaye, and drummer Jon Hyde...
8 September 1978 - SS-8505 - Tracks on Wax 4 - Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds
David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...
17 March 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.Desolation Angels was recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in Surrey,...

- Bad Company
Bad Company
Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...
5 July 1979 - SS-8507 - Repeat When Necessary
Repeat When Necessary
Repeat When Necessary is an album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds. Produced by Edmunds, it was released in 1979 by Swan Song Records...

- Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds
David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...
15 August 1979 - SS-16002 - In Through the Out Door
In Through the Out Door
In Through the Out Door is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded over a three week period in November and December 1978 at ABBA's Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and released by Swan Song Records on 15 August 1979...

- Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
February 1981 - SS-8509 - Midnight Flyer - Midnight Flyer
20 April 1981 - SS-16034 - Twangin’... - Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds
David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...
August 1981 - SS-16048 - Sad Café - Sad Café
Sad Café (band)
Sad Café were an English rock band, which formed in Manchester in 1976, as a result of the unification of the rock bands Mandala and Gyro. Sad Café 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
David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...
February 1982 - SS-11002 - Rock 'n' Roll Party (mini LP) - Midnight Flyer
15 February 1982 - SS-8511 - Death Wish II
Death Wish II (album)
1999 Compact disc editionSame track listing and order as the vinyl release.-Album:-Personnel:*Jimmy Page – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, guitar synthesizer, synthesizer, theremin, bass, producer*Gordon Edwards – vocals, electric piano, piano...

(soundtrack) - Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page
James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, 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 founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
28 June 1982 - SS-8512 - Pictures at Eleven
Pictures at Eleven
Pictures at Eleven is the debut solo album by former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released in 1982. Genesis drummer Phil Collins played drums for six of the album's eight songs...

- Robert Plant
Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a 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 Studio in Surrey, England in March and April of 1981 and engineered by Max Norman .It was the last album by Bad Company's original...

- Bad Company
Bad Company
Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...
19 November 1982 - 790051-1 - Coda
Coda (album)
-Sales chart performance:AlbumSinglesNo commercial or promotional singles were issued, although three tracks received independent radio airplay...

- Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
April 1983 - 790078-1 - Wildlife - Wildlife
Wildlife (band)
Wildlife are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2005. The band is currently based in Toronto. The band's debut LP Strike Hard, Young Diamond was favourably received by both Exclaim! and Chart.-Formation:...

Singles

"Can't Get Enough/Little Miss Fortune" - Bad Company

Bad Company

: SS-70015 (US, May 1974), SWS 70015 (Canada)

"Is It Only Love/Joey" - Pretty Things

Pretty Things

: SSK 19401 (UK, 6 November 1974)

"Movin' On/Easy On My Soul" - Bad Company

Bad Company

: SS-70101 (US, 18 Jan. 1975), SWS 70101 (Canada)

"Trampled Under Foot/Black Country Woman" - Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

: SS-70102 (US, 2 April 1975; Australia), DC-1 (UK, 10 May 1975), SSK 19 402(N) (Germany, March 1975), SS 19402 (Holland),
K 19402 (Italy, April 1975), 19 402 (France), P-1361N (Japan, April 1975), P-108N (Japan), 45-1205 (Spain), SWS 70102 (Canada), SNS 100 (South Africa)

"Good Lovin' Gone Bad/Whiskey Bottle" - Bad Company

Bad Company

: SS-70103 (US, 19 April 1975), SWS 70103 (Canada)

"I’m Keeping…/Atlanta" – Pretty Things

Pretty Things

: SSK 19403 (UK, June 1975)

"Joey" – Pretty Things

Pretty Things

: SS-70104 (US, April 1975), SSK 19404 (UK, August 1975), 45-1214
(Spain)

"Wishing Well/Comin' On Strong" - Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer, regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin.-Career:...

: SS-70105 (US, June 1975)

"Feel Like Makin' Love/Wild Fire Woman" - Bad Company

Bad Company

: SS-70106 (US, August 1975), SWS 70106 (Canada)

"Sad Eye/Remember That Boy" – Pretty Things

Pretty Things

: SSK 19405 (UK, February 1976)

"It Isn’t Rock 'N' Roll" – Pretty Things

Pretty Things

: SS-70107 (US, March 1976), 98.001 (Brazil, 1977)

"Young Blood/Do Right By Your Woman" - Bad Company

Bad Company

: SS-70108 (US, 20 March 1976), SWS 70108 (Canada)

"Tonight/It Isn't Rock 'N' Roll" - Pretty Things

Pretty Things

: SSK 19406 (UK, May 1976), SSK 19 406 (Germany, June 1976)

"Honey Child/Fade Away" - Bad Company

Bad Company

: SS-70109 (US, June 1976), SWS 70109 (Canada)

"Candy Store Rock/Royal Orleans" – Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

: SS-70110 (US, 18 June 1976), SSK 19 407 (Germany, August 1976), 45-1381 (Spain), P-35N (Japan, September 1976), SWS 70110 (Canada)

"Royal Orleans/Candy Store Rock" - Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

: 19 407 (France)

"Here Comes The Weekend/As Lovers Do" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SSK 19408 (UK, August 1976), SS 19 408 (Germany, September 1976), SS 19408 (Holland), 19 408 (France), 19408 (Belgium/Luxemburg)

"When Or Where/New York's A Lonely Town" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SSK 19409 (UK, October 1976)

"Ju Ju Man/What Did I Do Last Night" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SSK 19410 (UK, April 1977)

"Burnin' Sky/Everything I Need" - Bad Company

Bad Company

: SS 70112 (US, 21 May 1977), SWS 70112 (Canada)

"I Knew The Bride" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SSK 19411 (UK, June 1977), SS 19411 (Germany, 7 August 1977), 45-1569 (Spain), SS 1698 (Australia)

"Little Darlin'/I Knew The Bride" - Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SS 70113 (US, June 1977)

"Recognition/Grim Reaper" - Detective

Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...

: SS 70114 (US, July 1977), P-207N (Japan, September 1977), SWS 70114 (Canada)

"Get Out Of Denver" - Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SS 70116 (US, August 1977)

"Something Beautiful/Dynamite" - Detective

Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...

: SS 70117 (US, March 1978)

"Hazell/Night Flighting" – Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer, regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin.-Career:...

: SSK 19412 (UK, March 1978), SSK 19412 P (UK picture disc, May 1979), SS 1859 (Australia)

"Deborah/What Looks Best On You" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SSK 19413 (UK, August 1978), SS 1970 (Australia)

"Television/Never Been In Love" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SSK 19414 (UK, October 1978)

"Trouble Boys/What Looks Best On You" - Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SS 70118 (US, November 1978), SS 19.415 (Holland)

"Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy/Crazy Circles" – Bad Company

Bad Company

: SS 70119 (US, March 1979; Canada),
SSK 19416 (UK, 16 February 1979; Australia), SS 19 416 (Germany, March 1976), SS 19.416 Holland), W 19416 {Italy), 19 416 (France, May 1979), 45-1835 (Spain), N-S-20-1 (Portugal), P-382N (Japan, March 1979), 200088 (Argentina)

"A1 On The Juke Box/It's My Own Business" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SSK 19417 (UK, February 1979)

"Gone, Gone, Gone/Take The Time" - Bad Company

Bad Company

: SS 71000 (US, July 1979; Canada, August 1979; New Zealand), P-453N (Japan, August 1979)

"Girls Talk" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SS 71001 (US, August 1979; Canada; New Zealand), SSK 19418
(UK, June 1979; Australia), SSK 19418 C (UK clear vinyl, 8 August 1979), SS 19 418 (Germany, August 1979), SS 19.418 (Holland), 45-1898 (Spain)

"Queen Of Hearts/The Creature From The Black Lagoon" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SSK 19419 (UK, September 1979; Australia), SS 19 419 (Germany, 26 October 1979), SS-19.419 (Holland/Belgium),
DJ SS 71002 (Canada)

"Crawling From The Wreckage" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SS 71002 (US, November 1979), SSK 19420 (UK,
10 October 1979)

"Fool In The Rain/Hot Dog" – Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

: SS 71003 (US, 7 December 1979; Canada; Australia; New Zealand), SS 19 421 (Germany, February 1980), SS 19.421 (Holland/Belgium), PROMO 097 (Italy),
W 19421 (Italy), 45-1925 (Spain), P-530N (Japan, February 1980)

"Singing The Blues/Boys Talk" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SSK 19422 (UK, January 1980; Australia),
SS 19422 (Germany, March 1980), 19 422 (France)

"All My Love" - Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

: 11.105 (Brazil), DIF. 132 (Argentina)

"Hot Dog" - Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

: 11.028 (Brazil)

"Rough Trade/Midnight Love" – Midnight Flyer: SSK 19423 (UK, March 1981)

"Almost Saturday Night/You'll Never Get Me Up (In One Of Those)" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

: SS 72000 (US, March 1981), SSK 19424 (UK, 10 April 1981; Australia; New Zealand), SS 19 424 (Germany,
20 March 1981), SS 19424 (Holland/Belgium, April 1981; Portugal), 19 424 (France, May 1981), 45-2092 (Spain), SS72000 (Canada), SWS 102 (South Africa)

"In My Eyes" - Midnight Flyer: SS 72001 (US, May 1981)

"La Di Da/Love Today" - Sad Cafe

Sad Café

Sad Café can refer to:* "Sad Café", a song by The Eagles, featured on their 1979 album The Long Run* Sad Café , a band featuring Paul Young - see also Mike + The Mechanics...

: SS 72002 (US, June 1981)

"The Race Is On" – Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

with The Stray Cats: SS 72003 (US, June 1981), SSK 19425
(UK, June 1981; Australia, August 1981; New Zealand, August 1981; Ireland), SS 19 425 (Germany,
9 July 1981), SS 19425 (Holland/Belgium), 19425 (France)

"No Favours - No Way/I'm In Love Again" - Sad Cafe

Sad Café

Sad Café can refer to:* "Sad Café", a song by The Eagles, featured on their 1979 album The Long Run* Sad Café , a band featuring Paul Young - see also Mike + The Mechanics...

: SS 72004 (US, October 1981)

"Hold Me/Spring Greens" – B. A. Robertson

B. A. Robertson

B. A. Robertson is a Scottish musician, actor, composer and songwriter.-Career:...

and Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer, regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin.-Career:...

: SS 72006 (US), BAM 1 (UK, October 1981; New Zealand), ELK 12564 (Germany, November 1981; Holland/Belgium), 45-2169 (Spain), PRO 72006 (Canada)

"Waiting For You/Rock 'N' Roll Party" – Midnight Flyer: SSK 19426 (UK, April 1982)

"Who's To Blame (Death Wish Title)/Carole's Theme" - Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

: P-1673 (Japan, July 1982)

"Slow Dancer/Burning Down One Side" - Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...

: PS-1018 (Japan)

"Goosebumps/Key To Your Heart" – Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer, regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin.-Career:...

: SSK 19428 (UK, September 1982)

"Burning Down One Side" – Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...

: SS7-99979 (US, September 1982), SSK 19429 (UK,
September 1982), SSK 19429T (UK Limited Edition 12" single, September 1982), SS 19 429 (Germany,
September 1982), SS 19.429 (Holland/Belgium), W 19429 (Italy), PRO 233 (France, October 1982),
P-1679 (Japan, October 1982), 99 99797 (Canada), 7-99979 (Australia)

"Electricland" - Bad Company

Bad Company

: 7-99966 (US, September 1982; Australia), 79,9966-7 (Germany),
79.9966-7 (Holland/Belgium), P-1713 (Japan, November 1982), 99 99667 (Canada)

"Pledge Pin/Fat Lip" - Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...

: SS7-99952 (US, November 1982), 79 99527 (Canada)

"Crazy/All I Have To Do Is Dream" – Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer, regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin.-Career:...

: MB 1 (UK, January 1983)

"Put Angels Around You/Here, There And Everywhere" - Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell

Maggie Bell is a Scottish rock and blues-rock singer, regarded by some as Britain's answer to Janis Joplin.-Career:...

and Bobbie Whitlock: SS7-99907 (US), SWS 105 (South Africa)

"Big Log/Far Post" - Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...

: 7-99844 (US, September 1983; Australia), P-1786 (Japan, September 1983), 79 98447 (Canada)

"Somewhere In The Night/Sun Don't Shine" – Wildlife: 7-99842 (US, September 1983), B 9842 (UK, September 1983), PR 522 (US 12" promotional single)

Promo discs

1978 – LAAS-002 – "Live from the Atlantic Studios" – Detective
Detective (band)
Detective was an American/English rock band that toured and recorded in the late 1970s. Detective consisted of vocalist Michael Des Barres, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Bobby Pickett, ex-Yes organist Tony Kaye, and drummer Jon Hyde...
1978 – PR-230 – "College Radio Presents Dave Edmunds" – Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds
David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...
July 1982 – SAM-154 – "Pictures at Eleven – Interview with Alan Freeman" – Robert Plant
Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...

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