Volume Records was an independent record label and a small chain of independent record shops based in the North East England

North East England

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 that operated in the 1980s and early 1990s.

The Volume Records 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,...

 was responsible for the early output of the British punk band The Toy Dolls, releasing the LPs Dig That Groove Baby

Dig That Groove Baby

Dig That Groove Baby is the first full-length album by the Punk band Toy Dolls. Still it is considered by many fans as the best work by the band and contains the handful of future live staples, such as Nellie the Elephant and Firey Jack....

 (1983), A Far Out Disc

A Far Out Disc

A Far Out Disc is a full-length album by the punk band Toy Dolls.-Track listing:Source: Official Site-Personnel:* Michael "Olga" Algar – Vocals, Guitar* Pete "Zulu" Robson – Bass, Vocals* Paul "Little" Smith – Drums, Vocals...

 (1985) and Idle Gossip

Idle Gossip

-Track listing:# "Idle Gossip" – 2:33# "Do You Wanna Be Like Dougy Bell" – 2:39# "The Lambrusco Kid" – 3:28# "You Won't Be Merry On A North Sea Ferry" – 3:09# "Harry Cross " – 3:44...

 (1986) and the singles Nellie the Elephant

Nellie the Elephant

Nellie the Elephant is a song written in 1956 by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart about a fictional intelligent elephant of the same name.-Original version:...

 and She goes to Fino's.

The four shops were in located in Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne

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, Sunderland, Durham

Durham

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 and Washington, Tyne and Wear

Washington, Tyne and Wear

Washington is a town in the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, it joined a new county in 1974 with the creation of Tyne and Wear...

.