A&M / OVAL
RECORDS
Independent label: A short-lived
association between A&M Records and Charlie Gillett and Gordon Nelki's
'Oval' company. Oval had had its own label from 1974 until the middle
of 1976, at which point it seems to have taken a break; it linked up with
A&M in late 1978, and they proceeded to issue at least half-dozen singles,
over the next ten months or so. To judge from the list shown below,
the singles seem to have been of a New Wave nature; their catalogue numbers were
borrowed from A&M's main AMS-7000 series. In September 1979 Oval
struck out on its own again, and the A&M / Oval label was no more.
Distributed By. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
78
Secret
Night After
Night
A&M / OVAL
AMS
7404
78
Henry Bobby
Headcase
A&M /
OVAL
AMS
7408
78
Shrink
Valid Or Void
A&M /
OVAL
AMS
7409
79
Secret
Hotel Caribineros
A&M /
OVAL
AMS
7432
79
Henry Bobby
Soho Sad Show
A&M /
OVAL
AMS
7441
79
Shrink
Silver Genes
A&M /
OVAL
AMS
7468