ALBION
RECORDS
Independent label: Punk / New Wave label, from
the late '70s and early '80s, Albion was one of the more professional and
longer-lasting of the companies which dealt with those types of
music. Ian Grant, Dai Davies and Derek Savage started it in 1976 as a
management company and booking agency, and it soon had The Stranglers and 999 on
its books; its first venture into the record business as such seems to have been
with the release of a single by 999, 'I'm Alive', on the Labritain label, in
September 1977. The Albion label as such first appeared in March
1978, and used almost the same design as Labritain; it was a somewhat
old-fashioned-looking silver-and-black affair, such as might have graced a
pre-war 78rpm record. The first batch of singles was handled by United Artists /
EMI and was numbered in an ION-0 series. In 1979 Albion broke with
UA and flirted with Arista, adopting a new catalogue numbering series (DEL-0)
and a new injection-moulded label design while it did so; during this time
distribution was by Phonodisc. The relationship doesn't seem to have
lasted for very long, as the first months of 1980 saw Albion on its own again,
with a third label design and a new distributor in Spartan. The
catalogue prefix returned to ION, but the numbers were now in a 1000
series. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 78 |
Gomm Ian |
Come On |
ALBION |
ION |
1 |
| 78 |
Gomm Ian |
Hold On |
ALBION |
ION |
2 |
| 78 |
Sore Throat |
Zombie Rock |
ALBION |
ION |
3 |
| 78 |
Edge |
Macho Man |
ALBION |
ION |
4 |
| 78 |
Gomm Ian |
24 Hour Service |
ALBION |
ION |
5 |
| 79 |
Rushent
Martin |
Give It All You
Got |
ALBION |
DEL |
1 |
| 79 |
O'Conner Hazel |
Ei Addyo |
ALBION |
DEL |
2 |
| 79 |
Valves |
I Don'T Mean Nothing At All |
ALBION |
DEL |
3 |
| 79 |
Allen Victor |
Tomorrow Is My Destiny |
ALBION |
DEL |
4 |
| 79 |
Not Traced |
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ALBION |
DEL |
5 |
| 79 |
O'Lochlainn Ruan |
Sweet Narcissus |
ALBION |
DEL |
6 |
| 79 |
Gomm Ian |
Hold On |
ALBION |
DEL |
7 |
| 79 |
Pinpoint |
Richmond |
ALBION |
DEL |
8 |
| 79 |
Gomm Ian |
Hooked On Love |
ALBION |
DEL |
9 |
| 80 |
Gomm Ian |
Slow Dancing |
ALBION |
DEL |
10 |
| 80 |
Gomm Ian |
Jealousy |
ALBION |
ION |
1001 |
| 80 |
Pinpoint |
Waking Up To Morning |
ALBION |
ION |
1002 |
| 80 |
Small Brothers |
Got The Hurt |
ALBION |
ION |
1003 |
| 80 |
Fans |
True [Double Pack] |
ALBION |
ION |
1004 |
| 80 |
Db'S |
Dynamite |
ALBION |
ION |
1005 |
| 81 |
Lucky Saddles |
Both Here Today |
ALBION |
ION |
1006 |
| 81 |
Pinpoint |
Yo Yo |
ALBION |
ION |
1007 |
| 81 |
English |
Hooray For The English |
ALBION |
ION |
1008 |
| 81 |
O'Connor Hazel |
D-Day |
ALBION |
ION |
1009 |
| 81 |
Db'S |
Big Brown Eyes |
ALBION |
ION |
1010 |
| 81 |
999 |
Obsessed |
ALBION |
ION |
1011 |
| 81 |
Members |
Working Girl |
ALBION |
ION |
1012 |
| 81 |
Db'S |
Judy |
ALBION |
ION |
1013 |
| 81 |
Outpatients |
New Japanese Hairstyle |
ALBION |
ION |
1014 |
| 81 |
Martin Schoolgirls |
Motion |
ALBION |
ION |
1015 |
| 81 |
Gomm Ian |
I Like You I Don'T |
ALBION |
ION |
1016 |
| 81 |
999 |
Lil Red Riding Hood |
ALBION |
ION |
1017 |
| 81 |
O'Connor Hazel |
We'Re All Grown Up |
ALBION |
ION |
1018 |
| 81 |
Lucky Saddles |
Both Be Here Today |
ALBION |
ION |
1019 |
| 81 |
Swinging Laurels |
Peace Of Mind |
ALBION |
ION |
1020 |
| 81 |
Not Traced |
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ALBION |
ION |
1021 |
| 81 |
O'Connor Hazel |
Hanging Around |
ALBION |
ION |
1022 |
| 81 |
999 |
Indian Reservation |
ALBION |
ION |
1023 |
| 81 |
Db'S |
Amplifier |
ALBION |
ION |
1024 |
| 81 |
Dusseldorf La |
Tintarella Di |
ALBION |
ION |
1025 |
| 82 |
Gomm Ian |
She'Ll Never Take The Place Of You |
ALBION |
ION |
1026 |
| 82 |
Chaney Allen |
Sound Of Muzak |
ALBION |
ION |
1027 |
| 82 |
Cheaters |
Spirit In The Sky |
ALBION |
ION |
1028 |
| 82 |
Crenshaw Marshall |
Something'S Gonna Happen |
ALBION |
ION |
1029 |
| 82 |
Db'S |
Neverland |
ALBION |
ION |
1030 |
| 82 |
Hitchcock Robyn & Egyptians |
America |
ALBION |
ION |
1031 |
| 82 |
O'Connor Hazel |
That'S Life |
ALBION |
ION |
1032 |
| 82 |
999 |
Wild Sun |
ALBION |
ION |
1033 |
| 82 |
Db'S |
Living A Lie |
ALBION |
ION |
1034 |
| 82 |
Studio Two |
Devil And Devil Blue |
ALBION |
ION |
1035 |
| 82 |
Hitchcock Robyn & Egyptians |
Nightride To Trinidad |
ALBION |
ION |
1036 |
| 82 |
Waves |
Brown Eyed Son |
ALBION |
ION |
1037 |
| 82 |
Mama'S Boys |
In The Heat Of The Night |
ALBION |
ION |
1038 |
| 82 |
Ford Barry |
Radioactive |
ALBION |
ION |
1039 |
| 82 |
Gomm Ian |
Leave It To The Music |
ALBION |
ION |
1040 |
| 83 |
Mama'S Boys |
Needle In The Groove |
ALBION |
ION |
1041 |
| 83 |
Strand |
Dolphin Song |
ALBION |
ION |
1042 |
| 83 |
Gomm Ian |
I'M In A Heartache |
ALBION |
ION |
1043 |
| 83 |
Negro J
Walter |
Cost Of Living
(12“) |
ALBION |
ION |
1044 |
| 83 |
Stamey Chris |
In The Winter Of Love (12“) |
ALBION |
ION |
1045 |
| 83 |
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ALBION |
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1046 |
| 83 |
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ALBION |
ION |
1047 |
| 83 |
Scott Robin |
Eureka-Ka-Ka |
ALBION |
ION |
1048 |
| 83 |
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ALBION |
ION |
1049 |
| 83 |
Members |
Working Girl |
ALBION |
ION |
1050 |
| 83 |
David John |
On The Mountain |
ALBION |
ION |
1051 |
| 83 |
Via Vagabond |
Hip Today |
ALBION |
ION |
1052 |
| 83 |
Members |
Going West |
ALBION |
ION |
1053 |
| 83 |
Lisa |
Tonight
(12“) |
ALBION |
ION |
1054 |
| 83 |
999 |
13Th Floor Madness |
ALBION |
ION |
1055 |
| 84 |
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ALBION |
ION |
1056 |
| 84 |
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ALBION |
ION |
1057 |
| 84 |
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ALBION |
ION |
1058 |
| 84 |
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ALBION |
ION |
1059 |
| 84 |
Apb |
Danceability |
ALBION |
ION |
1060 |
| 84 |
Come On |
Guitar Party |
ALBION |
ION |
1061 |
| 84 |
David John |
I Couldn'T Say No |
ALBION |
ION |
1062 |
| 84 |
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ALBION |
ION |
1063 |
| 84 |
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ALBION |
ION |
1064 |
| 84 |
Thor |
Let The Blood Run Red |
ALBION |
ION |
1065 |
| 84 |
Mister Steve |
One Road |
ALBION |
ION |
1066 |
| 84 |
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ALBION |
ION |
1067 |
| 84 |
Thor |
Thunder On The Tundra |
ALBION |
ION |
1068 |
| 84 |
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ALBION |
ION |
1069 |
| 84 |
Apb |
What Kind Of Girl |
ALBION |
ION |
1070 |
