BIRDSNEST
RECORDS

 Independent label: Birds Nest issued records from 1975 to 79. Its offerings varied from power trio stuff from Agnes Strange to an electronic Disco single by Warlord, with some Country and some novelty pop items thrown in for good measure. It managed a very reasonable number of releases, few of which are happened upon very often nowadays. Numbering was in the BN-0s for the first five singles, which were released in or around 1975. The label appears to have been shelved for a while, but it returned in 1978, with numbers now in the BN-100s and the position of the credits altered. Happy Face Records operated from the same address. The Old Smithy, Post Office Lane, Kempsey, Worcestershire - so it is reasonable to assume that there must have been an intimate relationship between the two of them. Producer Muff Murfin had a recording studio at that address; Murfin owned the Birds Nest, on his own at first but later in conjunction with Clive Selwood, previously of Elektra and Dandelion. Selwood's involvement may have been contemporaneous with the start of the BN-100 series. It may be that, in the '70s at least, Birds Nest was used for proper releases and Happy Face for custom recordings.  Some Birds Nest singles were marketed by Baal Records; Baal was another of the Pye-distributed labels. BN-4 and BN-5 are listed in the Pye catalogue of 1977, both came out on Paladin in 1976, so their Birds Nest incarnation may have been short-lived. Distributed By Pye Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

75	Agnes Strange	Clever Fool	BIRDSNEST	BN	1
75	Paragon	You Can Sing With The Band	BIRDSNEST	BN	2
75	B L & G	Live In The Mountain	BIRDSNEST	BN	3
76	M & O Band	Summer Hustle	BIRDSNEST	BN	4
76	Feminine Touch	You Make It Come Alive	BIRDSNEST	BN	5

78	Ray Smith	When I've Seen An Elephant Fly	BIRDSNEST	BN	101
78	Little Acre	Perfect Crime	BIRDSNEST	BN	102
78	Ray Smith And The Severn Stoke Stompers	Someone's Pinched Me Panda	BIRDSNEST	BN	103
78	Fanz	Fonzie Shuffle	BIRDSNEST	BN	104
78	Unisex	Music Man	BIRDSNEST	BN	105
78	Warlords	Ultimate Warlord	BIRDSNEST	BN	106
78	Sally J	It'S So Easy	BIRDSNEST	BN	107
78	Davenport Paul I	Just A Tease	BIRDSNEST	BN	108
78	Rowdies	A.C.A.B.	BIRDSNEST	BN	109
78	Little Acre	Back Off	BIRDSNEST	BN	110
78	Ashton John	I Love Waylon And Willie	BIRDSNEST	BN	111
78	Culpepper Country	Broken Hearts	BIRDSNEST	BN	112
78	Squelch Chris	Lonely Nights	BIRDSNEST	BN	113
78	Bee	Girl Don'T Come	BIRDSNEST	BN	114
78	M & O Band	White Christmas	BIRDSNEST	BN	115
79	Wailing Cocks	Rockin' Youth	BIRDSNEST	BN	116
79	Little Acre	Takin' Me Away	BIRDSNEST	BN	117
79	Melvin'S Marauders	Buzz Buzz A Diddle It	BIRDSNEST	BN	118
79	Not Issued		BIRDSNEST	BN	119
79	Little Acre	Emotions	BIRDSNEST	BN	120
79	Wailing Cocks	Listin To The Wailing Cocks	BIRDSNEST	BN	121
79	Milne Jim	Who Am I	BIRDSNEST	BN	122