RECORDS
Black Lion Records was a label specialising in Jazz, usually of a Mainstream sort. In 1971 Black Lion label was set up by Polydor as an outlet for Alan Bates' productions in April of that year. It was basically an album concern, and it issued comparatively few singles, Distribution was by Polydor initially (until 1974) and then Transatlantic; the singles seem to have appeared during one of Transatlantic's Polydor-pressed 'injection moulded' periods, which is a slight pity, and while some copies of the the EP had a paper label the contrast between the sober 7" designs and the flamboyant 12" one is striking. Black Lion continued to issue records into the mid '80s at least; by November 1982 its singles were appearing in a BS-7100 series instead of the old BSP-45100 one, and were being distributed by SP&S. The label had an LP-only Avant-Garde subsidiary, 'Freedom'.
| 75 | Chris Barber | The Chris Barber Jubilee Maxi Single E.P. | BLACK LION | PMS | 501 |
| 76 | Louis Jordan | Is You Is Or Is You Ain'T My Baby | BLACK LION | BSP | 45104 |
| 76 | Lonnie Donegan | Lost John | BLACK LION | BSP | 45105 |
| 76 | Chris Barber | Giv Me An Old Fashioned Swing | BLACK LION | BSP | 45106 |
