BRONZE
RECORDS

 Independent label: Founded in 1971 by management/production magnate Gerry Bron, Bronze pursued a policy of making long-term signings of artists who were good at what they did. The company's records sold in large quantities worldwide; they didn't do badly at home either, 38 of their 90 albums reaching the charts. Their most prominent artists were Uriah Heep, Colosseum, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Motorhead; the latter two managed to enter the singles chart regularly, as well as the album chart.  Artistic upheavals and increasing costs led to Bron selling the label and its back catalogue to Castle Music in 1986. Distribution in the '70s was initially by Island; Bronze singles shared that company's WIP-6000 nubering series until 1972, when they were given one of their own, BRO-0.  The script at the bottom of the label says 'Manufactured and distributed by Island Records Limited', but pressing appears to have been done by EMI: Island didn't have its own pressing plant. The link with Island was severed in the spring of 1977 and was replaced with one with EMI: some minor changes in the label design occurred at that point, including the disappearance of the reference to Island's manufacturing and distribution. The '80s saw a move to Polydor, and the appearance of one of that company's dull injection-moulded labels. By 1985 the numbers had reached BRO-197. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

 

71	Barnes Richard	Coldwater Morning	BRONZE	WIP	6104
71	Paladin	Anyway	BRONZE	WIP	6108
71	Uriah Heep	Look At Yourself	BRONZE	WIP	6111
71	Hazzard Tony	Woman In The West	BRONZE	WIP	6113
71	Hazzard Tony	Blue Movie Man	BRONZE	WIP	6123
72	Uriah Heep	The Wizard	BRONZE	WIP	6126
72	Uriah Heep	Easy Living	BRONZE	WIP	6140

  
  
  
  
 

72	Squeak	L'Amour D'Un Apres-Midi	BRONZE	BRO	1
72	Barnes Richard	Could We Start Again Please	BRONZE	BRO	2
72	Paladine	Sweet Sweet Music	BRONZE	BRO	3
72	Hazzard Tony	Sweet Ruby Ruby Nitetime	BRONZE	BRO	4
73	Hazzard Tony	I Think I'M Getting Over You	BRONZE	BRO	5
73	Barnes Richard	Take To The Mountain	BRONZE	BRO	6
73	Uriah Heep	Stealin'	BRONZE	BRO	7
73	Mcguiness Flint	Ride On My Rainbow	BRONZE	BRO	8
74	Manfred Mannös Earth Band	Father Of Day, Father Of Night	BRONZE	BRO	9
74	Sparrow	Something Or Nothing	BRONZE	BRO	10
74	Pitney Gene	Blue Angel	BRONZE	BRO	11
74	Mcguinness Flint	Cöest La Vie	BRONZE	BRO	12
74	Manfred Mannös Earth Band	Be Not Too Hard	BRONZE	BRO	13
74	Pitney Gene	Trans Canada Highway	BRONZE	BRO	14
75	Hensley Ken	In The Morning	BRONZE	BRO	15
75	Osibisa	Warrior	BRONZE	BRO	16
75	Uriah Heep	Prima Donna	BRONZE	BRO	17
75	Manfred Mann	Spirits In The Might	BRONZE	BRO	18
75	Gene Pitney	Train Of Thought	BRONZE	BRO	19
75	Osibisa	Sunshine Day	BRONZE	BRO	20
75	Gibbs Mike Orchestra	Niram	BRONZE	BRO	21
75	Ricky Stevens	I Cried For You	BRONZE	BRO	22
75	Not Issued		BRONZE	BRO	23
76	Sparrow	House Of Spring	BRONZE	BRO	24
76	Pitney Gene	You Are	BRONZE	BRO	25
76	Osibisa	Dance The Body Music	BRONZE	BRO	26
76	Uriah Heep	One Way Or Another	BRONZE	BRO	27
76	Uriah Heep	Make A Little Love	BRONZE	BRO	28
76	Manfred Mann	Blinded By The Light	BRONZE	BRO	29
76	Not Traced	Bionic Love	BRONZE	BRO	30
76	Osibisa	Coffee Song	BRONZE	BRO	31
76	Gene Pitney	Hold On	BRONZE	BRO	32
76	Scaffold	Mr Noselighter	BRONZE	BRO	33
76	Manfred Mann'S Earth Band	Questions	BRONZE	BRO	34
77	U Boat	Star Machine	BRONZE	BRO	35
77	Bart Lionel	Don'T Talk About It	BRONZE	BRO	36
77	Uriah Heep	Wise Man	BRONZE	BRO	37
77	Sparrow	Half Of My Life	BRONZE	BRO	38
77	Scaffold	How Diyou Do	BRONZE	BRO	39
77	Heron	Do It Yourself	BRONZE	BRO	40
77	Osibisa	Warrior	BRONZE	BRO	41
77	Manfred Mann'S Earth Band	Spirits In The Night	BRONZE	BRO	42
77	Silva Victy	All Summer Long	BRONZE	BRO	43
77	Harry Warren	I Am A Radio	BRONZE	BRO	44
77	Taylor Jeremy	Prawns In The Game	BRONZE	BRO	45
77	Brown Hollywood	Love On The American Express	BRONZE	BRO	46
77	Uriah Heep	Free Me	BRONZE	BRO	47
77	Manfred Mann'S Earth Band	California	BRONZE	BRO	48
77	Osibisa	Living Loving Feeling	BRONZE	BRO	49
78	Goldie	Making Up Again	BRONZE	BRO	50
78	Manfred Mann'S Earth Band	Mighty Quinn	BRONZE	BRO	51
78	Manfred Mann	Davy'S On The Road Again	BRONZE	BRO	52
78	Mankey Earle	Mau Mau	BRONZE	BRO	53
78	Real Kids	All Kindsa Girls	RED STAR	BRO	54
78	Uriah Heep	Love Or Nothing	BRONZE	BRO	55
78	Climax Asher	Rocker'S Arena	BRONZE	BRO	56
78	Suicide	Cheree	RED STAR	BRO	57
78	Hamon Billy	Butch Things	BRONZE	BRO	58
78	Goldie	To Be Alone	BRONZE	BRO	59
78	Motorhead	Louie Louie	BRONZE	BRO	60
78	Pearly Gates	Burnin' Love	BRONZE	BRO	61
78	Uriah Heep	Come Back To Me	BRONZE	BRO	62
78	Pitney Gene	Train Of Thought	BRONZE	BRO	63
78	Mackay Andy	A Song Of Friendship	BRONZE	BRO	64
78	Paul Bernie	Lucky	BRONZE	BRO	65
78	Oldfield Sally	Mirrors	BRONZE	BRO	66
79	Motorhead	Overkill	BRONZE	BRO	67
79	Manfred Mann	You Angel You	BRONZE	BRO	68
79	Uriah Heep	One More Night	BRONZE	BRO	69
79	Kofi & Kiki	24 Hours In A Disco	BRONZE	BRO	70
79	Goldie	We'Ll Make The Same Mistake Again	BRONZE	BRO	71
79	Juicy Lucy	Who Do You Love	BRONZE	BRO	72
79	Manfred Mann'S Earth Band	Angels At My Gate	BRONZE	BRO	73
79	Peraly Gates	Fandango Dancing	BRONZE	BRO	74
79	Hatchett Ruth	Keep It Going	BRONZE	BRO	75
79	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	76
79	Manfred Mann	Don'T Kill It Carol	BRONZE	BRO	77
79	Motorhead	No Class	BRONZE	BRO	78
79	Oldfield Sally	You Set My Gypsy Blood Free	BRONZE	BRO	79
79	Nostromo	Alien	BRONZE	BRO	80
79	Realistics	Pure Magic	BRONZE	BRO	81
79	Goldie	How Many Times	BRONZE	BRO	82
79	Oldfield Sally	Sun In My Eyes	BRONZE	BRO	83
79	Oldfield Sally	Easy	BRONZE	BRO	84
79	Motorhead	Bomber	BRONZE	BRO	85
80	Nostromo	Black Hole	BRONZE	BRO	86
80	Alexander Simon	Stay	BRONZE	BRO	87
80	Uriah Heep	Carry On	BRONZE	BRO	88
80	Girlschool	Emergency	BRONZE	BRO	89
80	Sally Oldfield	I Sing For You	BRONZE	BRO	90
80	Uriah Heep	Feelings	BRONZE	BRO	91
80	Motorhead	The Golden Years [ Ep ]	BRONZE	BRO	92
80	Hendy	Body Language	BRONZE	BRO	93
80	Spencer'S Alternative	Mumbo Jumbo	BRONZE	BRO	94
80	Girlschool	Nothing To Lose	BRONZE	BRO	95
80	Uriah Heep	Love Stealer	BRONZE	BRO	96
80	Veterans	There Ain'T No Age For Rock 'N' Roll	BRONZE	BRO	97
80	Hawkwind	Shot Down In The Night	BRONZE	BRO	98
80	Nostromo	Imperial March	BRONZE	BRO	99
80	Girlschool	Race With The Devil	BRONZE	BRO	100
80	Hendy	Good Good Feeling	BRONZE	BRO	101
80	Alexander Simon	Mad About You	BRONZE	BRO	102
80	Manfred Mann'S Earth Band	Lies	BRONZE	BRO	103
80	Oldfield Sally	Mandala	BRONZE	BRO	104
80	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	105
80	Motorhead	Ace Of Spades	BRONZE	BRO	106
80	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	107
80	Angelwitch	Angelwitch	BRONZE	BRO	108
80	Hawkwind	Who'S Gonna Win The War	BRONZE	BRO	109
80	Girlschool	Yeah Right	BRONZE	BRO	110
80	Myhill Richard	Lullaby Love	BRONZE	BRO	111
80	Uriah Heep	Think It Over	BRONZE	BRO	112
81	Manfred Mann'S Earth Band	For You	BRONZE	BRO	113
81	Oldfield Sally	Morning Of My Life	BRONZE	BRO	114
81	Small Ads	Small Ads	BRONZE	BRO	115
81	Motorhead	St. Valentine'S Day Massacre [ Ep ]	BRONZE	BRO	116
81	Hensley Ken	System	BRONZE	BRO	117
81	Girlschool	Hit And Run	BRONZE	BRO	118
81	Charade	Conversation	BRONZE	BRO	119
81	Young & Moody Band	These Eyes	BRONZE	BRO	120
81	Angelwitch	Loser	BRONZE	BRO	121
81	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	122
81	Mechanics	Power Of Love	BRONZE	BRO	123
81	Motorhead	Motorhead Live	BRONZE	BRO	124
81	Small Ads	Hp Man	BRONZE	BRO	125
81	Girlschool	C'Mon Let'S Go	BRONZE	BRO	126
81	Enid	When You Wish Upon A Star	BRONZE	BRO	127
81	Jeep	I Can'T Remember Your Name	BRONZE	BRO	128
81	Maile Vic	Not Fade Away	BRONZE	BRO	129
81	Young & Moody Band	Don'T Do That	BRONZE	BRO	130
81	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	131
81	Sundance	What'S Love	BRONZE	BRO	132
81	Goody Tim	Wait In Line	BRONZE	BRO	133
81	Enid	Heigh Ho	BRONZE	BRO	134
81	Small Ad	Friday Night Cowboy	BRONZE	BRO	135
81	Mechanics	Love & Understanding	BRONZE	BRO	136
81	Manfred Mann'S Earth Band	I Who Have Nothing	BRONZE	BRO	137
81	Oldfield Sally	Song Of The Lamp	BRONZE	BRO	138
81	Hegarty Big Dan & Random Band	Big Country	BRONZE	BRO	139
81	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	140
81	Manfred Mann'S Earth Band	Eyes Of Nostradamus	BRONZE	BRO	141
81	Uriah Heep	On The Rebound	BRONZE	BRO	142
82	Uriah Heep	The Abomingo Junior [ Ep ]	BRONZE	BRO	143
82	Girlschool	Wildlife [ Ep ]	BRONZE	BRO	144
82	Hensley Ken	No More	BRONZE	BRO	145
82	Motorhead	Iron Fist	BRONZE	BRO	146
82	Sundance	Walk Right In	BRONZE	BRO	147
82	Uhiah Heep	That'S The Way It Is	BRONZE	BRO	148
82	Damned	Lovely Money	BRONZE	BRO	149
82	Manfred Mann Earth Band	Redemption Song	BRONZE	BRO	150
82	Wendy & Lemmy	Stand By Your Man	BRONZE	BRO	151
82	Tropical Heatwave	Limbo Rock	BRONZE	BRO	152
82	Oldfield Sally	Broken Mona Lisa	BRONZE	BRO	153
82	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	154
82	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	155
82	Damned	Dosen Girls	BRONZE	BRO	156
82	Manfred Mann Earth Band	Tribal Statistics	BRONZE	BRO	157
82	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	158
82	Damned	Generals	BRONZE	BRO	159
82	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	160
82	Manfred Mann Earth Band	It'S Still The Same	BRONZE	BRO	161
82	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	162
82	C-Bank	One More Shot	BRONZE	BRO	163
82	Secret Seven	Hold On To Love	BRONZE	BRO	164
83	Motorhead	I Got Mine	BRONZE	BRO	165
83	Uriah Heep	Lonely Nights	BRONZE	BRO	166
83	Motorhead	Shine	BRONZE	BRO	167
83	Uriah Heep	Stay On Top	BRONZE	BRO	168
83	Girlschool	1-2-3-4 Rock And Roll	BRONZE	BRO	169
83	Benson Vicki	Easy Love	BRONZE	BRO	170
83	Girlschool	20Th Century Boy	BRONZE	BRO	171
84	Oldfield Sally	Path With A Heart	BRONZE	BRO	172
84	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	173
84	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	174
84	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	175
84	Girlschool	Burning In The Heat	BRONZE	BRO	176
84	Manfred Mann Earth Band	Davy'S On The Road Again	BRONZE	BRO	177
84	Bronz	Send Down An Angel	BRONZE	BRO	178
84	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	179
84	Manfred Mann Earth Band	The Runner	BRONZE	BRO	180
84	Affair	If We'Re Not In Love	BRONZE	BRO	181
84	Eastern Alliance	Keys To The House	BRONZE	BRO	182
84	Bronz	Send Down An Angel	BRONZE	BRO	183
84	Eastern Alliance	Love You You Banana	BRONZE	BRO	184
84	Motorhead	Killed By Death	BRONZE	BRO	185
84	Benson Vikka	Easy Love	BRONZE	BRO	186
84	George Robin	Heartline	BRONZE	BRO	187
85	George Robin	Spy	BRONZE	BRO	188
85	Benson Vicki	Passion	BRONZE	BRO	189
85	Kartoon	Overnight Sensation	BRONZE	BRO	190
85	George Robin	Heartline	BRONZE	BRO	191
85	Mitchell Kim	Go For Soda	BRONZE	BRO	192
85	Phenomena	Dance With The Devil	BRONZE	BRO	193
85	Not Traced		BRONZE	BRO	194
85	George Robin	Don'T Turn Away	BRONZE	BRO	195
85	Alaska	Show Some Emotion	BRONZE	BRO	196
85	Willy Rushton	This Christmas	BRONZE	BRO	197