RECORDS
Brunswick began life as the record arm of cabinet makers Brunswick-Balke-Collander, of Chicago. It issued its first records in 1920, became part of American Decca, and flourished throughout the 78 rpm era, shifting shed-loads of Bing Crosby records in the process. Brunswick was bought by MCA in 1962, and it kept going in Britain as an outlet for American Decca records until 1967, when it was discontinued; Brenda Lee chalked up more than twenty Top 50 singles for the company during the period 1960-65. The label enjoyed a comeback over here in the 1970s as a vehicle for Soul / Disco music, with the Chi-Lites in particular hitting the Charts frequently, but a damaging court case towards the end of the decade brought things to a halt both here and in the States. Manufacture and distribution were by Decca until March 1978, when all Brunswick product appears to have been deleted. The first British Brunswick 7"s had brown labels with triangular centres and gold printing; the colouring soon changed to the familiar black and silver colouring, and the triangular centres were replaced by the more solid four-pronged ones. The same basic design, but with a smaller label name and the '45' in the shield replaced by a 'B', was used for the '70s revival. EPs were issued with red labels in the 1950s. Early company sleeves were red with stars; these changed to a striped design in the early '60s. The brown sleeve is uncommon, and seems to date from 1967, when Decca and Deram sleeves briefly had a similar design. Singles from the revived era reverted to the striped sleeve. In the 1950s and '60s Brunswich singles were numbered in the 45-05000s; 1970s singles had catalogue numbers in a BR-0 series. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 75 | Chi-Lites | We Need Order | BRUNSWICK | BR | 1 |
| 75 | Chi-Lites | Letter To Myself | BRUNSWICK | BR | 2 |
| 75 | Wilson Jackie | Beautiful Day | BRUNSWICK | BR | 3 |
| 75 | Davis Tyrone | Without You In My Life | BRUNSWICK | BR | 4 |
| 75 | Jackson Walter | Easy Evil | BRUNSWICK | BR | 5 |
| 75 | Davis Tyrone | There It Is | BRUNSWICK | BR | 6 |
| 75 | Chi-Lites | Stoned Out Of My Head | BRUNSWICK | BR | 7 |
| 75 | Acklin Barbara | I'Ll Bake Me A Man | BRUNSWICK | BR | 8 |
| 75 | Chi-Lites | Homely Girl | BRUNSWICK | BR | 9 |
| 75 | Davis Tyrone | I Wish It Was Me | BRUNSWICK | BR | 10 |
| 75 | Roman Lyn | I Don'T Need No Sympathy | BRUNSWICK | BR | 11 |
| 75 | Chi-Lites | I Found Sunshine | BRUNSWICK | BR | 12 |
| 75 | Chi-Lites | Too Good To Be Forgotten | BRUNSWICK | BR | 13 |
| 75 | Bohannon Hamilton | Keep On Dancing | BRUNSWICK | BR | 14 |
| 75 | Chi-Lites | Toby | BRUNSWICK | BR | 15 |
| 75 | Hamilton Bohannon | South Afican Man | BRUNSWICK | BR | 16 |
| 75 | Chi-Lites | I For To Say I Love You Till I'N Gone | BRUNSWICK | BR | 17 |
| 75 | Wilson Jackie | I Get The Sweetest Feeling | BRUNSWICK | BR | 18 |
| 75 | Hamilton Bohannon | Disco Stomp | BRUNSWICK | BR | 19 |
| 75 | Chi-Lites | Have You Seen Her | BRUNSWICK | BR | 20 |
| 75 | Bohannon Hamilton | Foot Stomping Music | BRUNSWICK | BR | 21 |
| 75 | Cooperettes | Shing-A-Ling | BRUNSWICK | BR | 22 |
| 75 | Wilson Jackie | Whispers | BRUNSWICK | BR | 23 |
| 75 | Bohannon Hamilton | Happy Feeling | BRUNSWICK | BR | 24 |
| 76 | Chi-Lites | It'S Time For Love | BRUNSWICK | BR | 25 |
| 76 | Acklin Barbara | Love Makes A Woman | BRUNSWICK | BR | 26 |
| 76 | Mcloyd Eddie | Once You Fall In Love | BRUNSWICK | BR | 27 |
| 76 | Wilson Jackie | Don'T Burn No Bridges | BRUNSWICK | BR | 28 |
| 76 | Chi-Lites | I Never Had It So Good | BRUNSWICK | BR | 29 |
| 76 | Chandler Gene & Barbara Acklin | From The Teacher To The Preacher | BRUNSWICK | BR | 30 |
| 76 | Davis Tyrone | Turning Point | BRUNSWICK | BR | 31 |
| 76 | Chi-Lites | The Devil Is Doing His Work | BRUNSWICK | BR | 32 |
| 76 | Bohannon Hamilton | Bohannon'S Beat | BRUNSWICK | BR | 33 |
| 76 | Chi-Lites | You Don'T Have To Go | BRUNSWICK | BR | 34 |
| 76 | Strutt | Time Moves On | BRUNSWICK | BR | 35 |
| 76 | Bohannon Hamilton | Dance Your Ass Off | BRUNSWICK | BR | 36 |
| 76 | Hughes Fred | Baby Boy | BRUNSWICK | BR | 37 |
| 76 | Farrar Mary Anne & Satin Soul | Stoned Out Of My Mind | BRUNSWICK | BR | 38 |
| 76 | Chandler Gene | There Was A Time | BRUNSWICK | BR | 39 |
| 76 | Davis Tyrone | Ever Lovin' Girl | BRUNSWICK | BR | 40 |
| 76 | Cash Alvin | Ali Shuffle | BRUNSWICK | BR | 41 |
| 76 | Adam'S Apple | Don'T Take It Out On This World | BRUNSWICK | BR | 42 |
| 76 | Wilson Jackie | It Only Happens When I Look At You | BRUNSWICK | BR | 43 |
