CHARLY
RECORDS

 Independent label: The Charly label first saw the light of day in France, in 1974; it was brought into existence by promoter Jean-Luc Young. A move to England followed, in 1975.  Charly issued some modern product, but in the main it concentrated on reissuing classic R'n'B / Rock 'n' Roll tracks, notably from the stables of Sun and Vee-Jay. A few items actually came out on the Sun label. One of the few labels to have all the information on one side of the disc and a picture on the other. Charly had an unexpected hit with a reissue of an obscure Rock 'n' Roll single, Hank Mizell's 'Jungle Rock'; some copies of which bore a more commonplace label. By early 1980 the different-label-on-each-side design had been replaced by a more straightforward one, the new design seems to have made at least one previous appearance, in 1978, on CYS-1039, At least one single was given its own particular design, Charly lasted into the '90s.  It had a specialist label for Jazz, 'Affinity'.   For the first year-and-a-bit of its life Charly was a member of the President family, and its records were distributed by Lugton / H. R. Taylor. Numbering was in the CS-1000s. Lugton and Pye were joint distributors from the start of 1977; the catalogue prefix changed from CS to CYS, but the numbering remained unchanged. Spartan took over distribution at the end of the decade. From 1977 Charly obtained the rights to product from the Sun label. And as a result several singles appeared on Sun with Charly catalogue numbers.  A solitary single on Christy Records also borrowed a number - CYS-1050 - from the main Charly Series. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

  
         

75	Riley Jeannie C	Harper Valley P T A	CHARLY	CS	1001
75	Robinson Alvin	Down Home Girl	CHARLY	CS	1002
76	Wilkins David	Put A Little Loving On Me	CHARLY	CS	1003
76	Powell Roy & Shiver Givers	Whoops A Daisy Maisie	CHARLY	CS	1004
76	Mizell Hank	Jungle Rock	CHARLY	CS	1005
76	Smith Warren	Red Cadillac & A Black Mustache	CHARLY	CS	1006
76	Barnes Sidney	I Hurt On The Other Side	CHARLY	CS	1007
76	Riley Billy Lee	Flying Saucer Rock & Roll	CHARLY	CS	1008
76	Shangri-Las	Leader Of The Pack [Re-Issue]	CHARLY	CS	1009
76	Crazy Cavan 'N' Rhythm Rockers	Knock Knock	CHARLY	CS	1010
76	Mizell Hank	Kangaroo Rock	CHARLY	CS	1011
76	Yardbirds	For Your Love	CHARLY	CS	1012
76	Mann Carl	Ubangi Stomp	CHARLY	CS	1013
76	Perkins Carl	Blue Suede Shoes	CHARLY	CS	1014
76	Rich Charlie	Whirlwind	CHARLY	CS	1015
76	Screamin' Lord Sutch	Jack The Ripper	CHARLY	CS	1016
76	Cubs	Do You Love Your Teddy Bear	CHARLY	CS	1017
76	Groucho	Old Days	CHARLY	CS	1018
76	Mizell Hank	Rakin' & Scrapin'	CHARLY	CS	1019
76	Downliners Sect	Little Egypy	CHARLY	CS	1020
76	Crazy Cavan 'N' Rhythm Rockers	Sweet Little Pretty Thing	CHARLY	CS	1021
77	Lee Curtis	Pretty Little Angel Eyes	CHARLY	CS	1022
77	Lewis Jerry Lee	Old Black Joe	CHARLY	CS	1023
77	Newman Jimmy C	Alligator Man	CHARLY	CS	1024
77	Hart Rod	C B Savage	CHARLY	CS	1025
77	Crazy Cavan 'N' Rhythm Rockers	My Little Sister'S Gotta Motorbike	CHARLY	CS	1026
77	Little Richard	Lucille	CHARLY	CYS	1027
77	Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls Of Fire	CHARLY	CYS	1028
77	Rod Hart	Arizona Flash And Cloudy	CHARLY	CYS	1029
77	?	Don'T Cry For Christmas	SUN	CYS	1030
77	Chris Farlowe	Only Woman Bleed	CHARLY	CYS	1031
78	Legendary Lonnie	Wine Glass Rock	CHARLY	CYS	1032
78	Exile	The Real People	CHARLY	CYS	1033
78	Rockabilly Raiders	Hurricane Rock	SUN	CYS	1034
78	Trade Winds	New York'S A Lonely Town	CHARLY	CYS	1035
78	Softies	Suicide Pilot	CHARLY	CYS	1036
78	Sleepy Labeef	Good Rockin' Boogie	CHARLY	CYS	1037
78	Mann Carl	Till I Waltz Again With You	CHARLY	CYS	1038
78	Steppin' Out	Who'S To Know	CHARLY	CYS	1039
78	Mizell Hank	Jungle Rock	CHARLY	CYS	1040
78	Ad Libs	The Boy From New York City	CHARLY	CYS	1041
78	Lewis Jerry Lee	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	CHARLY	CYS	1042
78	Lee Curtis	Pretty Little Angel Eyes	CHARLY	CYS	1043
78	Hotfoot Gale	Washin' Machine Boogie	CHARLY	CYS	1044
78	Freddie "Fingers" Lee	One Eyed Boogie Boy	CHARLY	CYS	1045
78	Jerry Lee Lewis & Friends	Save The Last Dance For Me	SUN	CYS	1046
79	Softies	Killing Time	CHARLY	CYS	1047
79	Jerry Lee Lewis	Hello Josephine	CHARLY	CYS	1048
79	Sleepy Labeef	Roll Over Beethoven	CHARLY	CYS	1049
79	Mainland	By Your Side	CHRISTY	CYS	1050
79	Rita Remington	Chattanooga Choo Choo	CHARLY	CYS	1051
79	Johnny Cash	Mean Eyed Cat	CHARLY	CYS	1052
79	Freddie Finger'S Lee	One Eyed Boogie Boy	CHARLY	CYS	1053
79	Hank Mizell	Burning Eyes	CHARLY	CYS	1054
79	Here & Now	End Of The Beginning	CHARLY	CYS	1055
79	New York Gong	Much Too Old	CHARLY	CYS	1056
79	Hank Mizell	Burning Eyes	CHARLY	CYS	1057
79	Radio Actors	Nuclear Waste	CHARLY	CYS	1058
79	Freddie'Fingers' Lee	White Christmas	CHARLY	CYS	1059
79	Orion	Honey	SUN	CYS	1060
79	Sex Beatles	Will You Never	CHARLY	CYS	1061
80	Wills Viola	Love Letter	CHARLY	CYS	1062
80	Taylor Dave	Cadilac Car	CHARLY	CYS	1063
80	Major B Laser	Next To You	CHARLY	CYS	1064
80	Not Traced		CHARLY	CYS	1065
80	The Mice	A Song For Europe	CHARLY	CYS	1066
80	Rockin' Louie	It Will Stand	CHARLY	CYS	1067
80	Johnny And The Jailbirds	Zoom Zoom	CHARLY	CYS	1068
80	Orion	Washing Machine	SUN	CYS	1069
80	The Deltones	Early Morning Rock	CHARLY	CYS	1070
80	Johnny & Jailbirds	Stay Away	CHARLY	CYS	1071
80	The Blue Cats	I'M Gonna Die	CHARLY	CYS	1072
80	Not Traced		CHARLY	CYS	1073
81	Matchbox	Please Don'T Touch	CHARLY	CYS	1074
81	Blue Cats	Wild Night	CHARLY	CYS	1075
81	Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers	Rockabilly Rules Ok	CHARLY	CYS	1076
81	The Spaniels	Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight	CHARLY	CYS	1077
81	Maurice Mccormick And Maggi	15 Minutes	CHARLY	CYS	1078

  

76	Dixie Cups	Dixie Cups Ep	CHARLY	CEP	100
76	Rufus Thomas	Bear Cat	CHARLY	CEP	101
76	Johnny Adams	Reconsider Me	CHARLY	CEP	102
76	Sonny Burgess	We Wanna Boogie	CHARLY	CEP	103
76	Junior Parker	Junior Parker Ep	CHARLY	CEP	104
76	Jerry Lee Lewis	Jerry Lee Lewis Ep	CHARLY	CEP	105
76	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins Ep	CHARLY	CEP	106
76	Charlie Rich	Whirlwind	CHARLY	CEP	107
76	Johnny Cash	Ballad Of A Teenage Queen	CHARLY	CEP	108
76	The Shangri-Las	Remember (Walking In The Sand)	CHARLY	CEP	109
76	The Yardbirds	Still I'M Sad	CHARLY	CEP	110
76	Roy Orbison	Roy Orbison Ep	CHARLY	CEP	111
77	Billy Lee Riley	Red Hot	CHARLY	CEP	112
77	Warren Smith	Rock And Roll Ruby	CHARLY	CEP	113
77	Carl Mann	Mona Lisa	CHARLY	CEP	114
77	Hank Mizell	Higher	CHARLY	CEP	115
77	Charlie Feathers	Gone Gone Gone	CHARLY	CEP	116
77	Bees Make Honey	Sylvie	CHARLY	CEP	117
77	Crazy Cavan 'N' The Rhythm Rockers	Boppin' 'N' Shakin'	CHARLY	CEP	118
77	Downliners Sect	I Want My Baby Back	CHARLY	CEP	119
78	Perkins Carl	Put Your Cat Clothes On	CHARLY	CEP	120
79	Flying Saucers	The Ballad Of Johnny Reb	CHARLY	CEP	121
79	Here And Now	A Dog In Hell [ Ep ]	CHARLY	CEP	122
82	Sleepy Labeef	Tore Up	CHARLY	CEP	123
82	Th' Lone Groover	The Abasement Tapes	CHARLY	CEP	124