CHRYSALIS
RECORDS

 Chrysalis was the brainchild of managers / promoters Chris Wright and Terry Ellis, partners in the Ellis Wright agency.  Late in the '60s they agreed a licensing deal with Island for their clients; the agreement stated that if the pair achieved a certain number of hits within a set period they would be given their own label. The hits duly arrived, and Chrysalis was born. It went on to become one of the most successful, and most respected, of the independent record companies. Chrysalis appeared to go in for 'grown up' music - such as that of Jethro Tull - rather than for Pop, but it still produced a string of hit singles in the '70s, notably with Leo Sayer and Blondie. The company used three different kinds of label in the '70s, with some minor variations. The familiar green-and-red type was initially pressed by Polydor and had either a three-pronged push-out centre or a large central hole; these singles shared Island's WIP-6000 numbering system. The white 'Manufactured and distributed by Island Records' at the top remained for a short while after the company turned to EMI for manufacture and numbering changed to a dedicated CHS-2000 series, in 1972, but it had disappeared by the time CHS-2007 came out. A set of prohibitions at the top appeared in August 1975; for the first three releases they were coloured black but they very soon turned red, and stayed that way while the green label lasted.  Demo copies were signified by a black 'A' .  When Phonogram / Phonodisc took over manufacture and distribution from EMI a standard Phonogram injection-moulded-type label came in; at first it was green, but latterly it turned blue.  Contract pressings of popular singles had blue-and-white paper labels. Presumably in imitation of Island's plain pink sleeve, green-labelled Chrysalis singles were given a plain pale-green one, which gained a logo and turned blue during the Phonogram era. The CHS-2000 numbering remained unchanged during the transition from EMI to Phonodisc. That series was shared by singles on the Scratchy and Air labels.  As usual, the discography is gappy, many of the gaps is down to the numbers being used for overseas releases.  pressing of the CHS singles was done by either EMI or Phonodisc.  Wright bought out Ellis in 1985; he sold Chrysalis Records to EMI in 1991 but retained the publishing arm, Chrysalis Music. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

  

69	Tull Jethro	Sweet Dream	CHRYSALIS	WIP	6070
70	Tull Jethro	Witches Promise	CHRYSALIS	WIP	6077
70	Blodwyn Pig	Same Old Story	CHRYSALIS	WIP	6078
70	Tull Jethro	Inside	CHRYSALIS	WIP	6081
70	Tir Na Nog	I´M Happy To Be	CHRYSALIS	WIP	6090
70	Bronco	Lazy Now	CHRYSALIS	WIP	6096
71	Tull Jethro	Lick Your Fingers Clean	CHRYSALIS	WIP	6098
71	Tull Jethro	Life Is A Long Song	CHRYSALIS	WIP	6106

  
    
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF CHRYSALIS  CHA 2000 SERIES 1972-1986 CAN BE FOUND HERE

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Bedlam

I Believe In You (Fire In My Body)

CHRYSALIS

CFB

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75	Mandalaband	Om Mani Padme Hum (1St Movement)	CHRYSALIS	CDJ	101
75	Rory Gallagher	Souped Up Ford	CHRYSALIS	CDJ	102

  

76	The Babys	If You'Ve Got The Time	CHRYSALIS	CXP	1
76	Jethro Tull	Ring Out, Solstice Bells	CHRYSALIS	CXP	2
76	Not Traced		CHRYSALIS	CXP	3
77	Gentle Giant	Playing The Fool	CHRYSALIS	CXP	4