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Independent label: Firebird Records was a Sub label of Pinnacle Electronics, of Orpington, in Kent, it began issuing records in 1975, on the 'Pinnacle' label, in 1978 the old label was subject to a radical overhaul: it emerged with a new catalogue series (PIN-0, replacing P-8400), a new multi-coloured design, and a new name, Pinnacle Firebird. The new brand visited the Singles Chart twice in 1978, with a couple of Disco-slanted reworkings of well-known songs / tunes: Colorado's stab at 'California Dreaming' (PIN-67), and Mankind's rendering of the theme from the BBC series, 'Dr. Who' (PIN-71). For some reason the Mankind single can be found on a plain silver version of the label, minus the 'Firebird' logo but with the same catalogue number. Pinnacle Firebird as such seems not to have survived into 1980; the 'Firebird' bit was dropped and the name reverted to its original 'Pinnacle'. The Pinnacle company moved into the Record Distribution business; it flourished in that role. Pinnacle went into liquidation in 2008. It was then that Windsong Exports purchased the group and turned it into the UK's leading music distributor. Following that, the companies were usually referred to jointly as Windsong/Pinnacle. In 1996, Windsong/Pinnacle was purchased by the Zomba Group When Zomba was subsequently purchased by BMG in 2002, Windsong/Pinnacle was moved under Bertelsmann's group Arvato AG. In January 2008, Windsong completed a buyout from Arvato, gaining independent ownership again. However, in the midst of an economic crisis, the company was forced to go into administration, effective December 3, 2008. Distributed By Pinnacle Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 79 | Straker Nick Band | Walk In The Park | PINNACLE / FIREBIRD | PIN | 1 |
| 79 | Transvolta | Disco Computer | PINNACLE / FIREBIRD | PIN | 3 |
| 79 | Lou & Hollywood Bananas | Kingston Kingston | PINNACLE / FIREBIRD | PIN | 5 |
| 79 | Mankind | Chain Reaction | PINNACLE / FIREBIRD | PIN | 13 |
| 79 | Disco Very | Get It On | PINNACLE / FIREBIRD | PIN | 15 |
| 79 | Pig Clive & Hopeful Chinamen | Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen | PINNACLE | PIN | 21 |
| 79 | U K Subs | C I D | PINNACLE | PIN | 22 |
| 79 | Cyanide | Your Old Man | PINNACLE | PIN | 23 |
| 79 | Disco Rockmachine | Living In The City | PINNACLE | PIN | 24 |
| 79 | Dana & Gene | Dario Can You Get Me Into Studio 54 | PINNACLE | PIN | 26 |
| 79 | Dansette Damage | 2001 1/4 Approximately | PINNACLE | PIN | 30 |
| 78 | Monaco | God Only Knows | PINNACLE / FIREBIRD | PIN | 64 |
| 78 | Flintlock | You'Re Like A Magnet | PINNACLE | PIN | 65 |
| 78 | Colorado | California Dreamin | PINNACLE / FIREBIRD | PIN | 67 |
| 78 | Mankind | Dr. Who | PINNACLE / FIREBIRD | PIN | 71 |
| 79 | Scott Peggy | You'Ve Got It All | PINNACLE / FIREBIRD | PIN | 73 |
| 79 | Tuesday´S Children | Boogie Woman | PINNACLE / FIREBIRD | PIN | 75 |
