RECORDS
Independent label: Fly Records was set up in 1970 by David Platz, founder of the Essex Music publishing company. Up to that point Essex's 'Straight Ahead Productions' company had released its product through EMI on the Regal Zonophone label, which had been revitalized for that purpose. With Fly was hatched Straight Ahead transferred their artists - including Procol Harum, Joe Cocker and Tyrannosaurus Rex - to the new label. Abbreviated, T. Rex immediately provided Fly with its first Singles Chart successes, launching Marc Bolan as a star in the process. John Kongos also provided a couple of Chart hits, making the Top 5 twice in 1971 with 'He's Gonna Step On You Again' (BUG-8) and 'Tokoloshi Man' (BUG-14). In 1972, Fly Records evolved into Cube, keeping the numerical series going but changing the label design dramatically in the process. During the course of its short life Fly used a number of different labels: the earliest came in pale lilac and later in fawn, while the Roger-Dean-designed one came first in black-and-silver, occasionally in pink-and-black, and latterly in black-and-white. The idea of using a 'handwriting' typeface for the credits, which the company started to do with BUG-7, was an unusual one; the only other non-DIY label I can think of which did the same was Nepentha. Reportedly the handwriting was Dean's. Manufacture and distribution were by EMI, and the demos are in the usual EMI style, though occasionally pressings were outsourced - the copy of T. Rex's 'Get It On' has a wider dinking perforation than usual and is a Decca pressing. According to Billboard (10th October 1970) its product was to be promoted by Track Records. The label was revived in 1972, as 'Maxi Fly', for a short-lived series of EPs, which were numbered in the ECHO-100s. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 70 | Bolan Marc & T.Rex | Ride A White Swan | FLY | BUG | 1 |
| 70 | Move | When Alice Comes Back To The Farm | FLY | BUG | 2 |
| 70 | Cocker Joe | Cry Me A River | FLY | BUG | 3 |
| 70 | Stanshall Vivian | Suspicion | FLY | BUG | 4 |
| 71 | Brown Georgia | Theme From "The Roads To Freedom" | FLY | BUG | 5 |
| 71 | Bolan Marc & T.Rex | Hot Love | FLY | BUG | 6 |
| 71 | Third World War | Ascension Day | FLY | BUG | 7 |
| 71 | Kongos John | He'S Gonna Step On You Again | FLY | BUG | 8 |
| 71 | Cocker Joe | High Time We Went | FLY | BUG | 9 |
| 71 | Bolan Marc & T.Rex | Get It On | FLY | BUG | 10 |
| 71 | Third World War | A Little Bit Of Urban Rock | FLY | BUG | 11 |
| 71 | Tidbits | Jean Harlow | FLY | BUG | 12 |
| 71 | Williams John | Pomegranate | FLY | BUG | 13 |
| 71 | Kongos John | Tokoloshe Man | FLY | BUG | 14 |
| 71 | Neal Chris | Blame It All On Eve | FLY | BUG | 15 |
| 71 | Bolan Marc & T.Rex | Jeepster | FLY | BUG | 16 |
| 71 | Keating Johnny Orchestra | Theme From The Onedin Line | FLY | BUG | 17 |
| 71 | Brown Georgia | Turn Out The Light | FLY | BUG | 18 |
| 72 | Thomas Rod | Timothy Jones | FLY | BUG | 19 |
| 71 | Andrews Harvey | Soldier | CUBE | BUG | 20 |
| 71 | Helms Jimmy | So Long Love | CUBE | BUG | 21 |
| 72 | Kongos John | Great White Lady | CUBE | BUG | 22 |
| 72 | Neal Chris | Streets Of Birmingham | CUBE | BUG | 23 |
| 72 | Morton Lionel | What A Woman Does | CUBE | BUG | 24 |
| 72 | Cocker Joe | Midnight Rider | CUBE | BUG | 25 |
| 72 | Andrews Harvey | Don'T Know The Time | CUBE | BUG | 26 |
| 73 | Helms Jimmy | Gonna Make You An Offer You Can'T Refuse | CUBE | BUG | 27 |
| 73 | Cocker Joe | She Don'T Mind | CUBE | BUG | 28 |
| 73 | J.S.D. Band | Sarah Jane | CUBE | BUG | 29 |
| 73 | Helms Jimmy | Jack Horner'S Holiday | CUBE | BUG | 30 |
| 73 | Armatrading Joan | Lonely Lady | CUBE | BUG | 31 |
| 73 | Kongos John | Higher Than God'S Hat | CUBE | BUG | 32 |
| 73 | Helms Jimmy | I'Ll Take Good Care Of You | CUBE | BUG | 33 |
| 73 | Majestics | Living It All Again | CUBE | BUG | 34 |
| 73 | Jets | Rusty Corinthian Pillar | CUBE | BUG | 35 |
| 73 | Helms Jimmy | When Can Brown Begin | CUBE | BUG | 36 |
| 74 | The Majestics | Little Black Pearl | CUBE | BUG | 37 |
| 74 | Seeboe Redgie | Daphne'S Brains | CUBE | BUG | 38 |
| 74 | Ryder | Sugar Mama | CUBE | BUG | 39 |
| 74 | Jsd Band | Sunshine Life For Me | CUBE | BUG | 40 |
| 74 | Angel | Good Time Fanny | CUBE | BUG | 41 |
| 74 | Price Michael | Not A Word Not A Song | CUBE | BUG | 42 |
| 74 | Bailey Robert | Make Haste Sooner | CUBE | BUG | 43 |
| 74 | Bullfrog | Glancy | CUBE | BUG | 44 |
| 74 | Snapp | So Many Reasons | CUBE | BUG | 45 |
| 74 | Majestics | Shazam | CUBE | BUG | 46 |
| 74 | Cocker Joe | Put Out The Light | CUBE | BUG | 47 |
| 74 | Kongos John | Truth Is An Ocean | CUBE | BUG | 48 |
| 74 | Jsd Band | Cuckoo | CUBE | BUG | 49 |
| 74 | Lubin Lem | Oh Heartbreaker | CUBE | BUG | 50 |
| 74 | Angel | Little Boy Blue | CUBE | BUG | 51 |
| 74 | Price Michael | Is It Me Is It You | CUBE | BUG | 52 |
| 75 | Conkers | Tina | CUBE | BUG | 53 |
| 75 | Memzelle Betti | Get Out Of My Way | CUBE | BUG | 54 |
| 75 | Mark Two | Going Away Today | CUBE | BUG | 55 |
| 75 | Redgie Seeboe | Please Don't Bring Your Sister | CUBE | BUG | 56 |
| 75 | Joe Cocker | You Are So Beautiful | CUBE | BUG | 57 |
| 75 | John Kongos | Ride The Lightning | CUBE | BUG | 58 |
| 75 | Michael Price | You're Not Smiling | CUBE | BUG | 59 |
| 75 | Helms Jimmy | Gonna Make You An Offer | CUBE | BUG | 60 |
| 75 | Joe Cocker | It's All Over But The Shoutin' | CUBE | BUG | 61 |
| 75 | Procol Harum | Homburg | CUBE | BUG | 62 |
| 76 | Waterloo And Robinson | Midnight Movie | CUBE | BUG | 63 |
| 76 | Kissoon Mac & Katie | Get Down With It-Satisfaction | CUBE | BUG | 64 |
| 76 | John Williams [Guitarist] | Cavatina | CUBE | BUG | 65 |
| 76 | Bolan Marc & T.Rex | Hot Love | CUBE | BUG | 66 |
| 76 | Waterloo & Robinson | My Little World | CUBE | BUG | 67 |
| 76 | Steve And Bonnie | Yuppi Du | CUBE | BUG | 68 |
| 76 | Chain-Gang | Midnight Special | CUBE | BUG | 69 |
| 76 | Waterloo And Robinson | Turn Away | CUBE | BUG | 70 |
| 76 | The Bumpers | The Bumper Song | CUBE | BUG | 71 |
| 76 | Craig Douglas And Featuring The Dougettes | Who's Sorry Now | CUBE | BUG | 72 |
| 76 | Electric Choir | To All Mankind-Doobey Dooh | CUBE | BUG | 73 |
| 76 | Armatrading Joan | Alice | CUBE | BUG | 74 |
| 77 | Jimmy Chambers | Love Don't Come Easily, Girl | CUBE | BUG | 75 |
| 77 | Craig Douglas | Turn Away | CUBE | BUG | 76 |
| 78 | Procol Harum | A Whiter Shade Of Pale | CUBE | BUG | 77 |
| 78 | John Williams [Guitarist] | Travelling | CUBE | BUG | 78 |
| 78 | Peter Cook And Dudley Moore | Goodbyee | CUBE | BUG | 79 |
| 78 | John Williams [Guitarist] | Romanza | CUBE | BUG | 80 |
| 79 | Vladimir Cosma | Nadia's Theme | CUBE | BUG | 81 |
| 79 | John Kongos | He's Gonna Step On You Again | CUBE | BUG | 82 |
| 79 | John Williams [Guitarist] | Air On The 'G' String | CUBE | BUG | 83 |
| 79 | The Pirates | Golden Oldies | CUBE | BUG | 84 |
| 79 | The Move | Flowers In The Rain | CUBE | BUG | 85 |
| 79 | The Pirates | Lady (Put The Light On Me) | CUBE | BUG | 86 |
| 79 | Not Issued | CUBE | BUG | 87 | |
| 79 | The Mansell Chorale | Song Of Freedom (Theme From 'Enemy At The Door') | CUBE | BUG | 88 |
| 79 | Gordon Giltrap | Theme From The Waltons | CUBE | BUG | 89 |
| 80 | T. Rex | Jeepster | CUBE | BUG | 90 |
| 81 | Joe Cocker | Let It Be | CUBE | BUG | 91 |
| 81 | Robyn Archer | Excerpts From 'A Star Is Torn' | CUBE | BUG | 92 |
| 82 | Joan Armatrading | Lonely Lady | CUBE | BUG | 93 |
| 82 | The Gabrieli Brass | New Forest | CUBE | BUG | 94 |
| 83 | Gordon Giltrap | Heartsong | CUBE | BUG | 95 |
| 83 | Not Issued | CUBE | BUG | 96 | |
| 83 | Joe Cocker | You Are So Beautiful | CUBE | BUG | 97 |
| 84 | Jimmy Helms | Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse | CUBE | BUG | 98 |
| 84 | T. Rex | Rare Magic | CUBE | BUG | 99 |
| 72 | Procol Harum | A Whiter Shade Of Pale | FLY | ECHO | 101 |
| 72 | Tyrannosaurus Rex | Debora // One Inch Rock | FLY | ECHO | 102 |
| 72 | Joe Cocker | With A Little Help From My Friends | FLY | ECHO | 103 |
| 72 | Move | Fire Brigade | FLY | ECHO | 104 |
