KELLY
RECORDS
Independent Isle of Man label: Kelly Records had a recording
studio as well as a label, and was based in Duke Street, Douglas.
Unfortunately there are no dates on Kelly records, but the Mannin Folk LP 'King
Of The Sea' (MAN-2) is reported to have been issued in 1976 and Kenneth Dove's
single 'Ellan Vannin' seems to date from 1972, so the company was active
in the 70s decade. I only know of ten seven-inch releases, but
the gaps in the discography below indicate that there may well have been several
more. Seven-inch and twelve-inch records had different numerical series,
and the prefixes varied. The basic singles series looks to have been KS-0,
with KEP-0 for EPs and MAN-0 for LPs, but several records had prefixes which
took their lettering from the name of the album or of the artist, as in the case
of both of the examples shown. It is possible that these may have been
self-financed and the others actual issues, but that's only a guess.
Labels came in several different colour schemes, such as yellow-on-red and
grey-on-white, and in at least two different designs, of which the one with the
large three-legged logo is the most common; the size and arrangement of the
label name also varied. An LP by Mike Williams, Al Lawrence and Laurie
Kermode entitled 'Live At The Colby Glen' (MAN-3) from 1977 had the
blue-and-white kind of label, suggesting that that was the later design of the
two. The company is reported to have been dissolved in
1985. Distributed By Kelly Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The
Info.
| 70s |
Nelson Sound |
Breakin' Up Is Hard To
Do |
KELLY |
NEL |
100 |
| 77 |
Tony Whyte |
Lazy River |
KELLY |
TW |
1900 |
| 70s |
Not Traced |
|
KELLY |
KS |
1 |
| 70s |
Mike Williams |
The Brig The Lily |
KELLY |
KS |
2 |
| 72 |
Kenneth Dove With His Hammond Organ |
Ellan Vannin |
KELLY |
KS |
3 |
| 70s |
Not Traced |
|
KELLY |
KS |
4 |
| 70s |
Not Traced |
|
KELLY |
KS |
5 |
| 70s |
Mike Williams And Lawrence Kermode |
Give Me The Bus Fare To Laxey |
KELLY |
KS |
6 |
| 70s |
Mannin Folk |
Mannin Folk Sing
(Ep) |
KELLY |
KEP |
1 |
| 70s |
Not Traced |
|
KELLY |
KEP |
2 |
| 70s |
Not Traced |
|
KELLY |
KEP |
3 |
| 70s |
Triad |
Song For The Terns |
KELLY |
KEP |
4 |
| 70s |
Not Traced |
|
KELLY |
KEP |
5 |
| 70s |
Nelson'S Crew |
I Can'T Get Along Without Your Lovin' |
KELLY |
KEP |
6 |
| 75 |
Regal Singers |
Ellan Vannin |
KELLY |
RS EP |
1 |
| 70s |
Kenneth Dove |
Mank Cradle
Song |
KELLY |
KD |
1 |
