NEAT
RECORDS

Independent label: Neat Records was a record label based near Newcastle. The label was established in 1979 by David Wood, who was the owner of Impulse Studios in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. A key figure in the establishment of the label was Steve Thompson. Thompson was house producer at Impulse at the time and helped set up Neat, became the A&R manager and produced all the initial recordings, as well as managing the publishing arm, Neat Music. The label was sold in 1995 by its then owner, the former Tygers of Pan Tang vocalist Jess Cox, to Sanctuary Records. It issued singles in an TS-000 numerical series. Neat Records was arguably the most instrumental label in the revival of heavy metal in the early 80s in the UK. The movement was known as the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal or NWOBHM for short. The label is most notorious for the early releases of Newcastle band Venom who are widely credited with the invention of black metal. While none of Neat Records' acts really broke through to the mainstream themselves. Most of Neat's 40-odd singles and 50-odd LPs were released after the '70s, but its first three singles appeared in 1979.  Numbering was in the NEAT-00s. Neat Records Former Address: 71 High Street East Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. Distributed By Pinnacle and Bullet Records. 

     

79	Motorway	All I Wanna Be Is Your Romeo	NEAT	NEAT	ONE
80	Mckenzie Janie	One And Only Girl	NEAT	NEAT	02
80	Tygers Of Pantang	Don'T Touch Me There	NEAT	NEAT	03
80	Fist	Name Rank And Serial Number	NEAT	NEAT	04
80	White Spirit	Back To The Grind	NEAT	NEAT	05
80	Raven	Don'T Need Your Money	NEAT	NEAT	06
81	Aragorn	Black Ice	NEAT	NEAT	07
81	Venom	In League With Satan	NEAT	NEAT	08
81	Bitches Sin	Always Ready	NEAT	NEAT	09
81	Blitzkrieg	Buried Alive	NEAT	NEAT	10
81	Raven	Hard Ride	NEAT	NEAT	11
81	Raw Deal	Lonewolf	NEAT	NEAT	12
81	Axis	You Got It	NEAT	NEAT	13
81	Steel	Rock Out	NEAT	NEAT	14
82	Raven	Crash Bang Wallop [ Ep ]	NEAT	NEAT	15
82	Jaguar	Axe Crazy	NEAT	NEAT	16
82	Heavy Pettin'	Roll The Dice	NEAT	NEAT	17
82	Deadringer	Hot Lady	NEAT	NEAT	18
82	Crucifixion	Take It Or Leave It	NEAT	NEAT	19
82	Warror	Dead When It Comes To Love	NEAT	NEAT	20
82	Fist	The Wanderer	NEAT	NEAT	21
82	Valhalla	Coming Home	NEAT	NEAT	22
83	Sabre	Miracle Man	NEAT	NEAT	23
83	Persian Risk	Ridin' High	NEAT	NEAT	24
83	Various Artists	One Take No Dubs [ Ep ]	NEAT	NEAT	25
83	Cox Jess	Bridges	NEAT	NEAT	26
83	Venom	Die Hard	NEAT	NEAT	27
83	Raven	Break The Chain	NEAT	NEAT	28
83	Raven	Born To Be Wild	NEAT	NEAT	29
83	Saracen	We Have Arrived	NEAT	NEAT	30
83	Avenger	Too Wild To Tame	NEAT	NEAT	31
83	Tobruk	Wild On The Run	NEAT	NEAT	32
83	Tsyson Dog	Eat The Rich	NEAT	NEAT	33
83	Emerson	Something Special	NEAT	NEAT	34
84	Cox Jess	One In A Million	NEAT	NEAT	35
84	Valhalla	Still In Love	NEAT	NEAT	36
84	Crucifixion	Green Eyes	NEAT	NEAT	37
84	Venom	Warhead	NEAT	NEAT	38
84	Tnt	Back On The Road	NEAT	NEAT	39
84	Glasgow	Stranded	NEAT	NEAT	40
84	Warfare	The Noise Filth And Fury [ Ep ]	NEAT	NEAT	41
84	Mammath	Rock Me	NEAT	NEAT	42
84	Venom	Manitou	NEAT	NEAT	43
84	Lonewolf	Nobody'S Move	NEAT	NEAT	44
84	Warfare	Two Tribes	NEAT	NEAT	45
85	Tysondog	Hammerhead	NEAT	NEAT	46
85	Venom	Nightmare	NEAT	NEAT	47
85	Black Rose	Nightmare	NEAT	NEAT	48
85	Warfare	Total Death [ Ep ]	NEAT	NEAT	49
85	She	Never Surrender	NEAT	NEAT	50
85	Not Traced		NEAT	NEAT	51
85	State Trooper	She Got The Look	NEAT	NEAT	52
85	Venom	Hell At Hammersmith	NEAT	NEAT	53
85	Not Traced		NEAT	NEAT	54
85	Atom Kraft	Queen Of Death	NEAT	NEAT	55
86	Tysondog	Schools Out	NEAT	NEAT	56
87	Shotgun Brides	Restless	NEAT	NEAT	57
87	Warfare	Addicted To Love	NEAT	NEAT	58
87	Carl And The Passion	Everybody Walks Too Fast	NEAT	NEAT	59
87	Mantas	Deceiver (12")	NEAT	NEAT 12	60
87	Not Issued		NEAT	NEAT	61
92	The Big Bugs	Marry For The Money	NEAT	NEAT	62
92	Not Traced		NEAT	NEAT	63
92	David A. Stewart	Light Up The City (CD)	NEAT	NEAT D	64
93	The Crisis Children	The One Hit Wonder Club (CD)	NEAT	NEAT D	65
93	Not Traced		NEAT	NEAT	66
93	Not Traced		NEAT	NEAT	67
94	Profondo Rosso	Extrapolate  (CD)	NEAT	NEAT D	68
95	Profondo Rosso	Open Plan Go (CD)	NEAT	NEAT D	69
95	Not Traced		NEAT	NEAT	70
95	Not Traced		NEAT	NEAT	71
98	Profondo Rosso	Auto Erotic (CD)	NEAT	NEAT D	72