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Independent label: Phoenix Records operated from 1970 to 1974.   It didn't concentrate on any particular musical genre: its singles ranged from the Folky Pop of Weavers Green to the Soul of Natural Stone, and from Carl Simmons's Revivalist Rock 'n' Roll to the Glam Rock of Spunky Spider.  There were around fifty such singles, none of which sold in any great quantity; they came in a NIX-100 numerical series, which may have started at NIX-111.  Its products were manufactured and distributed by CBS.  Initially they had a plain orange label but 1972 there was a change of design to a rather psychedelic gold-on-dark-brown one.  The change happened between NIX-118 and NIX-124.  Unusually, the labels on the 'A' and 'B' sides were different: the 'A' side featured a golden 'P', the 'B' side a golden 'R'.  Initially the catalogue number was at the top and the title and artist's name appeared in the foot of the letter; the layout changed from NIX-126 onwards, presumably for reasons of space.  A name that cropped up regularly on Phoenix singles as producer or musical director (and at least once as artist) was that of Al Saxon, which suggests that he may have had something to do with the running of the label. Distributed By Phoenix Records. Former Address: Group House 9 The Broadway Woodford Green, Essex. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

    

70	Tumbleweeds	Making My Way Back To Louisiana	PHOENIX	NIX	111
70	Tex Withers	Little Soldier	PHOENIX	NIX	112
70	Rosalind Lloyd	Ond I Ti Fy	PHOENIX	NIX	113
71	Weavers Green	Fool On The Hill	PHOENIX	NIX	114
71	Weavers Green	Butterfly	PHOENIX	NIX	115
71	The Val Merrall Orchestra	Valentine's Waltz	PHOENIX	NIX	116
71	Carl Simmons	Hold On Baby	PHOENIX	NIX	117
71	Dawn Barry	My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day	PHOENIX	NIX	118
71	Al Saxon	Firefly	PHOENIX	NIX	119
71	Not Issued		PHOENIX	NIX	120
71	Not Issued		PHOENIX	NIX	121
71	Not Issued		PHOENIX	NIX	122
71	Not Issued		PHOENIX	NIX	123
72	Sad	It Ain´T Easy	PHOENIX	NIX	124
72	Al Saxon	Beautiful	PHOENIX	NIX	125
72	Fourmost	Goodnight Sweet Dreams	PHOENIX	S NIX	126
72	David Haymen	Just Heard From A Friend	PHOENIX	S NIX	127
72	Ella Stone And Moss	Prophet	PHOENIX	S NIX	128
72	Gerry Marsden	Amo Credo	PHOENIX	S NIX	129
72	Cyclops Eye	Kentucky Freeway	PHOENIX	NIX	130
72	Lost Dog	Latch Key Child	PHOENIX	S NIX	131
72	Weavers Green	A Little Mor Love	PHOENIX	S NIX	132
72	Black Rod	See What You Get Out Of Me	PHOENIX	NIX	133
72	Dynasty	Tutankhamun	PHOENIX	NIX	134
72	Spats	Pool Room Pete	PHOENIX	NIX	135
72	Allen Henry	Everything Gets Me Down	PHOENIX	NIX	136
72	Lincoln Rodgers	Let Love Come Between Us	PHOENIX	NIX	137
72	Iris Williams	Silent Night	PHOENIX	NIX	138
72	The Cats	Knees Up Mother Brown	PHOENIX	NIX	139
73	Natural Stone	Give A Little Laughter	PHOENIX	NIX	140
73	Not Issued		PHOENIX	NIX	141
73	Weavers Green	On The Railroad	PHOENIX	S NIX	142
73	Spunky Spider	You Won´T Come	PHOENIX	S NIX	143
73	Saskatchewan Snatch	Wonderful Land	PHOENIX	S NIX	144
73	Red Pepper	I´M Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter	PHOENIX	S NIX	145
73	Chico Arnez	Unknown Soldier	PHOENIX	S NIX	146
73	Byron James	There´S Gotta Be Something Wrong	PHOENIX	S NIX	147
74	Eve Boswell	One God	PHOENIX	S NIX	148