POWER EXCHANGE
RECORDS
Independent label: Power Exchange Records was founded by
Americans Paul Robinson and Steve Rowland, with financial assistance from
EMI. It came on to the scene in November 1974, and was initially aimed at
the Black Music market. Its aim was 'to establish a UK soul repertoire company
which is not completely dependent on imported product and is to have
merchandising muscle from a major such as EMI’. British talent was to be
signed, and material was to be licensed from the States. H.B. Barnum was
signed as an arranger / producer / talent scout, as well as an artist.
Pressing and distribution were by EMI. After twelve months the company
broke its link with EMI and joined the President stable. Its musical
direction altered, becoming broader: it ventured into other areas such as Disco,
Pop and even Punk, and in 1976 it scored a British No.1 with the emotional
Country-flavoured, 'No Charge', by J. J. Barrie (PX-209). The Imperials',
'Who's Gonna Love Me' (PX-266) made it into the Top 20 in the following year,
but that was about the lot as far as Chart success was concerned, in 1978 the
company went into liquidation. Power Exchange changed distributors with
some frequency. Its initial stint,with EMI, resulted in fifteen singles in
a PX-100 numerical series; initially the logo had a pink background) but with
PX-104 the background turned yellow and the colours of its lettering
changed. There was also a company sleeve during the EMI era. Demos
were usually overprinted in the standard EMI fashion, but sometimes stickers
were applied to issue labels. The switch to President for marketing and
Enterprise / Lugton / H. R. Taylor for distribution at the end of 1975 saw a
change of numbering to the PX-200s. The labels got darker, and gained a
credit to Paul Robinson Music Ltd at the top. The arrangement seems not to
have lasted for long: injection moulded labels in various colours appeared from
May 1976, suggesting that Polydor / Phonogram was handling the label at that
point, A given single could frequently be found with more than one colour of
label. Twelve months or so later there was another change: and Selecta
took over distribution. The few pressings from this era that I have seen
in the vinyl were been done by Decca; the labels were now paper, and were
coloured silver. A return to the earlier colouring took place from PX-265
onwards; the logo changed to red lightning and moved to the other side of the
label, with occasional variations in the typeface of the credits.
Catalogue numbers reached PX-279 in the middle of 1978; PX-281, a reissue, was
released out of sequence and appears to owe its numbering to the fact that it
was previously available on A1 Records as A1-281. Thanks to
Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 74 |
O'Jays |
Peace |
POWER
EXCHANGE |
PX |
101 |
| 74 |
Barnum H B |
Having A Party |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
102 |
| 74 |
Dynamic Concept |
California |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
103 |
| 75 |
Cole Billy |
Extra Careful |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
104 |
| 75 |
Dynamic Concept |
La Da Da |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
105 |
| 75 |
Soul Food |
Tom The Peeper'S Brother John |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
106 |
| 75 |
Jambo |
Harrambee |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
107 |
| 75 |
Byers Ann |
This Man Is Rated-X |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
108 |
| 75 |
Faith Gene |
Call The Fbi |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
109 |
| 75 |
Connections |
Here & Now |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
110 |
| 75 |
Prima Louis |
Sugar |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
111 |
| 75 |
Barrie J J |
Where´S The Reason |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
112 |
| 75 |
Kristine |
You´Re My Honey |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
113 |
| 75 |
Thirteen Amp |
Need A Woman |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
114 |
| 75 |
Amesbury Bill |
Every Girl In The World |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
115 |
| 75 |
Not Issued |
|
POWER
EXCHANGE |
PX |
201 |
| 75 |
Not Issued |
|
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
202 |
| 75 |
Moran Mike |
Autumn Leaves |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
203 |
| 75 |
Amesbury Bill |
Saturday Noght |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
204 |
| 75 |
Mash |
My Sweet Potato |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
205 |
| 75 |
Not Issued |
|
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
206 |
| 76 |
Spencer Eddie |
If This Is Love |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
207 |
| 76 |
Not Traced |
|
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
208 |
| 76 |
Barrie J J |
No Charge |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
209 |
| 76 |
Not Issued |
|
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
210 |
| 76 |
Not Issued |
|
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
211 |
| 76 |
Not Issued |
|
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
212 |
| 76 |
Kendrick Paul |
Doing The Best I Can |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
213 |
| 76 |
T H P Orchestra |
Theme
From S W A T |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
214 |
| 76 |
Clyde Pop Orchestra |
All Around My Hat |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
217 |
| 76 |
Amesbury Bill |
Sugar Pie |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
218 |
| 76 |
Pipe Major Willie Cochrane |
From Scotland With Love |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
219 |
| 76 |
Amesbury Bill |
I Remember |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
220 |
| 76 |
Kristine |
Late Night Movies |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
221 |
| 76 |
J J Barrie |
Where'S The Reason |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
222 |
| 76 |
Rainmaker |
Make It Rain |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
225 |
| 76 |
Stone Judy |
Hasta Manana |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
226 |
| 76 |
English Jon |
Hollywood Seven |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
227 |
| 76 |
James Michael |
Twilight Time |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
228 |
| 76 |
Kristine |
Pussycat Tiger |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
229 |
| 76 |
Lovequake |
Lovequake |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
231 |
| 76 |
J J Barrie |
Boys Will Be Boys |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
232 |
| 76 |
Love On Love |
Move A Little Closer |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
233 |
| 76 |
Mojacar Town Band |
Mojacar March |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
234 |
| 76 |
Love On Love |
Makin' Love On The Phone |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
235 |
| 76 |
H B Barnum |
Having A Party |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
236 |
| 76 |
Bolland & Boland |
Mexico I Can'T Say Goodbye |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
239 |
| 76 |
James Jimmy |
Riverboat Jenny |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
240 |
| 77 |
Kristine |
Photo Album |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
241 |
| 76 |
Saints [ Australia ] |
I'M Stranded |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
242 |
| 77 |
Lobo |
It'S Everywhere |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
243 |
| 77 |
Warner'S Kai Oriental Express |
Fly Butterfly |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
244 |
| 77 |
Brown Vicki |
From The Inside |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
245 |
| 77 |
Frank Stanley |
S'Cool Days |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
247 |
| 77 |
Celtic Team |
Celtic |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
248 |
| 77 |
Amesbury Bill |
You Belong To Me |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
249 |
| 76 |
Brown Joe |
The Boxer |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
252 |
| 77 |
Forbes |
The Beatles |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
253 |
| 77 |
Pascalis Marianna Robert & Bessy |
A Music Lesson |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
254 |
| 77 |
Mauriat Paul |
Love Is Still Blue |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
255 |
| 77 |
Plaid Pop Orchestra |
Sailing |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
257 |
| 77 |
Lobo |
At First Sight |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
258 |
| 77 |
Barrie J J |
I Love You |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
259 |
| 77 |
Mauriat Paul |
L'Oiseau Et L'Enfant |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
260 |
| 77 |
Brown Joe |
All Things Bright An Beautiful |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
261 |
| 77 |
Skid |
I Saw Her Standing There |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
262 |
| 77 |
Davison Paul |
Kingstone |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
263 |
| 77 |
Main Ingredient |
Reggae Disco |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
265 |
| 77 |
Little Anthony & The Imperials |
Who'S Gonna Love Me |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
266 |
| 78 |
Kaptain Kool & Kongs |
Sing Me A Song |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
267 |
| 78 |
Mauriat
Paul |
Pulstar |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
268 |
| 78 |
Roundtree |
Get On Up |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
269 |
| 78 |
Little Anthony & The Imperials |
Where You Gonna Find Somebody |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
270 |
| 78 |
Kaptain Kool & Kongs |
You Put Some Love In My Life |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
271 |
| 78 |
Hutchinson John |
Dream |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
272 |
| 78 |
Southern Ronji |
Movin' Too Fast |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
273 |
| 78 |
Little Anthony & The Imperials |
Do What I Gotta Do |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
274 |
| 78 |
Sugar |
Manhattan Fever |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
275 |
| 78 |
Black Ivory |
You Turned Ny World Around |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
277 |
| 78 |
Mauriat Paul Plus |
Joy Of You |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PX |
279 |
| 77 |
J J Barrie |
Top Ten Fool |
POWER
EXCHANGE |
PXE |
100 |
| 77 |
Saints [ Australia ] |
I'M Stranded |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PXE |
101 |
| 78 |
Scottish Supporters |
Ally Mcleod |
POWER EXCHANGE |
PXE |
102 |
| 75 |
Bill Amesbury |
Can You Feel
It |
POWER
EXCHANGE |
PSR |
387 |
| 77 |
Mauriat Paul |
Love Is Still Blue (Disco
Version) |
POWER
EXCHANGE |
PXD |
255 |
