QPR
RECORDS
QPR Records was a DIY label. The second QPR label was the
vehicle for a single by supporters of Queens Park Rangers F.C. rather than by
the team itself. The single in question was 'Queens Park Rangers' b/w
'Drive Me Down To QPR', by the Loftus Roadrunners. Its catalogue number
was QPR-1, and it came out in 1977. Bruce Thomas, who composed both sides,
went on to better things shortly afterwards as a member of The
Attractions. Pressing was by Decca. Gama Records, whose logo appears
on the label, was the label of Gemini Management, which had signed to Decca in
November 1973. There was a possibility of Gama being given fully-fledged
label status if certain levels of sales were achieved, but in the event the
separate identity never happened and the company's products - such as records by
Camel - appeared on the Decca label. Distributed By Decca Records.
Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
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