RECORDS
Independent label: Rainbow Records belonged to the Rainbow Sound Studios, of Nottingham. RSS seems to have been a Custom Recording operation: a place which recorded and had pressed limited quantities of records for artists - such as Cabaret and Club performers - who wanted something to sell to the people who came to their performances. Rainbow appears to have been active from 1978 to 1983; in 1980 (or late 1979) it extended its name to Rainbow Sound. In its first incarnation the company used at least two labels with the same basic design in different colours, the change of name was accompanied by a change of design, though the RSL-100 numbering remained the same. Unsurprisingly, Rainbow records, of which there seem to have been least fifty-two, are not that common. RSL-131, 'Bingo', by The Escorts, is a collectable Punk single; while a couple of late singles came out on the NM label, and an earlier one on Avatar. Albums and singles shared the same RSL-100 numerical series - for the sake of interest I've listed in the discography below such 12" records that I've managed to track down, but it's still horribly gappy. The Paul Emmanuel EP was pressed by Orlake. Distributed By Rainbow Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 78 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 101 | |
| 78 | Paul Emmanuel | Isn'T She Lovely | RAINBOW | RSL | 102 |
| 78 | Pete Quilty | If I Could Write A Love Song | RAINBOW | RSL | 103 |
| 78 | Inner Ear | Inner Ear (Album) | RAINBOW | RSL | 104 |
| 78 | First Refusal | Don't Give A Damn | RAINBOW | RSL | 105 |
| 78 | Rob Howell | (At This Table) You'll Never Grow Old | RAINBOW | RSL | 106 |
| 78 | Carl And The Heidelbergers | I Knew This Would Happen | RAINBOW | RSL | 107 |
| 78 | Ann Marie And Toni | International Cabaret | RAINBOW | RSL | 108 |
| 78 | Tony Addams | Love Hurts | RAINBOW | RSL | 109 |
| 78 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 110 | |
| 78 | Bubbles | Jamais | RAINBOW | RSL | 111 |
| 78 | That's That | Well That's That (Album) | RAINBOW | RSL | 112 |
| 78 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 113 | |
| 78 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 114 | |
| 78 | The Leeson Brothers | A1 (Album) | RAINBOW | RSL | 115 |
| 78 | Fixer | Bright And Rosy | RAINBOW | RSL | 116 |
| 78 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 117 | |
| 78 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 118 | |
| 78 | Joanne Tracey | A Love Song | RAINBOW | RSL | 119 |
| 78 | John Pickering | Imagine | RAINBOW | RSL | 120 |
| 78 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 121 | |
| 78 | Larry King | I'M Just Here To Make You Laugh | RAINBOW | RSL | 122 |
| 79 | Barry St. Ives | Barry St. Ives Sings Jolson | RAINBOW | RSL | 123 |
| 79 | Tim Rogers | Through A Window | RAINBOW | RSL | 124 |
| 79 | Summer Rain | Wonderful Land | RAINBOW | RSL | 125 |
| 79 | Choir Of Southwell Minster | Jubilate Deo (Album) | RAINBOW | RSL | 126 |
| 79 | Scott Daniels | Just For You | RAINBOW | RSL | 127 |
| 79 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 128 | |
| 79 | Jimmy Willan | Making Tracks (Album) | RAINBOW | RSL | 129 |
| 79 | The Lion | He's A Man | AVATAR | RSL | 130 |
| 80 | Escorts | Bingo | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 131 |
| 80 | Warrior | Let Battle Commence (Album) | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 132 |
| 80 | Not Traced | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 133 | |
| 80 | The Road Band | High Mileage | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 134 |
| 80 | Not Traced | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 135 | |
| 80 | The Newstead Abbey Singers | Carols And Part Songs (Album) | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 136 |
| 80 | Not Traced | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 137 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 138 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 139 | |
| 81 | Jimmy Willan, Pete Quilty And The Notts. County Choir | County's The Team For Me | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 140 |
| 81 | Jimmy Crawford And Big Jim Ryder The People's Pleasers | Medley: (A) Be My Love (B) Lover | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 141 |
| 81 | Chris Blount New Orleans Jazz Band | Tell My Your Dreams | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 142 |
| 81 | Ricky Jive And The Chevvys | Satisfied | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 143 |
| 82 | Big Bad Bo | I Was An Unban Cowboy | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 144 |
| 82 | Break Down | Silent Pictures | RAINBOW SOUND | RSL | 145 |
| 82 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 146 | |
| 82 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 147 | |
| 83 | John Pickering And Friends | The Father's Family (Album) | RAINBOW | RSL | 148 |
| 83 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 149 | |
| 83 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 150 | |
| 83 | P.C. Rainbow And The Choir Of Fernwood Junior School | The Stranger Danger Song Say No, No, No | NM | RSL | 151 |
| 83 | Harworth Colliery And Welfare Band | Chorale And Rockout For Brass Band And Rock Group | NM | RSL | 152 |
| 78 | Not Traced | RAINBOW | RSL | 0001 | |
| 78 | Six Hands In Tempo | Far From Broadway | RAINBOW | RSL | 0002 |
