ROUGE
RECORDS
Independent label: Rouge Records was a subsidiary label of
music publishing company De Wolfe. Rouge made several singles available to
the public, though whether they were intended for sale commercially or not is
open to question. The earliest of them was 'I Am A' b/w 'Very Peculiar Julia' by
the Plain Characters (RMS/PC-1; 1977), which was described in one source as
'Prog Punk', whatever that might be. It is reported that the writers of
the tune worked for De Wolfe. Two years later the band came up with a DIY
label, Final Solution Records. Distributed By De Wolfe Records. Plain
Characters was a post punk/new wave band active during the late 70s through the
early 80s. The group was comprised of Colin Lloyd-Tucker (vocals), Paul
Hohnstone (guitar), John Hyde (bass, keyboards) and Tim Broughton (Percussion).
They released 3 singles and an LP between the years of 1977-1981. The only
other Rouge singles seem to have been numbered in an RMS-1110 and RMS-2222
series; they appear to date from 1978. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The
Info.
| 79 |
Plain
Characters |
I Am A |
ROUGE |
RMS/PC |
1 |
| 78 |
Soul City
Orchestra |
Hair Of The Dog / Pink Pussy |
ROUGE |
RMS |
1110 |
| 78 |
The Electric Banana |
Do My Stuff / Take Me Home |
ROUGE |
RMS |
1111 |
| 78 |
Not Traced |
|
ROUGE |
RMS |
1112 |
| 78 |
The Simon Park Orchestra |
Seagull / I See You In The Sunrise |
ROUGE |
RMS |
1113 |
| 78 |
The Derek Wadsworth Orchestra / Karl Jenkins
Orchestra |
Hydroplane / Black Hawk |
ROUGE |
RMS |
1114 |
| 79 |
Kristin Flanders And Julia
Stovold |
If There's A Time (From The
Musical Night Child) |
ROUGE |
RMS |
2222 |
