SAFARI
RECORDS
The
second Safari label of the '70s was launched in early 1978 by John
Craig (ex of the Purple and Oyster labels, Tony Edwards (former co-manager
of Deep Purple) and Andreas Budde (the son of German music publisher Rolf
Budde). With the label's founders living in Paris, Berlin and London
respectively, the plan was to develop a pan-European record company that would
release pop records. Licensing deals were struck with Teldec in Germany and
Disques Vogue in France. Initially it had Pop leanings, but after Budde left
there was a change of direction and the company embraced New Wave, signing such
artists as Toyah Wilcox and Wayne County & the Electric
Chairs. Wayne County's EP, 'Blatantly Offensive' lived up to its
title, so much so that the staff at Pye, Safari's distributors at the time
refused to handle it; a one-off distribution deal with Lightning was
hastily arranged. From 1981 to 1983 a succession of Toyah Wilcox
records took Safari into the Charts, but those successes and others in mainland
Europe weren't enough to keep the company going, and it expired in 1985.
In the beginning manufacture and distribution were by Pye. Spartan took
over distribution in 1979, the SAFE-0 numbers and the label design remining
unchanged. At least sixty singles were released by the company during
its existence, some of which were given artist-specific prefixes - eg: TOY
(Toyah) and WC (Wayne County). Safari Records Former Address: 42
Manchester Street London W1. and 44 Seymour Place W1. Thanks
to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 78 |
County Wayne & Electric
Chairs |
Eddie And
Sheena |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
1 |
| 78 |
Tobias Ken |
New York City |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
2 |
| 78 |
Chanter Sisters |
Na Na Hey Hey |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
3 |
| 78 |
Playmate |
Love Dance |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
4 |
| 78 |
Clayderman Richard |
Ballade Pour Adeline |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
5 |
| 78 |
Dekker George |
Reggae Star |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
6 |
| 75 |
O'Brian Dennis |
Talkk |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
7 |
| 78 |
Roy Mason Apps |
Everytime We Say Goodbye |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
8 |
| 78 |
County Wayne & Electric Chairs |
Trying To Get On The Radio |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
9 |
| 78 |
Chanter Sisters |
Can'T Stop Dancing |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
10 |
| 78 |
Cheetah |
Pressure Drop |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
11 |
| 78 |
Barclay Bill |
Burns Night Fever |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
12 |
| 78 |
County Wayne & Electric Chairs |
Berlin |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
13 |
| 79 |
Hughes Glen |
I Found A Woman |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
14 |
| 79 |
Toyah |
Victims Of The Riddle |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
15 |
| 79 |
Man |
Hey You |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
16 |
| 79 |
Teenbeats [ Uk ] |
I Can'T Control Myself |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
17 |
| 79 |
County Wayne & Electric Chairs |
So Many Ways |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
18 |
| 79 |
Teenbeats [ Uk ] |
Strength Of The Nation |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
19 |
| 79 |
Barclay Bill |
Hey Jimmy |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
20 |
| 79 |
Boys [ Uk ] |
Kamikaze |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
21 |
| 80 |
Toyah |
Tribal Look |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
22 |
| 80 |
Boys [ Uk ] |
Terminal Love |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
23 |
| 80 |
Holton Gary |
Ruby |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
24 |
| 80 |
South Coast Ska Stars |
South Coast Rumble |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
25 |
| 80 |
Not Issued |
|
SAFARI |
SAFE |
26 |
| 80 |
Boys [ Uk ] |
You Better Move On |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
27 |
| 80 |
Toyah |
Leya |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
28 |
| 80 |
Boys [ Uk ] |
You Better Move On |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
29 |
| 80 |
Purple Hearts |
My Life'S A Jigsaw |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
30 |
| 80 |
Boys [ Uk ] |
Weekend |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
31 |
| 80 |
Toyah |
Danced |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
32 |
| 80 |
Boys [ Uk ] |
Let It Rain |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
33 |
| 81 |
Toyah |
I Want To Be Free |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
34 |
| 81 |
Dekker George |
Atlantic Road |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
35 |
| 81 |
Erogenous Zones |
Say It'S Not So |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
36 |
| 80 |
Atkins Dave |
Acquaintances |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
37 |
| 81 |
Toyah |
Thunder In The Mountains |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
38 |
| 81 |
Weapon Of Peace |
Jah Love |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
39 |
| 81 |
Those French Girls |
Close Up |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
40 |
| 82 |
Those French Girls |
Sorry Sorry |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
41 |
| 82 |
Weapon Of Peace |
Foul Play |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
42 |
| 82 |
Willis Julie |
Wild Thing |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
43 |
| 82 |
Mischievous Deeds |
Wishing You Well |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
44 |
| 82 |
Toyah |
Brave New World |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
45 |
| 82 |
Swingadilla |
In The Mood |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
46 |
| 82 |
Hargreaves Dale Flamingos |
Scared To Death |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
47 |
| 82 |
Weapon Of Peace |
Hit & Run |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
48 |
| 82 |
Cimarons |
Big Girls Don'T Cry |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
49 |
| 82 |
Ukraine |
I Can See Clearly Now |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
50 |
| 82 |
Sergeant Frogg |
Butterfly Ball |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
51 |
| 82 |
Toyah |
Be Loud Be Proud |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
52 |
| 83 |
Garner Gigi |
Reflections Of My Life |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
53 |
| 83 |
Weapon Of Peace |
Standing On The Edge |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
54 |
| 83 |
Ashton Tony & Linda Hayes |
Resurrection Shuffle |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
55 |
| 83 |
Toyah |
Rebel Run |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
56 |
| 83 |
English Evenings |
What'S The Matter With You |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
57 |
| 83 |
Toyah |
The Vow |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
58 |
| 84 |
English Evenings |
Touch |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
59 |
| 84 |
Lord Jon |
Country Diary |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
60 |
| 84 |
Steele Tommy |
Singing In The Rain |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
61 |
| 84 |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Champions Theme |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
62 |
| 84 |
Nielsson Carol |
Eleven O'Clock |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
63 |
| 84 |
English Evenings |
Tear You Down |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
64 |
| 84 |
English Evenings |
I Will Return |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
65 |
| 84 |
La Bouche |
Romantic Love |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
66 |
| 84 |
Bobo Zero |
Crime Of Emotion |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
67 |
| 84 |
Tarbuck Jimmy |
Again |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
68 |
| 84 |
Mr Men Musical! |
Little Miss Shy And Mr.
Quiet |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
69 |
| 84 |
Tarbuck Jimmy |
Any Dream Will Do |
SAFARI |
SAFE |
70 |
| 78 |
Barclay Bill |
Hoat Pies For Us
Argentina |
SAFARI |
NIL |
1 |
| 78 |
Not Traced |
|
SAFARI |
WC |
1 |
| 78 |
County Wayne & Electric Chairs |
Blatanty Offensive [ Ep ] |
SAFARI |
WC |
2 |
| 83 |
County Wayne & Electric Chairs |
Fuck Off |
SAFARI |
WC |
3 |
| 79 |
Toyah |
Sheep Farming In Barnet [ Ep
] |
SAFARI |
SAP |
1 |
| 79 |
Genocide |
Genocide [ Ep ] |
SAFARI |
SAP |
2 |
| 79 |
Yobs |
Rub-A-Dum-Dum |
SAFARI |
YULE |
1 |
| 81 |
Toyah |
Four From Toyha [ Ep
] |
SAFARI |
TOY |
1 |
| 81 |
Toyah |
Four More From Toyha [ Ep ] |
SAFARI |
TOY |
2 |
| 84 |
Hartley Richard / Michael
Reed |
The Music Of Torvill & Dean
Ep |
SAFARI |
SKATE |
1 |
| 85 |
London Musicians Orchestra |
The Music Of Torvill & Dean Ep |
SAFARI |
SKATE |
2 |
| 84 |
Price Alan |
Clair De Lune |
SAFARI |
ALAN |
1 |
| 84 |
Hayes Lynda |
Don'T You Love
Me |
SAFARI |
LYNDA |
1 |
| 84 |
Great Britain's Olympic
Team |
Go For Gold |
SAFARI |
OLY |
1 |
| 84 |
Roger Glover's Butterfly
Ball |
Love Is All
(ep) |
SAFARI |
SAF EP |
1 |
| 85 |
Pertwee Jon |
Who Is The
Doctor |
SAFARI |
DOCTOR |
1 |
| 83 |
Juluka |
Scatterlings Of
Africa |
SAFARI |
ZULU |
1 |
| 83 |
Juluka |
Umbagaanga Music |
SAFARI |
ZULU |
2 |
| 83 |
Juluka |
Impi |
SAFARI |
ZULU |
3 |
