WILDFIRE
RECORDS

Wildfire Records small independent company - or possibly or custom recording one - operating out of Washington, Tyne and Wear.  The few examples of its records that I have seen dated from 1977-79.  They came in two separate series, each with its own distinct label design.  The earliest was Wildfire Clubland (q.v.), but there was also a plain Wildfire one, which came on the scene in 1979 and seems to have had a connection to Newcastle's Soundlink studios - all three of the EPs that I have seen on the label were recorded there.  The artists involved appear to have been the usual kind of Cabaret / Club acts that you would expect to find financing their own records, so it may perhaps be that they paid Soundlink to have them made via Wildfire.  As this series is later that the Clubland one in the main, however, there are other possible reasons for the change - it could be that Soundlink took over Wildfire, or even that Wildfire underwent a reorganization and that the Soundlink connection is only a coincidence.  Catalogue numbers were in the SEM-000s; they reached at least SEM-009, but so far I have only been able to account for three of them; news of the others, if they exist, would be welcome.  The Diablo EP shown above, which featured 'Ghost Riders In The Sky' and three other tracks (SEM-002; 1979), came with white labels as well as the usual red ones, which suggests that it was popular enough to merit at least a couple of pressings. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

 

79	The Scott Adair Band With Kay Rouselle	If It Feels Good - Do It! (Album)	SOUNDLINK STUDIOS	SLM	001
79	Diablo	Medley	WILDFIRE	SEM	002
79	Not Traced		WILDFIRE	SEM	003
79	Pyramid	Paradise Island	WILDFIRE	SEM	004
79	Not Traced		WILDFIRE	SEM	005
79	Not Traced		WILDFIRE	SEM	006
79	Barrie Soloman	Sings....Starry Night Music (Album)	SOUNDLINK STUDIOS	SLM	007
79	Not Traced		WILDFIRE	SEM	008
80	Juke Box Duo	Theme For Young Lovere	WILDFIRE	SEM	009
80	The Dallas Boys	From The Palladium To You (Album)	SOUNDLINK STUDIOS	SLM	010