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Independent label: Wudwink Records was a label of Impulse Studios, Wallsend. Under studio manager David Wood, Wudwink issued records throughout the '70s and into the '80s. It seems to have been a custom pressing label, and most of its products are the usual Cabaret / Club fare. It does however have a claim to fame in that it issued two of the first records to feature Sting, in his pre-Police days. One was a single, 'Whispering Voices', by Last Exit (WUD-01; 1975); the other was an album by the Newcastle Big Band (IS/NBB/106; 1972). Despite the evidence of the Last Exit single, Impulse's seven-inch records generally appear to have been issued in an IS/xxx/1000 numerical series, where xxx, were either the initials of the artist ('Holy City', by the Vince Clayton Trio, was numbered IS/VCT/1051, and the self-titled EP by This That And The Other was numbered IS/TT/1008) or the first few letters of the artist's name. An EP by Cassie Collins, which has an IS/LC prefix, would seem to be either an exception or a misprint. This unusual practice extended to the albums, as can be seen from the Newcastle Big Band LP referred to above. Initially the prefix appears to have been reversed, with the 'IS' part coming second, but by the time of IS/BB/1003 what proved to be the standard form had been adopted. Other examples of Impulse Studios numbers can be found on the Rigid, Magpie, Beverley, Fleet, Our Own, and Angelic Upstarts labels. The label was usually black-on-white but the printing can be found in other colours, such as green or blue. Up to and including IS/G-1009 the words 'Studio Label' appeared under the 'Wudwink', as can be seen from the first scan. The Impulse Studios / Wudwink 7" records that I've managed to track down are listed below: any gap-filling information would be welcome. Distributed By Wudwink Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 74 | Last Exit | Whispering Voices | WUDWINK | WUD | 01 |
| 74 | Barrie Brothers | Inital Offering From The Barrie Brothers | IMPULSE STUDIO | BB/IS | 1002 |
| 74 | Barrie Brothers | Howway The Lads It'S Newcastle United ! | MAGPIE | IS/BB | 1003 |
| 75 | The Vance Clayton Trio | We Believe In Music | WUDWINK STUDIO | IS/VCT | 1004 |
| 75 | Vance Clayton Trio | Volume 2 | WUDWINK STUDIO | IS/VCT | 1005 |
| 75 | The Vance Clayton Trio | Volume 3 | WUDWINK STUDIO | IS/VCT | 1006 |
| 75 | Billy Fontayne | Walking In The Sunshine | WUDWINK STUDIO | IS/BF | 1007 |
| 75 | This That And The Other | This That And The Other (Ep) | WUDWINK STUDIO | IS/TT | 1008 |
| 75 | Gaitway | Simple Man | WUDWINK | IS/G | 1009 |
| 75 | The Gibsons | The Gibsons | WUDWINK | IS/GIB | 1010 |
| 75 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1011 | |
| 75 | The Jayells | Round In Circles | WUDWINK | IS/J | 1012 |
| 76 | Tiny Lane | Don'T Rain On My Parade | WUDWINK | IS/TL | 1013 |
| 76 | Ricky And Sherlie Young | Whoever Finds This I Love You | FLEET | IS/RSY | 1014 |
| 76 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1015 | |
| 76 | Tony Dee'S Comedy Rock 'N' Roll Show | Mean Woman Blues | FAIRVIEW | IS/TD | 1016 |
| 76 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1017 | |
| 76 | The Dragoni Brothers | Flowers Of The Rarest | PICADOR | IS/D | 1018 |
| 76 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1019 | |
| 77 | The Gibsons | On The Southbound | WUDWINK | IS/GIB | 1020 |
| 77 | The Stylites | I Can't Give You Anything | WUDWINK | IS/S | 1021 |
| 77 | Moat Brothers | Misty | WUDWINK | IS/MB | 1022 |
| 77 | Sympatica | Take A Trip | Carnival | IS/NTS | 1023 |
| 78 | Angelic Upstarts | The Murder Of Liddle Towers | ANGELIC UPSTARTS | IS/ | 1024 |
| 78 | Selas Marner | Deep Inside | WUDWINK | IS/sm | 1025 |
| 78 | Jack Young | Il Silencio | WUDWINK | IS/JY | 1026 |
| 78 | Cassie Collins | Don'T Cry For Me Argentina | WUDWINK | IS/LC | 1027 |
| 78 | Junco Partners | Swinging Sixties Boys | RIGED | IS/JUNK | 1028 |
| 78 | The Rebels | Suicide | RIGED | IS/REB | 1029 |
| 78 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1030 | |
| 78 | Sympatica | Give Me Music | WUDWINK | IS/SYM | 1031 |
| 78 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1032 | |
| 78 | Nicky Beat And The Beatniks | I Can Hear Voices | RIGED | IS/BEAT | 1033 |
| 78 | Peter Night | Don'T Leave Me This Way | WUDWINK | IS/PK | 1034 |
| 78 | No Way | Breaking Point | WUDWINK | IS/NW | 1035 |
| 78 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1036 | |
| 79 | Center | Bright Eyes / Stardust | WUDWINK | IS/C | 1037 |
| 79 | Black Satin | Black Satin | WUDWINK | IS/BS | 1038 |
| 79 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1039 | |
| 79 | The Gibsons | Ramblin' Fever | WUDWINK | IS/GIB | 1040 |
| 79 | Simon Jones And Happiness | Take Away The Sunshine | WUDWINK | IS/SJH | 1041 |
| 79 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1042 | |
| 80 | Jason King | Just The Way You Are | WUDWINK | IS/JK | 1043 |
| 80 | Voice Of The Puppets | I Don'T Want To Know | WUDWINK | IS/VP | 1044 |
| 80 | The Xtreme | The Tramp | Xtreme | IS/X | 1045 |
| 80 | Warning | Armchair Athlete | Oven-Ready | IS/W | 1046 |
| 80 | Axis | Lady | METAL MINDED | IS/AX | 1047 |
| 80 | Autumn Duo | Suspicious Minds | WUDWINK | IS/DA | 1048 |
| 80 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1049 | |
| 81 | First Impression | Going Straight | WUDWINK | IS/F1 | 1050 |
| 81 | Vince Clayton Trio | Holy City | WUDWINK | IS/VCT | 1051 |
| 81 | Ed Lines And The Press Gang | Holidays In Benidorm / The New Ballad Of Peggy Stubbins | IMPULSE STUDIO | IS/WN | 1052 |
| 81 | Chips | Rosie | WUDWINK | IS/CHIP | 1053 |
| 81 | Bad Luck | Mutton Dressed As Lamb | WUDWINK | IS/BL | 1054 |
| 81 | Not Traced | WUDWINK | IS/ | 1055 | |
| 81 | Tony Adams And Nite Life | Where In The World / La La Means I Love You | WUDWINK | IS/NL | 1056 |
| 75 | Last Exit | Whispering Voices | WUDWINK | WUD | 01 |
