The Record Press
The Record Press imprint was created to market "The Great British Record Labels" series of discographies. This series is based on the near-legendary VinylAttic discographies. Since these were removed from the Internet there have been many and constant pleas from collectors and dealers to make them available once again. Music historian, Mark Jones, the mastermind behind the original online discographies has continued to add a great deal more value to the original listings and is producing a series of books based on his research.
Transacord: Sounds of Steam and other Transports of Delight
This, the third in the series, and the first in the new 'Light Engine' sub-series for smaller ecord labels, is a comprehensive discography of Peter Handford's Transacord label, covering the independent years, the Argo Transacord years and the later ASV Transacord years. The book includes a history of the label and Peter Handford's dual career as a celebrated British film sound recordist. Read about and buy the book
The Famous Charisma Discography
The first book in the series celebrates the 40th anniversary of Charisma, possibly the greatest 'mainstream' independent British record label that has ever existed. Read about and buy the book
The Saydisc and Village Thing Discography
The second book in the series celebrates the eclectic Saydisc label and the first "alternative folk" label, Village Thing, with full listings of all known records from Saydisc's Matchbox/Roots, Matchbox Bluesmaster and Amon Ra labels. Read about and buy the book
Virgin, Harvest, Manticore, Island, Immediate, B&C...
Future volumes will cover Virgin, Harvest, Manticore, Island, Immediate, B&C, Pegasus, Mooncrest and more. The first of these will cover Richard Branson’s Virgin label from its inception in May 1973 to the last release of the 1970s, so covering the ‘hippy’ years through to the beginnings of the label’s transformation into a more mainstream pop label, taking in punk rock, new wave and reggae along the way.
