Dick Heath wrote:
In the early days of prog and related rock in the UK, we looked to the following labels:
Island Records - Renaissance, Krimson, Quintessence, (Traffic), Fairport Convention
Decca/Deram: Genesis, Moody Blues, Camel, 'Igginbottom Wrench, Caravan
CBS: United States Of America, (brass rock of BST and Chicago), Black Widow, Soft Machine
Verve: Velvet Underground, Ultimate Spinach, the early Mothers????, Caravan (home of 60's avante rock)
Vertigo: Keith Tippett, Magna Carta
EMI/Harvest: Floyd, Kevin Ayers, Edgar Broughton Band, Quatermass, BJH, even Deep Purple (what is Concert for Rock Group and Orchestra if not prog rock?)
(Harvest spin out of EMI and Parlophone signe dgroups)
RCA: Jefferson Airplane
RCA/Neon: Tonton Macoute, Centipede
Charisma: Nice, Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator, String Driven Thing, Atomic Rooster
Polydor: Blind Faith, Jack Bruce, Pink Fairies
Atlantic: Yes, LZ, Iron Butterfly, Vanilla Fudge
Liberty: ?????????????
(The US label ABC Records, must have sold a lot of Soft Machine and Soft Machine Volume 2 as imports into the UK)
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