Bronze
Bronze Records was an independent English record label founded in 1971 by record producer Gerry Bron on Oxford Street in London, eventually relocating to Chalk Farm.
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Bronze
- Name
- Bronze Records
- Founded
- 1971.
- Headquarters
- Chalk Farm.
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• Name — Bronze Records • Founded — 1971–1986 • Founder — Gerry Bron • Status — Defunct • Distributor — Island Records (1971–1977) EMI (1977–1980) Polydor (1980–1986) • Genre — Rock • Location — London, England
History
History
Bron had been producing Uriah Heep for Vertigo Records, and he set up the new label for future Uriah Heep releases, along with Juicy Lucy, Richard Barnes, Eastern Alliance and Colosseum. Other subsequent acts included Gene Pitney, Osibisa, Paladin, Goldie, Manfred Mann's Earth Band (another Vertigo refugee), the Real Kids, Roxy Music's Andy Mackay, Sally Oldfield, Kim Mitchell, Motörhead, Angel Witch, the Damned, Girlschool, Bronz and Hawkwind. Iain Clark, then drummer of Uriah Heep, won a £25 prize for coming up with the name of the record company. Original manufacturing and distribution was through Island Records, moving to EMI in 1977 and then to Polydor Records in 1980. The label folded in financial difficulty in 1986, with the catalogue being sold to Ray Richards' Legacy Records. It subsequently passed to Castle Communications, and later Sanctuary Records, now controlled by the new incarnation of BMG.
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1971
Bronze established.
1971
Bronze is recorded from 1971.
1986
Bronze ceased.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 4146667-6, Bronze.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q671229: Bronze
General reference · Wikidata
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 4146667-6, Bronze.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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