Bright Records had two distinct phases to its existence. It started out in early 1978 as an offshoot of Anchor's in-house publishing company; Anchor's Martin Wyatt intended it to be an outlet for records by Punk band The Adverts ('Music Week', 15th April 1978). First out of the blocks was a single, 'No Time To Be 21' b/w 'New Day Dawning' (BR-1; 1/78), which has a scratched-out Anchor catalogue number, ANC-1051, on the run-in and just about made it into the Top 40. In February the single was followed by an LP, 'Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts' (BRL-201). Manufacture and distribution were by CBS, as they were for all Anchor records at that time. 'Music Week' of the 18th of March revealed that Wyatt and Charlie Crane were leaving Anchor to set up their own label; the issue of the 15th of April added that the pair had reached an agreement with Anchor managing director Ian Ralfini to the effect that Bright could be used for all of the acts recorded by Wyatt. After that, no more was heard of Bright for five years or so. It finally reappeared in the summer of 1983, with singles now numbered in a BULB-0 series. BULB-1 was a reissue of the Adverts' 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes', previously on Anchor, and the numbers reached at least BULB-11. Bright Music exists today, as a publishing company owned by Martin Wyatt.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.