An independent Scottish label, based in Glasgow. Klub was started up in November 1977 by Peter Shipton and Clem Dane. It got a single into the British Singles Chart in 1978, when 'Ally's Tartan Army', by Andy Cameron (KLUB-03), made it to the No. 6 spot, selling 150,000 copies in the four months after its release. That was as good as it got, in terms of singles success, though according to 'Music Week' of the 9th of September 1978 Elaine Andrews' version of 'Amazing Grace' sold well enough locally around that time for the company to delay its Autumn release schedule and concentrate on promoting that single - the article says that more than fifty copies a day were being sold in the Edinburgh area alone. Klub changed its name to Igus in or around 1981; it continued to flourish north of the border, releasing numerous albums and CDs of various kinds of music from Pop to Traditional, and, as KRL / Lochshore, it is still going strong today. See also OK Records.
From 1977-78 Klub used one label design in three different colour schemes (1, 2, 3). With KLUB-11 in December 1978 the design was revamped; at first the new version was coloured brown-on-fawn (4), but this was changed to silver-on-black (5) in September 1979, KLUB-20 being the first single with the new colour - re-pressings of KLUB-10 also had that black label. Distribution was initially by independents including Lugton and Wynd Up south of the border, with Musac of Glagsow dealing with Scotland; 'Music Week' of the 21st of April 1979 reported that Pye had taken over, and had signed a licensing deal with Klub for the rest of the world. The legend 'Distributed by Pye Records Ltd.' appeared in the middle of the label from that time onwards, between the two segments (5). Pye also appears to have been responsible for manufacture from that point, if the few singles that I have seen in the vinyl are anything to go by; a couple of earlier singles were pressed by Lyntone and Damont, while others were made in Ireland.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.