An independent from the Punk / New Wave era, Psycho issued several Punk singles but also ventured into other areas of music. Its first release, The Majors', 'Spookey Stomp' (P-2601; 5/78), was a funky sort of thing, and Pop band Stavely Makepeace, under the alias of Heavy Cochran, had a couple of rude singles out on the label, while the singles by Devina and by the Foundations are apparently sought-after by Northern Soul collectors. Simon Cohen produced several of the singles; if, as seems highly probable, the record company borrowed its name from the first parts of his name, it's a good bet that it was his company. Psycho survived until at least the summer of 1979, issued more than a dozen singles, and changed label designs at P-2614, the question mark shrinking and migrating to the top of the label. Distribution of some of the early singles was by Lugton / H. R. Taylor; Spartan took over that job in mid '78. The discography below contains several gaps, which may be down to the missing numbers not being used.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.