AUDIOGENIC



The label of Audiogenic Studios, of Reading.  The studio was founded in 1975, by Martin Maynard.  It played host to several famous names, including XTC and Van Morrison, and in addition it offered a custom recording service for those artists who wanted one.  Audiogenic records are rare, so the numbers pressed must have been small; the few examples I have seen have been the usual Cabaret / Club fare.  Catalogue numbers were in an A-0 series, which was shared by EPs and singles alike.  There are usually no dates on the labels, but as can be seen from the scan the Stadium Dogs' 'Easy Beat' maxi-single (A-17) was dated 1977.  By 1979 Audiogenic had begun to concentrate on producing computer software, but it still put out a few records after that time - A-19, by General Accident, came out on the Quicksilver label (q.v.) in March 1980.  The few Audiogenics that googling revealed are listed below; several appear to be Linguaphone pressings.  Thanks to James Denholm for letting me know about the General Accident single.






Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.