An offshoot of Virgin Records (q.v.). 'Music Week' of the 1st of September 1979 reported that Dindisc and the publishing company associated with it, DinSong, were being set up by Virgin as a kind of overflow label, enabling the company to expand without overloading its main Virgin label and publishing arm. Its first chief was Carol Wilson. Although it came in the scene in late 1979 its glory days were in the early '80s, when Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and, to a lesser extent, Martha & The Muffins took it into both the Singles and Album Charts. By 1983, however, it had ceased trading. The 1970s singles had no standard label; the one with the Dindisc logo (3) came into use with The Brians' single 'My Brother's Famous' b/w 'Brian's Sister Sue' (DIN-7; 11/79) and was used regularly afterwards, in different colours - thanks to Nicholas Hough for that scan. Manufacture and distribution were by CBS, as they were for Virgin at the time. The discography below only covers the 1970s.
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