An independent Punk and New Wave label from Northern Ireland, one which is generally revered by enthusiasts for that kind of music. Good Vibrations worked out of Terry Hooley's record shop in Belfast, and is best known for putting out the first records by The Undertones. From 1978-79 it issued around twenty singles, in two different catalogue series: a GOT-0 one, mainly for home-grown product, and a GVI-GOT-0 one - 'Good Vibrations International' (q.v.) - generally for groups from the rest of Britain. In the autumn of 1979 Good Vibrations records were handled by Rediffusion and Pinnacle on the mainland; several early singles were re-released at this time. After 1979, money problems meant that the pace slowed; several planned releases were cancelled, and the only issues in 1980 were some that had been prepared for issue in 1979 - there were none at all in 1981. A slight revival took place in 1982, and others took place every so often after that. The discography below only covers the 1970s. After the first single (1, 2) a simplified label design was adopted (3). Labels were generally paper to begin with. The narrow perforations and the marks on them suggest EMI pressings - EMI Ireland? - but Phonodisc eventually took over manufacture, resulting in injection-moulded labels (4). Thanks to James Denholm, who provided all of the scans.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.