Irish. Oats was owned by Rock group Horslips, and, with its successor Horslips Records, was used as an outlet for that group's records in their native country from 1972 to at least 1979. In Britain three singles and a couple of albums came out on the Oats label, with distribution by RCA. RCA pressed its own albums, but at that time it handed over pressing of most of its singles - including the Oats ones - to CBS. After the release of OAT-3, Horslips signed to RCA worldwide and their records came out on the RCA label proper. The band moved to DJM in or around 1977, but the Oats brand was not revived; many of their singles were however given a special green DJM label.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.