An independent New Wave label from Aberdeen, operating from 1978-83. Oily issued at least ten singles, the first of which was The Squibs' 'On The Line' (SLICK-1; 1978). That label on the second single , 'Gotta Make Some Money Somehow' by The Tools (1979), kept the black-on-yellow colouration, but had all the credits and a vastly shrunken logo on the 'B' side (2) and a cartoon of a sheikh's head on the 'A' (3). The rest of the singles date from the 1980s; their design varied, but many of them kept the small logo. By the time the ninth of them came out the labels had turned red and were injection moulded. Thanks to Robert Bowes for the first two scans and for all the information above; the third scan appears by courtesy of Nicholas Hough.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.