An early Punk label, set up by Sex Pistols producer Dave Goodman and Caruzo Fuller. An article in 'Music Week' of the 12th of March 1977 observed that Fuller had a background in the Japanese Rock scene, and Billboard of the 19th added that the company had a base in Japan, which may explain why The Label's second release was 'Ageso-Na-Omae' b/w 'Yamate' by Peko and Naka (TLR-002; 6/77). The 'Music Week' article quotes Fuller as saying that the company had a four-track studio where bands could cut new songs, "If we like them we are offering a one-year contract with a one-year option." The Label would bear the costs of the studio sessions but wouldn't offer artists any advance payments. The Label survived to issue eleven 7" records, including five by Eater, during the period 1977-79, and it had a short-lived Reggae offshoot, Boa (q.v.). Numbering was in a TLR-000 series. Only one label design was used; the words 'Marketed by The Label' at 8 o'clock changed to 'Dist. by The Label Records' for TLR-010 (2) - thanks to John Timmis for supplying that scan. Demo copies, where they exist, had 'Demo Record Not For Sale' on them, sometimes accompanied by a medium-sixed black 'A'. Distribution early on was by Virgin; Pinnacle took over before TLR-008, with The Label also providing its own distribution throughout. The only two singles that I have seen in the vinyl were Pye pressings.
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