A Liverpool-based independent, active during 1978-82. Zoo appears to have only released nine singles during the five years of its existence, but it proved to be a fertile breeding-ground for talent: two of its acts, The Teardrop Explodes and Echo & The Bunnymen, went on to enjoy worldwide success with other, major, labels, and members of a third, Big In Japan, went on to achieve fame with other bands. A fourth act, Lori & The Chameleons, also charted, touching the No.70 spot in 1979 when their 'Touch' single (CAGE-006) was licensed to Sire Records and reissued (as SIR-4025). The label design seems to have varied from single to single, so the example shown above shouldn't be taken as the norm. Thanks to Sam Mauger for discographical information.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.