Y Records

Y Records
Parent company	Independent label, later incorporated into Kaz Records, which became part of Castle Communications
Founded	1980
Founder	Dick O’Dell
Distributor(s)	Rough Trade Castle Communications
Genre	Indie Music
Country of origin	United Kingdom

Y Records was an independent record label set up in 1980 by Dick O’Dell in the United Kingdom, and distributed by Rough Trade.

History

Artists included The Slits, Shriekback and a number of groups that were associated with the Bristol Indie Bands from the late 1970s: The Pop Group, Glaxo Babies, Maximum Joy and Pigbag.

The label's first release in 1980 (Y1, "Where There's A Will There's A Way" / "In the Beginning There Was Rhythm") was a split single by The Pop Group and The Slits, bands which shared a drummer as well as managers (Christine Robertson and Dick O'Dell). Pigbag’s single, "Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag" (Y10) entered the UK Indie Chart in May 1981, and stayed there for 70 weeks in total, peaking at #1.^[1]

Y Records were eventually incorporated into Kaz Records, part of Castle Communications. O'Dell later formed a progressive house music company, Guerilla Records, which became prominent in British progressive house music in the early 1990s, with acts such as Leftfield, Spooky, React to Rhythm and D.O.P.^[2]

See also

• List of record labels
• The Slits
• Shriekback
• The Pop Group
• Glaxo Babies
• Maximum Joy
• Pigbag
• List of Bands from Bristol

References

1. ^ Indie Charts entry for Pigbag
2. ^ [1] Allmusic.com]

External links

• Dick O’Dell at Allmusic.com
• The Y Records Discography at Discogs.com
• Dick O’Dell Discography at Discogs.com
• Dick O'Dell's official MySpace page