Bronze Records (2)

Labelcode: LC 2313

Started in 1971 by Gerry Bron, who was formerly with Vertigo, this label was home for such artists as Uriah Heep, Colosseum, The Damned, Girlschool, Hawkwind, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Motörhead, Sally Oldfield, Osibisa and Phenomena. By 1980 Bronze had established itself as one of the major independent labels and was dedicated to British music. It was releasing mostly rock music but was open to other styles as well. In the mid 80s, when marketing by the new media video clips became key to the commercial success Bronze sales went down and the catalogue was finally sold in 1986 to Castle Music. In the beginning distribution was through Island Records, from 1977 through EMI and changed again to Polydor in 1980.
The label was revived in 2003. Current artists are Paddy Milner, The Blues Band, John Altman, Rockford, GP Hall and Monty Norman.