A + M UK 45's

2-24-10 A&M UK 45’s

At the Claremont swap meet last weekend, I had a particularly good find with some A&M UK promo 7” singles. I think these must’ve come from a publisher or something – all over the map! Roughly ’79 – ’83:

ARMATRADING, JOAN – DROP THE PILOT, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

BADOWSKI, HENRY – BABY SIGN HERE WITH ME, A&M UK 7" promo

BADOWSKI, HENRY – HENRY'S IN LOVE, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

BADOWSKI, HENRY – MY FACE, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

EUROPEANS – ANIMAL SONG, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

HENRY, BOBBY – SOHO SAD SHOW, OVAL UK 7" promo, prod. by “The Oval Secret”

HINE, RUPERT – MISPLACED LOVE, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo, w/ Marianne Faithfull

HINE, RUPERT – SET UP, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

JACKSON, JOE – BREAKING US IN TWO, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

JACKSON, JOE – I'M THE MAN, A&M UK 7" promo, b/w “Come On” (Live vers.)

JANKEL, CHAS – AI NO CORRIDA, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

JANKEL, CHAS – ONE OH NINE, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

JANKEL, CHAS – QUESTIONNAIRE, A&M UK 7" promo

JUPP, MICKEY – JOGGIN', A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

JUPP, MICKEY – MODERN MUSIC, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

LEMARR, PEPI – MAGIC, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo, who is this?

NINE BELOW ZERO – E.P., M&L UK 7" W/PS Modern Leopard

RICH AND FAMOUS (AKA R.A.F.) – TALKING PICTURES, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

RICHARDS, REGINA / RED HOT – TYGER, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

SECRET, THE – ANOTHER HEARTLINE, A&M UK 7" promo

SECRET, THE – HOTEL CARABINEROS, OVAL UK 7" W/PS blue vinyl, promo, Modern Leopard

SHRINK – I AM A DOLL, A&M UK 7" promo, Modern Leopard

SIAM – CATRIX, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

SPLIT ENZ – POOR BOY, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

SQUEEZE – ANOTHER NAIL IN MY HEART, A&M UK 7" promo

SQUEEZE – BLACK COFFEE IN BED, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

SQUEEZE – UP THE JUNCTION, A&M UK 7" promo

WAKEMAN, RICK – ANIMAL SHOWDOWN, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

WYMAN, BILL – VISIONS, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

Y.M.O. – FIRECRACKER, A&M UK 7" W/PS promo

Also found a bunch of A&M UK 45’s by The Keys, who are produced by Joe Jackson. Also 4 x A&M UK 45’s by UK Players – Britfunk? Never heard of either of these artists!

Always amusing to run into this kind of ‘find’. I love Europeans, and am always happy to find stuff for my Rupert Hine collection. I guess there are 5 x UK Chas Jankel 45’s! A 2^nd 45 by Shrink! A promo Split Enz 45, where I only had a stock copy! Working on my Squeeze collection, too! Certainly never saw this Rick Wakeman 45, either.

And who was “Modern Leopard”? How many records did they produce? Was it somebody at A&M UK or their publisher? What’s “The Oval Secret”?