Bronze Records

Bronze Records
Founded	1971 - 1986
Founder	Gerry Bron
Status	Defunct
Distributor(s)	Island Records (1971-1977) EMI (1977-1980) Polydor (1980-1986)
Genre	Rock music
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Location	London

Bronze Records was an independent English record label originally set up in 1971 at the Oxford Street offices by record producer Gerry Bron. Later the label moved to Chalk Farm, London.^[1] Bronze had been producing Uriah Heep for Vertigo Records, and he set up the new label for future Uriah Heep releases, along with Juicy Lucy, Richard Barnes, Eastern Alliance and Colosseum. Other subsequent acts included Gene Pitney, Osibisa, Paladin, Goldie, Manfred Mann's Earth Band (another Vertigo refugee), the Real Kids, Sally Oldfield, Motörhead, Angel Witch, the Damned, Girlschool,Bronz and Hawkwind.^[2]

Original manufacturing and distribution was through Island Records, moving to EMI in 1977 and then to Polydor Records in 1980. The label folded in financial difficulty in 1986, with the catalogue being sold to Ray Richards' . It subsequently passed to Castle Communications, and later Sanctuary Records, now controlled by the new incarnation of BMG.

See also[]

• List of record labels

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