Anchor Records was a UK-based
record label, co-founded by Ian Ralfini and the
American Broadcasting Companies, which owned
ABC Records
ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955. It originated as the main popular music label operated by the Am-Par Record Corporation. Am-Par also created the Impulse! jazz label in 1960. It acquired many labels befo ...
in the
United States, in 1974. ABC Records marketed (distributed) Anchor albums in the US, and Anchor Records issued many ABC albums in the
United Kingdom as "ABC Records Marketed by Anchor Records."
The Anchor Records label was black with silver print. The logo, at the top of the label, was a British sailor with an anchor behind him and the words "ANCHOR RECORDS LIMITED" above the sailor's hat and the word ANCHOR below. Anchor ceased operations in 1978, when ABC Records was purchased by
MCA Records.
Partial discography
Singles
*16 528 AT:
Stretch - Why Did You Do It / Write Me A Note (7")
*ANC 1002:
Ace -
How Long (7")
*ANC 1004:
Brett Smiley - Va Va Va Voom / Space Ace (7")
*ANC 1008: Phillip
ic& Vanessa - Two Sleepy People / You Know (7")
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*ANC 1017: Philip & Vanessa - Love / Baby I Loved You (7")
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*ANC 1021: Stretch - Why Did You Do It? (7")
*ANC 1043:
The Adverts
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Gary Gilmore's Eyes / Bored Teenagers (7")
*ANC 1045: Wesley - Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy & the Gang / Don't It Make Your Blue Eyes Cry (7")
*ANC 1046:
Steel Pulse - Nyah Luv (7")
*ANC 1047: The Adverts - Safety In Numbers / We Who Wait (7")
*ANC 1054:
Kate Robbins - Tomorrow / Crowds Of You (7")
*ANC 1061: Donna McGhee - Do As I Do / Mr. Blindman (12")
*ABE 12003:
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1971 in New York by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Initially the band had a stable lineup, but in 1974, Becker and Fagen retired from live ...
-
Do It Again (12")
*AN 21005:
CADO BELLE - AIRPORT SHUTDOWN (7") MONO/STEREO 1976 - PROMO NFS
*45-A-22: Ray King - I Confess/Call Me Darling (7") Mono
Albums
*ANCL 2001:
Ace - ''
Five-A-Side''
*ANCL 2002: Sam Leno - ''Ordinary Man''
*ANCL 2003: Philip & Vanessa - ''Two Sleepy People''
*ANCL 2005: Blue Goose - ''Blue Goose''
*ANCL 2006:
Susan Webb - ''Bye-Bye Pretty Baby''
*ANCL 2007: Aj Webber - ''Aj Webber''
*ANCL 2008: Cole Younger - ''Cole Younger''
*ANCL 2010:
Moonrider - ''Moonrider''
*ANCL 2011:
Alice Cooper - ''
Welcome to My Nightmare''
*ANCL 2012:
Paxton Brothers - ''The Paxton Brothers'' (James and Frank Paxton)
*ANCL 2013: Ace - ''Time For Another''
*ANCL 2014:
Stretch - ''Elastique''
*ANCL 2015:
Cado Belle - Cado Belle
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*ANCL 2016: Stretch - ''You Can't Beat Your Brain For Entertainment''
*ANCL 2017:
Patti Boulaye - ''Patti Boulaye''
*ANCL 2018:
John Weider - ''John Weider''
*ANCL 2019: Sioux - ''Sioux''
*ANCL 2020: Ace - ''No Strings''
*ANCL 2021: Scrounger - ''Snap''
*ANCL 2022:
George Hamilton IV - ''Fine Lace and Homespun Cloth''
*ANCL 2023: Stretch - ''Lifeblood''
*ANCL 2026: George Hamilton IV - ''Feel Like a Million''
*ANCL 2027:
Donna McGhee - ''Make It Last Forever''
UK issues of US ABC albums:
*Anchor ABCL-5005: Easy Rider: - ''Easy Rider (Soundtrack)''
*Anchor ABCL-5019: Ralph Burns: - ''Cabaret (Soundtrack)''
*Anchor ABCL-5073: Nelson Riddle - ''Paint Your Wagon (Soundtrack)''
*Anchor ABCL-5146:
B. J. Thomas
Billy Joe Thomas (August 7, 1942 – May 29, 2021) was an American singer widely known for his pop, country and Christian hits of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Popular songs by Thomas include "Hooked on a Feeling" (1968), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' ...
- ''Help Me Make It (To My Rockin' Chair)''
*Anchor ABCL-5156:
Joe Walsh - ''You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind''
*Anchor ABCL-5160:
Amazing Rhythm Aces - ''Too Stuffed to Jump''
*Anchor ABCL-5240: Joe Walsh - ''So Far So Good''
See also
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List of record labels
References
External links
Anchor Records - Discography
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Defunct record labels of the United Kingdom
Rock record labels
Record labels established in 1974
Record labels disestablished in 1978
Record labels