See for Miles Records (SFM) was a British

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which was one of the first British re-issue specialists predating the emergence of

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s. See for Miles reissued most of the records of many labels including

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on CD in the 1990s. The name hints both to its co-owner Colin Miles and

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's "

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". Miles worked for his SFM partner Mark Rye at

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on their re-issue programme, and they reunited after Miles had established the label upon leaving EMI. The company went into

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and in 2007 the label rights were sold to

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. Rye then went on to form Pucka Records, GVC Records and the RockHistory.co.uk project as well as continuing the Magpie Direct mail order company that he had created whilst at See For Miles.

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