| Plant Life Records | |
| Founded: | 1977 |
| Defunct: | 1984 |
| Status: | Defunct |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
Plant Life Records was a record label that existed from 1977 until 1984. It was formed by Nigel Pegrum, at that time drummer for Steeleye Span. Maddy Prior recorded one album for the label, as did Wizz Jones in 1977. Its most successful recordings were by The Tannahill Weavers and Blowzabella. Most of the thirty or so albums were produced by Pegrum and seven were produced by Paul James. Late in its life, the label began issuing records under licence from other labels and was linked to the Burlington record label, which was also issued with the Plant Life logo on the later labels.[1]
| Year | Artist | Title | Catalogue Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Tannahill Weavers | Are Ye Sleeping Maggie | PLR 001 | |
| Noel Murphy | Performs | PLR 002 | ||
| 1977 | Johnny Silvo | Time Enough To Spare | PLR 003 | |
| Jon Betmead | A Vision of Heaven | PLR 004 | ||
| Alex Atterson | Pushing the Business On | PLR 005 | ||
| Peasants All | A Handful of Pleasant Ditties | PLR 008 | ||
| Wizz Jones | Magical Flight | PLR009 | ||
| 1978 | The Old Woman's Dance | PLR010 | ||
| Alan Roberts & Dougie MacLean | PLR 012 | |||
| Rosemary Hardman | Eagle Over Blue Mountain | PLR014 | ||
| 1979 | The Tannahill Weavers | PLR017 | ||
| Cambridge Blues | PLJ004 | |||
| Hot Vultures | Up the Line | PLR 018 | ||
| The Chester Recorders | The Chester Recorders | PLR 019 | ||
| Celebrated Ratliffe Stout Band | Behind the Mask | PLR 020 | ||
| Frosty Morning | ||||
| 1980 | Snaigow | PLR 022 | ||
| Peasants All | Broadside On | PLR 024 | ||
| Peter Harrison | Salley in Our Alley | PLR025 | ||
| Jester | Kemp's Jig | PLR 026 | ||
| Rosemary Hardman | Stopped in My Tracks | PLR 023 | ||
| 1981 | The Tannahill Weavers | Tannahill Weavers IV | PLR028 | |
| Celebrated Ratliffe Stout Band | Vanlag | PLR 030 | ||
| Shusha, Maddy Prior, Melanie Harrold, John Kirkpatrick, Robert Johnson & Sydney Carter | Lovely in the Dances: The Songs of Sydney Carter | PLR032 | ||
| 1982 | Ship in Distress | PLR035 | ||
| The Maddy Prior Band | Hooked on Winning | PLR 036 | ||
| Blowzabella | PLR 038 | |||
| Heritage[UK] | Living By the Air | PLR040 | ||
| Philip Astle, Paul Williamson & Paul Hillier | Miri It Is: English Medieval Music From the 13th and 14th Centuries | PLR043 | ||
| Steve Womack | Northern Comfort | PLR044 | ||
| An tol yn pen an telynyor (The Hole in the Harper's Head) | ||||
| 1983 | Take Your Partners for the Ladies Choice | PLR 045 | ||
| Town & Gown: The Humours of Bath and Cambridge | PLR047 | |||
| The Weakness of Eve | PLR 053 | |||
| Six Hands in Tempo | Desperate Digits | PLR054 | ||
| Nigel Pickles | The Mexborough English Concertina Prize Band | PLR 055 | ||
| Peter Please | Uffington | PLR060 | ||
| Tansey's Fancy | PLR065 | |||
| Willow Fair / Baskerville Down | PLRS 003 | |||
| Should Have Been Forever / Merlin's Welcome Home | PLRS 04 | |||
| 1984 | Requiem for the Living | PLR061 | ||
| Julie Mairs | Give Me a Sign | PLR062 | ||
| Tam Lin | PLR063 | |||
| Bobbityshooty | PLR 064 | |||
| Flash Company Inc. | Castle Keep | PLR 067 | ||
| Mara! | Images | PLR 070 | ||
| 1985 | Graham & Eileen Pratt[2] | Hieroglyphics | PLR068 | |
| Nigel Pickles | The New Mexborough English Concertina Quartet | PLR 071 | ||
| 1987 | Winter's Turning | PLR 075 | ||
| 1988 | Roger Watson & Debbie McClatchy | Radioland | PLC079 | |
| Ten of Songs | PLCD 081 | |||
| A Richer Dust | PLR 080 | |||
| Seventh Avenue | PLJ 002 | |||
| Overture | PLR 027 | |||
| Cambridge Silver Jubilee Youth Choir | A Song for All Seasons | PLR031 | ||
| London Pro Musica | Italian Renaissance Music | PLR066 |