Ugly Man Records Explained

Ugly Man Records
Founded:	1986
Founder:	Andrew and Guy Lovelady
Distributor:	Red Rhino Records, APT, Shellshock
Genre:	Independent Music
Country:	United Kingdom
Location:	Bootle, Merseyside

Ugly Man Records is a British independent record label based in Rhos on Sea, Wales, originally in Manchester. It released debut singles for many Manchester bands, including Elbow, the Man From Delmonte and I Am Kloot. It was set up in Bootle, Merseyside in 1986 with the release of "Wonderful Life" by the Liverpool-based singer Black, which reached number 72 in the UK Singles Chart,^[1] before going on to greater success when reissued by major label A&M.

Previously on Ugly Man Records

Artists who have worked with Ugly Man Records

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• Black
• Bone-Box
• Mustafa Kamal Qureshi
• The Spitting Pips
• Grown Up Strange
• The Danny Boys
• Man From Delmonte
• Gayna Rose Madder^[2]
• The Desert Wolves
• Dub Sex
• The County Fathers^[3]
• Ambitious Beggars
• Too Much Texas
• Fallover 24
• Jylt
• Arthur Magee
• I Am Kloot
• Elbow^[4]
• Sleepwalker
• Loafer
• LazyEye
• The Jade Assembly
• Bryan Glancy^[5]
• Indigo Jones
• Silverman
• The Milk & Honey Band
• Josephine Oniyama
• Vinny Peculiar
• Tompaulin
• Monomania
• Sandbox
• Sandy Kilpatrick
• Shakedown Stockholm
• Jimmy & the Revolvers
• Echolines

See also

• List of record labels
• List of independent UK record labels

External links

• The chronicle of an Ugly Man - a memoir of a label
• The Mighty Discogs - Ugly Man Discography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official Charts Company - Singles Chart - 27/09/1986 . Archive.is . 2014-08-19 . dmy-all .
2. Web site: GAYNA . Bubbyworld.com . 2014-08-19.
3. Showbusiness Diary of a RocknRoll Nobody. Mark Radcliffe. Sceptre, 1998. 1998 paperback:
4. Reluctant Heroes, Mick Middles,Omnibus Press, 2009 paperback:
5. Web site: Remembering Bryan . BBC.co.uk . 2014-08-19.