Gail Colson

{{Short description|Music manager}}

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Gail Colson is a retired music manager, whose company Gailforce Management Ltd. represented clients including Peter Gabriel (until December 1989),{{cite book |last=Easlea |first=Daryl |date=2018 |title=Without Frontiers: The Life and Music of Peter Gabriel |url= |location= |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=183-184 and 282 |isbn=9781785588501}} The Pretenders, Morrissey (briefly),{{cite book |last=Easlea |first=Daryl |date=2018 |title=Without Frontiers: The Life and Music of Peter Gabriel |url= |location= |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=282 |isbn=9781785588501}} Alison Moyet and Peter Hammill.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/market-leaders-pick-their-market-leader-whos-the-manager-on-top-of-the-rock-1134011.html|title=Market Leaders Pick Their Market Leader: Who's the manager on top of the rock?|last=Perrone|first=Pierre|work=The Independent|accessdate=5 July 2015}}

Colson initially worked as personal assistant to the record producer, Shel Talmy,{{cite web|url=http://www.charismalabel.com/chrisadams.htm|title=Strat|last=Adams|first=Chris|accessdate=5 July 2015}} then joined Tony Stratton Smith at Charisma Records, as label manager and joint managing director. She left to form her own company in the late 1970s, and retired in 2012.

She served on the advisory board of Music Managers Forum.

Her other clients included Random Hold, whose first album was produced by Hammill at her instigation, and the record producer, Stephen Street.

Hammill has stated that:{{cite web|url=https://sofasound.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/gail-leaves-the-building/|title=Gail leaves the building|last=Hammill|first=Peter|date=31 December 2011|work=Sofa Sound|accessdate=5 July 2015}}

{{Quote|Gail and I never had a contract. Everything has been on the basis of trust.}}