See for Miles Records
{{short description|Former British record label}}
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See for Miles Records (SFM) was a British record label that specialised in reissuing rock classics.{{Cite news |last=Cook |first=Richard |date=5 October 1990 |title=Rare and Well Done |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/229841317 |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=Punch |volume=299 |issue=7811|id={{ProQuest|229841317}} }} It was one of the first British re-issue specialists predating the emergence of compact discs.{{Cite news |date=5 April 1986 |title=Import Reviews: LPs |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox49unse_40/page/n23/mode/2up?q=%22see+for+miles+records%22 |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=Cashbox |volume=49 |issue=42}}
See for Miles reissued "oldies", including most of the records of many labels such as Dandelion Records on CD in the 1990s.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} The label reissued 56 Ventures albums on 28 CDs.{{Cite news |last=Kubernik |first=Harvey |date=14 March 2008 |title=Surf's Up for The Ventures |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/275007326 |access-date=2024-03-14 |work=Goldmine |pages=32–35 |id={{ProQuest|275007326}} }}
Operations
The name hints both to its co-owner Colin Miles and The Who's "I Can See for Miles".{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
Mark Rye, known for managing Bill Nelson_(musician), joined See for Miles just as CDs were becoming popular, and started Magpie as its authorised mail-order company, in 1990.{{Cite news |last=Webster |first=Jon |date=9 April 2018 |title=Mark Rye obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/09/mark-rye-obituary |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=The Guardian}}{{Cite news |last=Trapp |first=Roger |date=11 September 1994 |title=Can't get no satisfaction? Try the post |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/313226996 |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=The Independent|location=London |id={{ProQuest|313226996}} }} He had previously worked with Colin Miles at EMI.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} One of his business partners was Steve Waters.{{Cite news |last=Greenblatt |first=Mike |date=October 2016 |title=Record label profile: An extended play series |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A462286447/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=b25a4857 |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=Goldmine |page=14 |via=Gale General OneFile}}
Legacy
The company went into administration and in 2007 the label rights were sold to Phoenix Music International.{{Cite news |date=10 April 2010 |title=Phoenix plots reggae's rise as it puts Westbury in charge of catalogue |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A223354767/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=1d8b8d08 |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=Music Week |via=Gale General OneFile}}{{Additional source needed|date=May 2024}}
Rye and Waters went on to work on the Rockhistory.co.uk series, filming British Invasion bands, and issuing a CD series called Extended Play.
Further reading
- Cook, Richard (5 October 1990). "Rare and Well Done". Punch 299 (7811): 43.
- Doggett, Peter (November 1989). "See for Miles Records". Record Collector 123: 83–85.
See also
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