Ugly Man Records
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Ugly Man Records
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| founded = 1986
| founder = Andrew and Guy Lovelady
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| distributor = Red Rhino Records, APT, Shellshock
| genre = Independent Music
| country = United Kingdom
| location = Bootle, Merseyside
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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,{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/ |title=Official Charts Company - Singles Chart - 27/09/1986 |publisher=Archive.is |access-date=2014-08-19 |df=dmy-all }} 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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- Bathymetry
- Black
- Bone-Box
- Mustafa Kamal Qureshi
- The Spitting Pips
- Grown Up Strange
- The Danny Boys
- Man From Delmonte
- Gayna Rose Madder{{cite web|url=http://www.bubbyworld.com/Gayna/Gaynafront.htm |title=GAYNA |publisher=Bubbyworld.com |access-date=2014-08-19}}
- The Desert Wolves
- Dub Sex
- The County FathersShowbusiness Diary of a RocknRoll Nobody. Mark Radcliffe. Sceptre, 1998. 1998 paperback: {{ISBN|0-340-71566-9}}
- Ambitious Beggars
- Too Much Texas
- Fallover 24
- Jylt
- Arthur Magee
- I Am Kloot
- ElbowReluctant Heroes, Mick Middles, Omnibus Press, 2009 paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-84772-860-9}}
- Sleepwalker
- Loafer
- LazyEye
- The Jade Assembly
- Bryan Glancy{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/09/11/110908_bryan_glancy_feature.shtml |title=Remembering Bryan |publisher=BBC.co.uk |access-date=2014-08-19}}
- Indigo Jones
- Silverman
- The Milk & Honey Band
- Josephine Oniyama
- Vinny Peculiar
- Tompaulin
- Monomania
- Sandbox
- Sandy Kilpatrick
- Shakedown Stockholm
- Jimmy & the Revolvers
- Echolines
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://uglymanlittlebird.blogspot.com/ The chronicle of an Ugly Man - a memoir of a label]
- [http://www.discogs.com/label/Ugly+Man+Records/ The Mighty Discogs - Ugly Man Discography]
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Category:British independent record labels
Category:Record labels established in 1986
Category:Indie rock record labels
Category:1986 establishments in the United Kingdom
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