Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Zoom Records


Zoom Records was a short-lived record label established in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded and funded by the successful ‘Bruce’s’ record shop owner Bruce Findlay in the summer of 1977. After the first four single releases it secured a licensing deal with Arista Records. Findlay closed the label in 1980, to dedicate his time to managing one of the most successful bands who began there, Simple Minds. Zoom signed many Scottish punk and new wave bands, some of them, later well-known and successful, like Simple Minds, who Findlay managed from 1978 to 1990. However, one of the first bands signed was Edinburgh pub Punk band, The Valves; the second band to sign was PVC2 (who featured Russel Webb and Midge Ure). Skids almost joined the label, but Findlay encouraged them to go to their local Dunfermline record shop owner, Sandy Muir, out of which No Bad Records was formed.
The first single released by Zoom was "Robot Love" (with "For Adolf’s Only" as the B-side), by The Valves, in August 1977, selling 15,000 copies.



The first two 7” releases by Zoom Records (ZUM 1 and ZUM 2) ripped to MP3 @ 320kbps

ZUM 1 (Aug 1977) The Valves; Robot Love

A.     Robot Love
B.     For Adolf’s Only

ZUM 2 (Aug 1977) P.V.C. 2; Put You In The Picture

A.     Put You In The Picture
B1.  Deranged Demented And Free
B2.  Pain



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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 November 2019 at 20:50

    Cool, these are new to me.
    - Timebender

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    1. AJ6 November 2019 at 21:05

      There are more Zoom singles to come..

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    2. Anonymous6 November 2019 at 21:21

      Lookin' forward AJ.
      - Timebender

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    3. AJ7 November 2019 at 18:34

      I'm going to try and put together some of the releases on Edinburgh's Fast Product, Sensible and Rational Records and Glasgow's Postcard as brief introductions to some of Scotland's Post Punk as seen through the eyes of a wee bampot of a teenager

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  2. Jim H.6 November 2019 at 21:05

    thanks....i've had "Put You In The Picture" from PVC2 for a while now (and Midge later did that song again with Glen Matlock in the Rich Kids) but i've not hear the b-sdes, so THANK YOU!!!!!!

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  3. Anonymous6 November 2019 at 23:45

    Very nice! I use to have the 'put you in the picture' single. Thank you.

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    1. AJ7 November 2019 at 18:30

      I'm just a tad jealous that you even had the single once Anon. thank you for your comment

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