RECORDS
Independent label: Bright Records had two distinct phases to its existence. It started out in early 1978 as an offshoot of Anchor's in-house publishing company; Anchor's Martin Wyatt intended it to be an outlet for records by Punk band The Adverts. First out of the blocks was a single, 'No Time To Be 21' b/w 'New Day Dawning' (BR-1; 1/78), which has a scratched-out Anchor catalogue number, ANC-1051, on the run-in and just about made it into the Top 40. In February the single was followed by an LP, 'Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts' (BRL-201). Manufacture and distribution were by CBS, as they were for all Anchor records at that time. Wyatt and Charlie Crane were leaving Anchor to set up their own label.The pair had reached an agreement with Anchor managing director Ian Ralfini to the effect that Bright could be used for all of the acts recorded by Wyatt. After that, no more was heard of Bright for five years or so. It finally reappeared in the summer of 1983, with singles now numbered in a BULB-0 series. BULB-1 was a reissue of the Adverts' 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes', previously on Anchor, and the numbers reached at least BULB-12. Bright Music exists today, as a publishing company owned by Martin Wyatt. Distributed By PRT Records. Minipops was a television series broadcast in 1983. Designed primarily for younger viewers, it consisted of music performances on a brightly coloured set featuring preteen children singing then-contemporary pop music hits and older classics. The children were usually made to look like the original performers, including clothing and make-up. The brainchild of Martin Wyatt, the show was cancelled after the first year (due to the controversial adult lyrics), but a new kid spin-off group from London called the Mini-Pops was created and they released albums by K-tel in 1982 and 1983. Their popularity soared in Canada after a tour there in 1983, prompting a final album on K-tel ("Christmas", K-Tel NC-584)). With the rights by then picked up by Quality Records in Canada, the Christmas LP was quickly re-issued on Quality (QRSP-1012, in 1984). A couple of LP's followed in 1985 & 1986 (also on Quality Records).
| 83 | Adverts | Gary Gilmore'S Eyes | BRIGHT | BULB | 1 |
| 83 | The Fabulous Wealthy Tarts | The Last Time | BRIGHT | BULB | 2 |
| 83 | Escape Club | Breathing | BRIGHT | BULB | 3 |
| 83 | Curve | Loves Goes By | BRIGHT | BULB | 4 |
| 84 | Minipops | When You Wish Upon A Star | BRIGHT | BULB | 5 |
| 87 | Robbins Kate | That First Love | BRIGHT | BULB | 6 |
| 87 | Not Issued | BRIGHT | BULB | 7 | |
| 87 | Not Issued | BRIGHT | BULB | 8 | |
| 87 | Minipops | Songs For Christmas 87 [ Ep ] | BRIGHT | BULB | 9 |
| 88 | Shoe People | Shoe People | BRIGHT | BULB | 10 |
| 88 | Robbins Kate | If You Wanna Help | BRIGHT | BULB | 11 |
| 88 | Minipops | Songs For Xmas 88 | BRIGHT | BULB | 12 |
