PORTRAIT
RECORDS
Portrait Records was an American
Label, a sister-label to Epic, and thus part of the CBS group. In September
1976 Portrait was the first new CBS-owned label to be introduced in 23 years,
and the first of that company's labels to be based on the East Coast (Los
Angeles). Portrait enjoyed complete autonomy within the CBS group.
Despite enjoying success in the States with records by Burton Cummings, Heart
and Joan Baez, it was put on hold in 1980. It made a comeback as a New
Wave / Alternative Music label in 1983, and found new big-sellers in Cyndi
Lauper and (for the USA only) Sade. By the end of 1986 Portrait was
dormant again; it was to make several more comebacks over the years, as a
vehicle for Contemporary Jazz (1988-90), Jazz collections (1992), and Hard Rock
/ Metal (1999-2002). It was always more prominent in the States than over
here; it failed to make any impact at all on the British Singles Chart until
Cyndi Lauper came along in 1984. In the '70s the label's British singles
had a PRT prefix; they shared a numbering block with the other CBS-family
singles. Distributed By CBS Records.
| 81 |
Joan
Baez |
Blowin' In The Wind |
PORTRAIT |
PRT
A |
1129 |
|
| 81 |
Union |
Mainstreet
U.S.A. |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
1458 |
|
| 81 |
George
Wallace |
Back At 17 |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
1473 |
|
| 81 |
Balance |
Breaking
Away |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
1477 |
|
| 82 |
Renee
Geyer |
Say I Love
You |
PORTRAIT |
PRT
A |
2056 |
|
| 82 |
Aldo Nova |
Fantasy |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
2081 |
|
| 82 |
Angela
Clemmons |
Give Me Just A Little More
Time |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
2272 |
|
| 83 |
Aldo Nova |
Foolin'
Yourself |
PORTRAIT |
A |
2585 |
|
| 82 |
Balance |
Slow Motion |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
2732 |
|
| 83 |
Saga |
On The Loose |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
2958 |
|
| 83 |
Aldo
Nova |
Monkey On Your
Back |
PORTRAIT |
A |
3026 |
| 83 |
Saga |
Wind Him Up |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
3053 |
| 82 |
Eddy Grant |
I Don't Wanna
Dance |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
3100 |
| 83 |
Balance |
In For The
Count |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
3185 |
| 83 |
Eddy Grant |
Electric Avenue |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
3205 |
| 83 |
Eddy Grant |
War
Party |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
3348 |
| 83 |
Saga |
The Flyer |
PORTRAIT |
A |
3817 |
| 83 |
Eddy Grant |
Till I Can't Take Love No More |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
3917 |
| 83 |
Aldo Nova |
Monkey On Your
Back |
PORTRAIT |
A |
3926 |
| 84 |
Cyndi Lauper |
Girls Just Want To Have
Fun |
PORTRAIT |
A |
3943 |
| 84 |
Saga |
Scratching The
Surface |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4067 |
| 83 |
The Elvis
Brothers |
Fire In The
City |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4135 |
| 83 |
Aldo Nova |
Limited Edition 4-Track Tour
Ep |
PORTRAIT |
DA |
4189 |
| 84 |
Cyndi Lauper |
Time After
Time |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4290 |
| 84 |
Accept |
Balls To The
Wall |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4311 |
| 84 |
Eddy Grant |
Romancing The
Stone |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
4392 |
| 84 |
Cyndi Lauper |
Money Changes
Everything |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4481 |
| 84 |
Orion The
Hunter |
So You Ran |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4530 |
| 84 |
Cyndi Lauper |
She Bop |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4620 |
| 84 |
Cyndi Lauper |
She Bop |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4620 |
| 84 |
Eddy Grant |
Boys In The Street |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
4762 |
| 85 |
Limit |
Say Yah |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4808 |
| 84 |
Cyndi Lauper |
All Through The
Night |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4849 |
| 85 |
Inspirational
Choir |
Abide With Me
[Re-Issue] |
PORTRAIT |
A |
4997 |
| 85 |
Cyndi
Lauper |
Money Changes
Everything |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6009 |
| 85 |
T.X.T. |
Girl's Got A Brand New
Toy |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6073 |
| 85 |
Oattes Van
Schaik |
Love Attaxx |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6092 |
| 85 |
Uriah Heep |
Rockarama |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6103 |
| 85 |
Accept |
Midnight
Mover |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6130 |
| 85 |
Toyah |
Don't Fall In Love (I
Said) |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6160 |
| 85 |
Barbara
Dickson |
Caravan Song |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6169 |
| 85 |
Cyndi Lauper |
The Goonies 'R' Good
Enough |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6239 |
| 85 |
Uriah Heep |
Poor Little Rich
Girl |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6309 |
| 83 |
Toyah |
Soul Passing Through
Soul |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6359 |
| 85 |
The Flaming
Mussolinis |
Swallow
Glass |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6497 |
| 85 |
Bad Manners |
Blue Summer |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6502 |
| 85 |
Hugh
Cornwell |
One In A
Million |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6509 |
| 85 |
Saga |
What Do I
Know |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6515 |
| 85 |
Toyah |
World In
Action |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6545 |
| 85 |
Tony
McKenzie |
Lolita / This Is The Night To
Party |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
6587 |
| 85 |
Bad Manners |
What The Papers Say |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
6607 |
| 85 |
The Inspirational
Choir |
I've Got A
Feeling |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6611 |
| 85 |
FM |
Frozen Heart |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6613 |
| 85 |
FM |
Frozen Heart |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
6613 |
| 85 |
DeFilm |
I Saw Your
Dream |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6643 |
| 85 |
The London Symphony Orchestra |
Two
Tribes/Relax |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6655 |
| 86 |
Picnic At The
Whitehouse |
We Need Protection (Radio
Edit) |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6783 |
| 85 |
Nicole With Timmy
Thomas |
New York
Eyes |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6805 |
| 86 |
The Flaming
Mussolinis |
My Cleopatra |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6833 |
| 86 |
Saga |
Take A Chance
(Remix) |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6840 |
| 85 |
Tony
McKenzie |
Lolita
(Remix) |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6857 |
| 85 |
Aldo Nova |
Rumours Of You |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6868 |
| 86 |
The Inspirational
Choir |
One Love |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6902 |
| 85 |
The London Symphony
Orchestra |
The Power Of Love |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
6907 |
| 86 |
Bill Nelson |
Wildest
Dreams |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6928 |
| 86 |
Nicole |
Don't You Want My
Love |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6933 |
| 86 |
Bad Manners |
Tossin' In My
Sleep |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6953 |
| 86 |
Nicole |
Don't You Want My
Love |
PORTRAIT |
A |
6963 |
| 86 |
FM |
That
Girl |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7005 |
| 86 |
Picnic At The
Whitehouse |
East River |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7093 |
| 86 |
The Flaming
Mussolinis |
Masuka Dan |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7105 |
| 86 |
Peter Dean |
Can't Get A Ticket (For The World Cup) |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7150 |
| 86 |
Philip Glass |
Freezing |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7166 |
| 86 |
FM |
Love Lies Dying |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7233 |
| 86 |
The O'Jays |
Love
Train |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7235 |
| 86 |
Bell Archie & The
Drells |
Dont Let Love Get You
Down |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7254 |
| 85 |
Nicole |
What About
Me |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7266 |
| 86 |
Basia |
Prime Time TV |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7276 |
| 86 |
How We Live |
Working Town |
PORTRAIT |
A |
7290 |
| 86 |
Eddy Grant |
Dance Party |
PORTRAIT |
PRT A |
7319 |
| 86 |
Cyndi
Lauper |
True
Colours |
PORTRAIT |
|
650026 |
7 |
| 86 |
Romie Singh |
Dancing To
Forget |
PORTRAIT |
|
650074 |
7 |
| 86 |
Team Ten / Jazz
Defektors |
Get Wise! |
PORTRAIT |
|
650118 |
7 |
| 86 |
Nicole |
Housecalls |
PORTRAIT |
|
650129 |
7 |
| 86 |
George
McCrae |
Rock Your
Baby |
PORTRAIT |
|
650132 |
7 |
| 86 |
Basia |
Run For
Cover |
PORTRAIT |
|
650158 |
7 |
| 86 |
Cyndi Lauper |
Change Of Heart |
PORTRAIT |
|
650201 |
7 |
| 86 |
George
McCrae |
Rock Your
Baby |
PORTRAIT |
|
650312 |
7 |
| 86 |
Bill Nelson |
Because Of You |
PORTRAIT |
|
650324 |
7 |
| 86 |
Cyndi Lauper |
What's Going
On |
PORTRAIT |
|
650347 |
7 |
| 87 |
Basia |
Promises / Promises (Instrumental) |
PORTRAIT |
|
650368 |
7 |
| 87 |
Cyndi Lauper |
What's Going On / One Track
Mind |
PORTRAIT |
|
650447 |
7 |
| 87 |
Picnic At The
Whitehouse |
Success |
PORTRAIT |
|
650491 |
7 |
| 87 |
Donna Allen |
Serious |
PORTRAIT |
|
650744 |
7 |
| 87 |
Basia |
New Day For You |
PORTRAIT |
|
650927 |
7 |
| 87 |
Cyndi Lauper |
Boy Blue |
PORTRAIT |
|
650940 |
7 |
| 87 |
How
We Live |
Games In Germany / Lost At
Sea |
PORTRAIT |
|
650956 |
7 |
| 87 |
Cyndi Lauper |
Maybe He'll Know / Time After
Time |
PORTRAIT |
|
650988 |
7 |
| 88 |
Dragon |
Four Play: Volume Fourteen -
April Sun In Cuba |
PORTRAIT |
|
651088 |
7 |
| 86 |
The Inspirational
Choir |
(Your Love Has Lifted
Me) Higher And Higher |
PORTRAIT |
CHOIR |
1 |
| 86 |
Cyndi
Lauper |
Change Of
Heart |
PORTRAIT |
CYNDI |
1 |
| 87 |
Basia |
Time And
Tide |
PORTRAIT |
BUSH |
1 |
| 87 |
Basia |
New Day For
You |
PORTRAIT |
BUSH |
2 |
| 87 |
Basia |
Prime Time
T.V. |
EPIC |
BUSH |
3 |
| 87 |
Basia |
Promises (French
Mix) |
EPIC |
BUSH |
4 |
| 88 |
Basia |
Time And
Tide |
EPIC |
BUSH |
5 |
| 90 |
Basia |
Baby You're
Mine |
EPIC |
BUSH |
6 |
| 90 |
Basia |
Cruising For
Bruising |
EPIC |
BUSH |
7 |
| 87 |
Cyndi
Lauper |
Wat'S Going
On |
PORTRAIT |
CYN |
1 |
| 87 |
Not Traced |
|
PORTRAIT |
CYN |
2 |
| 87 |
Not Traced |
|
PORTRAIT |
CYN |
3 |
| 89 |
Cyndi Lauper |
I Drove All
Night |
PORTRAIT |
CYN |
4 |
| 89 |
Cyndi Lauper |
My First Night Without
You |
PORTRAIT |
CYN |
5 |
| 89 |
Cyndi Lauper |
Heading West |
PORTRAIT |
CYN |
6 |
| 87 |
FM |
Let Love Be The
Leader |
PORTRAIT |
MERV |
1 |
| 87 |
How We
Live |
Working
Girl |
PORTRAIT |
HWL |
1 |
| 87 |
Angela
Clemmons |
B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your
Own Baby) |
PORTRAIT |
BYOB |
1 |
| 87 |
Donna
Allen |
Satisfied
(Remix) |
PORTRAIT |
XXX |
1 |
| 87 |
Donna Allen |
Sweet Somebody
(Remix) |
EPIC |
XXX |
2 |
| 87 |
Sly And The Family
Stone |
Dance To The Music /
Family Affair / Everyday People |
PORTRAIT |
SLY |
1 |
| 83 |
Saga |
Don't Be Late (Live) / Careful Where You Step |
PORTRAIT |
XPS |
186 |
| 85 |
Inspirational
Choir |
Inspirational Choir
Sampler |
PORTRAIT |
XPS |
211 |
| 85 |
The London Symphony
Orchestra |
Rock Classic
Sampler |
PORTRAIT |
XPS |
210 |
