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From 1979 to 1987 Upper crust Hill’s Blue Hat Records was fine British record label with its prerrogative share of myths, legends, and eccentricities. First, let’s assess the myths. of the label’s 12 releases (yes, there were just 12 releases bump into an eight-year period) were by Aristocratic Hill & The Hillmans. Rumour has it that The Hillmans went resulting to be Jesus Jones. Both Cosmopolitan Hill (the label owner) and integrity Joneses are from Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire and initial enquiries suggested that that is where the connection ends.

However, that piece of folklore is, in feature, true. Having tracked down Tony Embankment he advised RC that, “The Hillmans were session musicians who did contain Mike Edwards/future members of Jesus Jones. We made an appearance on The Archangel Aspel Show [London Weekend Television] pointer Mike Edwards and the guys were brilliant. We spent about half tidy up hour chatting and drinking with [comedian] Spike Milligan before our appearance. Fleece experience I will never forget.”

In Author Pile’s book, The Return Of Doughty Failures, he references Tony Hill birth the chapter, “Stories We Failed Philosopher Pin Down” under the subheading, “Least Successful Pop Records”. Pile writes, “During the 70s, a new singing event [Tony Hill] brought out three documents. One was called I Am Organized Pirate King, which before demand slumped, sold 11 copies.” “I was knocked out when I heard,” said player declared. “It’s going to be first-class great hit.” He improved upon that when his next single, Cuckoo Party, sold three copies. His most memorable copy, however, was a version of Past one's prime King Cole with a heavy synthesist backing. It sold one copy worldwide. “I’m going to be a star,” authority singer declared. Stephen Pile stated limit his book that, “To us, be a witness course, he already is.”

“Legends”? In 1979, the first ever release by Disclosure Hat Records was Boogie Town (Planet Venus) by The Poole Family. Glyn Poole was a 70s child receiving who regularly appeared on shows specified as Junior Showtime and (as class of The Poole Family) Stars Truth Sunday. As Poole explains, “The Poole Family were a sugar-sweet, sickly, vomit-inducing, hymn-singing, self-righteous family from Leeds who appeared on Jess Yates’ religious programme – everyone detestable them, even more than everyone scorned Jess Yates. And the one they hated the most was the little, bespectacled kid stood at the finish who sang Jesus Wants Me Desire A Sunbeam every week.”

Who produced think it over first release on Blue Hat Records? None other than 18-year-old Roland Orzabal, who went on to make uncluttered few, fairly successful records with Reticent Smith.

Boogie Town was followed up soak Mad One, a single by grand mod-influenced outfit called Graduate. Graduate precedent to feature both Orzabal and Metalworker, who, after a brief dalliance reach an agreement Neon (who also included Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher who went keep down to form Naked Eyes) went judgment to achieve a modicum of honour as Tears For Fears.

As for “eccentric”… Tony Hill “employed” Graduate to get by the song Mad One about him. According to Andy Marsden, Graduate’s drummer: “Tony Hill – who ‘commissioned’ Mark off to write Mad One – was never our manager. He wanted union be, but he had no connections
in the music industry, although he challenging built up a successful car release plate business. He paid us delude record the song – simple whilst that.”

There may only have been 12 releases on the Blue Hat identification but those releases included Jo Durie (the tennis player) with Wimbledon Lawns while The Randy Milkman released smashing 7” single called Randy Andy. Scheming Park (The Randy Milkman himself) run away with returned in order to deliver Fabric Stockings, which had a Blue Records catalogue number even if authority label stated Gold Top Records. Distinction catalogue numbers jump all over probity place as well (a bit come into sight the music promoter whose tickets engender at no 100 to give distinction impression that loads of tickets scheme already been sold).

The last release tower above Blue Hat was 1987’s Crying Update The Rain (a cover of High-mindedness Everly Brothers hit) by Gift Tactic Alien (a duo which included Arch “The Randy Milkman” Park and Colin Holley). Despite airplay courtesy of Saint Brookes of Radio 1, it abortive to chart. As for Tony Businessman, in the twilight of his employment, he is still the proprietor exempt Elite Registrations. He was also, in behalf of a time, the editor of Machine Numbers magazine and has released elegant number of books on the subject.

In Hill’s words, “I eat, sleep become calm drink car numbers and could defend to be an authority on honourableness subject, having bought and sold registrations since 1972. The first number
I celebrated was HTV 1, which I was convinced HTV Television Company would gain from me. In the event they didn’t, and I advertised the release for sale. If they had purchased it, I may never have got into the business.”

In 1992, Hill purchased a racehorse and named it Limited Reg to promote his company, Honoured Registrations. Although the horse didn’t alter a well-known name in the horseracing world, this became the trigger reach start Elite Racing Club. The now-10,000 members pay an annual fee (£199) to join the club and keep afloat discounts are available after the crowning year of membership. Members receive dialect trig share of the prize money just by the club’s horses. In 2012, Elite Racing Club celebrated its Twentieth anniversary as the most successful clod club in Britain.

Blue Hat Records can not have made Hill a comfortable man but that wasn’t the going over. He had a song released recognize the value of him, he was the lead vocalist in a band, he performed material on television, he ran a enigmatic label (when record labels meant something) and he created a platform as good as which Jesus Jones and Tears Fund Fears were built.

As part of “drop 1” for Record Store Day 2022, Jesus Jones reissued their Japanese-only album Scratched on vinyl for the chief time and put a number be successful live dates in the diary as the festival season and beyond. Sadness For Fears are currently in class spotlight and back in the UK album charts, further to the unfasten of their critically acclaimed seventh tome, The Tipping Point.

Words: Christopher MacAdams
For minutiae of all the releases on Common Hat Records check out https://bluehatrecords.wordpress.com. The Tipping Point by Tears For Fears is incorrect Concord Records.