ROCKFIELD

The label of the world-renowned Rockfield Studios, of Montgomery, Gwent.  Best known for quality of the artists who
have recorded there - Queen, Paul Weller, Oasis, etc - Rockfield had its own record label in the mid '70s.  Its first
two singles, both by Dave Edmunds, went Top 10 in 1973; after this encouraging start, things got quieter.
A switch from RCA to United Artists c.1974 failed to improve matters, and by 1978 Rockfield had gone back to
concentrating on what they did best: recording groups for other labels. RCA-era singles had their
own ROC- numbering series; after the move to UA, Rockfield singles shared a UP-36000 series with
those of the host company.  Early UA releases had a small 'ROCKFIELD' logo under the main UA one
later on the UA logo moved and the Rockfield one got bigger. In the RCA days the label appears to
have had a short-lived subsidiary, Maypole.

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