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- 1 2 "Zomba buys Bruton for £2-3m" (PDF). Music Week. 1 February 1986. p. 1.
- ↑ We are the mutants, June 8, 2017 - Soft Illusions: The Bruton Music Library, 1977 – 1989
- 1 2 APM Music - QUALITY PRODUCTION MUSIC. WITH ATTITUDE.
- ↑ Vinyl Connection, February 9, 2018 - HEAVY SCENE AT BRUTON LIBRARY
- ↑ Music Week, April 29, 1978 - Page 18 PUBLISHING, Bruton launches music-to-order LP catalogue
- ↑ Record World, May 6, 1978 - Page 27 Bruton Music Sets New Prod. Catalogue
- ↑ Cash Box, January 21, 1984 - Page 6 APM-RRM Update
- ↑ Music Week, May 12, 1979 - NEWS, DAVID EASTER, who plays a leading role in the new disco film, Music Machine, which opens in the West End on June 14, has made his first single for EMI titled Hit And Run.
- ↑ British Film Institute - The Music Machine (1979), Cast & Credits, Credits, Production:
- ↑ Music Week, September 24, 1988 - PAge 16 PUBLISHING, Zomba snaps up Chappell's recorded music library gems