| Clay Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Sanctuary Records Group (BMG Rights Management) |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Mike Stone |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributor(s) | Pinnacle Entertainment |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | England |
| Location | Stoke-on-Trent |
Clay Records was an independent record label founded by Mike Stone in 1980 and based in a record shop in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Clay's first release came from local Stoke punk band Discharge. Their Realities of War EP came out in April 1980. Stone distributed the EP out of the boot of his car but it still made it into the top 10 of the indie chart in the music magazine Sounds. The label went on to sign artists including Play Dead, The Lurkers, Demon and G.B.H. Members of Clay went on to form Jungle Records in 1984.
In 1996, the label's distributor, Pinnacle Entertainment, went under, resulting in Mike Stone losing £25,000. This led him to close the label in 1996. [1] In January 2000, the label's assets were sold off to Trojan Records, who was subsequently acquired by Sanctuary Records Group in 2001. [2] [3] Subsequently, Clay Records back catalogue is owned by Sanctuary/BMG Rights Management.
Releases by Clay Records were:
