Gull (record label)

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Gull
Parent companyGull Entertainments Ltd.
Founded1974 (1974)
Defunct1984 (1984)
Genre Rock music
Country of origin United Kingdom

Gull was a British record label founded in 1974. Owned by Gull Entertainments Ltd., it was associated with Morgan Sound Studio and was distributed by both Pye Records and Decca Records. [1] It was also distributed by Motown in the US.

Its recording artists included Judas Priest, Arthur Brown, Steve Ashley, IF, Isotope and Seventh Wave.

The label was disestablished in 1984.

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References

  1. Rare Record Collector. Retrieved 17 August 2013.