A direct descendant of the Umbrella label (q.v.). Raffi Pereira and Root Jackson set up Umbrella in December 1978; some seven months and one single later they changed the company's name to Brolly. 'Music Week' of the 16th of June reported the name-change; it said that as a result of an agreement with Eden Studios (q.v.) a single by Rafoot, 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' was scheduled for release on the 29th of that month and several other singles were expected to follow. That single duly emerged, in both 7" (as RAIN-1) and 12" (as LL-1) versions, but there's no sign of any of the others. 'Music Master' gives marketing as being by Rediffusion and distribution by Spartan; it gives the month of release as August, which may merely refer to the date when those arrangements came into play. The 12" is listed on the Music Week 'Releases' page for the 3rd of August, while the 'New Singles' leaflet splits the difference and offers the 13th of July as the release date for the 7".
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.