Konk was a rather short-lived label run by Ray Davies of the Kinks and featuring productions by various members of that band. Billboard (18th January 1975) gives Ray and Dave Davies and Tony Dimitriades as the joint-owners. There was a studio in North London associated with the label. Konk achieved the distinction of releasing the first records by Tom Robinson, who was at that time a member of a group called Cafe Society. Singles were numbered in the KOS-0s. Marketing was by Anchor, who were also responsible for organizing pressing and distribution; both of these were by EMI originally - the demo is in the typical EMI style - and latterly by CBS. The label made a fleeting reappearance in 1981, in injection moulded form, for a single by the Kinks, 'Predictable' (ARISTA-426).
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.