Borderline, this one. According to 'Music Week' of the 20th of January 1979 Red Bus was formed in 1970 and the principal movers behind it were Eliot Cohen, Barry Murray and Ellis Elias. 'Record Retailer' of the 23rd of October 1971 described it as a production company, but, according to the 'MW' article, after Murray left in 1971 and was replaced by Leslie Grade it had grown to encompass Red Bus Records (in 1972) and Red Bus Music. It had a licensing agreement with EMI, and had provided that company with records by Geordie and Yellowstone & Voice, among others. Its record label first saw the light of day in April 1980, which puts it outside the scope of this site; its singles were numbered in the RBUS-50s and it was licensed to Pye / PRT - the example shown (2) was its first release. However, two singles published by Red Bus came out in 1979 on EMI, with a Red Bus logo; they were numbered in an RB-100 catalogue series (1). Why they were given separate numbers but not a separate label needs explaining. Be that as it may, I thought that the numbers and the logo were sufficient for Red Bus to get a mention on a site dedicated to records of the '70s; so here it is. Incidentally I have yet to see a copy of either single without 'Demo' markings or a 'Sample Record' sticker attached to one side or the other - there's one on the 'B' side of the first scan.
Copyright 2010 Robert Lyons.