Rialto Records was run by Nick and Tim Heath. It started off in 1979 and seems to have expired c.1983, by which time it had issued at least forty-one singles. Numbering was in a TREB-100 series. Rialto was no stranger to the Singles Chart: during 1979-80 it notched up three hits by the Korgis, two by the Planets and one by the Regents. Manufacturing was by Decca and distribution by Selecta until late 1979 (1, 3), at which point Pye took over both functions (2). The only change in the label layout after the move was that 'PYE RECORDS' replaced 'THE DECCA RECORD CO. LTD.' at ten o'clock on the label face, but the original yellow company sleeve (4) was replaced by a red one (5). The discography below only covers the 1970s.
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