According to Billboard magazine of the 15th of September 1979, Dindisc and the publishing company associated with it, DinSong, were set up by Virgin Records (q.v.) as part of an expansion programme. Its first chief was Carol Wilson. Although it came in the scene in late 1979 its glory days were in the early '80s, when Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and, to a lesser extent, Martha & The Muffins took it into both the Singles and Album Charts. By 1983, however, it had ceased trading. The 1970s singles had no standard label; the one with the Dindisc logo (3) came into use with The Brians' single 'My Brother's Famous' (DIN-7; 11/79) and was used regularly afterwards, in different colours - thanks to Nicholas Hough for that scan. Manufacture and distribution were by CBS, as they were for Virgin at the time. The discography below only covers the 1970s.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.