MONARCH
A bit of a latecomer for this list, Monarch appeared in
1979 but saw most of its action in the early '80s. Under its
manager Stan Blackman it issued more than fifty singles, mostly in a
MON-0 numerical series. MON-49 came out in October 1983; at
some point shortly afterwards the numbering seems to have changed to
the MON-000s for some reason. With the likes of J. J.
Barrie, Max Bygraves and the Krankies in its books the company seems
to have had distinct Easy / Pop leanings, but it did put out a Punk
single, 'Doin' The Lambeth Walk', by The Introze (MON-037;
1982). Distribution was by Pye / PRT. The
discography below only covers the 1970s and is therefore of no great
help.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.