A respected and successful independent label with an adventurous recording policy and leanings toward electronic music, Mute was founded by Daniel Miller in 1978. It didn't really get into its stride until the '80s, when Depeche Mode, Erasure and Yazoo took it into the higher reaches of the Charts on numerous occasions. It continued to thrive throughout the '90s, with artists such as Moby and Laibach, and is still going today, under Miller's guidance, as part of EMI. The labels of its few '70s issues - the singles are listed below - came in one design but several different colours. Distribution was by Rough Trade. Thanks to Paul Winsall for the second scan.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.