Shoc Wave RECORDS
The label was started in Easton Bristol by Gene Walsh in 1979. The objective was to create a true Independent Record label for the Bristol area and not genre specific.
The first signing was Joshua Moses and the first release was Independence Fever, a calypso release to celebrate the Independence of Dominica.
The Label Manager was Melford Gardener who currently runs the Black Swan on Stapleton Road in Easton and the original offices were in St. Andrews, Bristol.
The label had massive expansion plans with dreams of offices on St Marks Road which would incorporate Recording Studios, Rehersal Rooms, Offices and Post Production suites. Unfortunately the capital could not be raised from the share holders and the label stopped trading in the later 1990s.
The sub publishing company of Unitone Publishing has been renamed Bristol Underground Songs Ltd and still exists being administered by Gene Walsh and Gene is still involved with Joshua Moses and there is a new album in the can awaiting release.
Discography
SINGLES | |||
SRP 0001 | DOMINICA | ‘INDEPENDENCE FEVER’ | 7” SINGLE |
SRP 0002 | JOSHUA MOSES | PRETTY GIRL | |
SRP 0003 | SHARON BENGAMIN | ‘MR GUY’ | 7” SINGLE |
SRP 0004 | Bunny Marrett | Times Are Getting Harder / Hard Times Dub c/w Don Gordon "Running Dub" / "Creation Dub" | |
SRP 0005 | Not known | ||
SRP 0006 | NO DEPOSIT | ‘MOUNTAIN LAKE’ | 7” SINGLE |
SRP 0007 | THE RIMSHOTS | ‘I WAS WRONG’ | 7” SINGLE |
SRP 0008 | Not known | ||
SRP 0009 | Not known | ||
SRP 0010 | BUGGS DURRANT | ‘GONNA MAKE YOUR BODY GET UP’ | 12” SINGLE |
SRP 0011 | BUGGS DURRANT | ‘BABY COME BACK HOME’ | 7” SINGLE |
SRP 0012 | BLACK FLAMES | ‘NEVER YOU CHANGE’ | 12” SINGLE |
SRP 012X | SWEET ENERGY | DANCING EASY | |
SRP 013X | FELIX THE CAT | JAMMING WORLD | |
SRP 0014 | SWEET ENERGY | ‘CRISIS’ | 12” SINGLE |
SRP 0015 | SECOND CITY SOUNDS | ‘DREAM CITY’ | 7” SINGLE |
SRP 0016 | SWEET ENERGY | ‘ONE DAY’ | 7” SINGLE |
SRP 0017 | Not known | ||
SRP 0018 | FELIX DC | ‘SO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE’ | 12” SINGLE |
SRP 0019 | BLAK FLAMEZ / JOSHUA | ‘LIVE JAM’ | 12” SINGLE |
SRP 0020 | HASWELL | ‘PRISSY MISS MAYBE’ | 12” SINGLE |
CD ALBUMS | |||
SRP CD 14 | SWEET ENERGY | ‘ONE DAY’ | CD ALBUM |
VINYL ALBUMS | |||
SRP LP 3 | BLAK FLAMES | ‘GIVE ME A TRY’ | VINYL ALBUM |
SUBSIDARY LABELS | |||
SHOC WAVE INTERNATIONAL | |||
SRP LP 4 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | ‘CLASH OF THE CENTURY’ | VINYL ALBUM |
SPIRAL RECORDS | |||
SP001�� | BUGGS DURRANT | DISCO JUMP | |
CHANNEL RECORDS | |||
CH1 | NITE WATCH | GET DOWN(CAUSE I LOVE YOUR BODY) / BABY COME BACK (HOME) |