Immediate Records

Immediate Records was a short-lived British independent record label that existed between 1965 and 1970.

history

Andrew Loog Oldham , manager and music producer for the Rolling Stones , founded the label in August 1965 to give young talents a chance on the record market. It also concluded distribution agreements with US record labels. This is how the first single was released by Immediate Records when, on August 20, 1965, the American band McCoys entered the British market with their transatlantic hit Hang On Sloopy and the first success of the British charts with a 5th place in the British charts new labels could be booked. Conversely, in September 1967, CBS Records took over the American distribution rights for Immediate Records. In 1966 Immediate Records had two number one hits , Out of Time by Chris Farlowe (written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards ) and All or Nothing by Small Faces . He bought the Small Faces for the then sizeable sum of £ 25,000 from Decca Records, financed by his income from the Rolling Stones.

The label had artists such as Rod Stewart , PP Arnold , John Mayall , Savoy Brown , Small Faces , The Nice , Amen Corner and Chris Farlowe under contract. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards could be won as producers. Oldham continued to work as a manager of the Rolling Stones until they fired him in 1967. Immediate had great success with its label catalog beat bands and rock bands . When the concept album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces reached first place in the British LP charts in May 1968 and sold over a million copies worldwide, the response was great - also because of the unusual record sleeve.

On March 18, 1970 Immediate Records was dissolved after the release of 28 albums and 82 singles due to bankruptcy. Significant doubts remained as to financial compliance, as some artists claimed never to have received royalties from the label . On October 31, 2001, Oldham sued the American subsidiary Immediate Records Inc. , which in 1999 acquired the rights to numerous record releases by the label between 1965 and 1970. In the February 2002 judgment of the London High Court of Justice , Oldham did not hold these rights and, as a loser, had to freeze £ 125,000 of his property.

Albums

Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (A-Side)

001: The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy
002: Sam Cooke - The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke
003: Aranbee Pop Symphony Orchestra - Today's Pop Symphony
004: Mark Murphy - Who Can I Turn To
005: Chris Farlowe - 14 Things To Think About
006: Chris Farlowe - The Art Of Chris Farlowe
007: Twice as Much - Own Up
008: Small Faces - Small Faces
009: Billy Nicholls - Would You Believe
010: Chris Farlowe - The Best Of Chris Farlowe Vol. 1
011: PP Arnold - The First Lady Of Immediate
012: Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
013: Twice as Much - That's All
014: Sampler - Blues Anytime Vol. 1
015: Sampler - Blues Anytime Vol. 2
016: The Nice - The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack
017: PP Arnold - Kafunta
018: Duncan Browne - Give Me Take You
019: Sampler - Blues Anytime Vol. 3
020: The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis
021: Chris Farlowe - The Last Goodbye
022: Small Faces - In Memoriam
023: Amen Corner - National Welsh Coast Live Explosion Company
024: Sampler - Blues Leftovers
025: Humble Pie - As Safe As Yesterday Is
026: The Nice - The Nice
027: Humble Pie - Town & Country
028: Amen Corner - Farewell To The Real Magnificant Seven

Singles

McCoys - Hang on Sloopy (the label's first single)

001 The McCoys: Hang On Sloopy / I Can't Believe It
002 The Fifth Avenue: The Bells of Rhymney / Just Like Anyone Would Do
003 Nico: I'm Not Sayin / The Last Mile
004 Gregory Phillips: Down In The Boondocks / That's The One
005 The Masterminds: She Belongs to Me / Taken My Love
006 The Poets: Call Again / Some Things I Can't Forget
007 The Strangeloves: Cara-Lin / (Roll On) Mississippi
008 Van Lenton: Gotta Get Away / You Don't Care
009 Facotums: In My Lonely Room / A Run In The Green And Tangerine Flaked Forest
010 The Golden Apples Of The Sun: The Monkey Time / Chocolate Rolls, Tea And Monopoly
011 Barbara Lynn: You Can't Buy My Love / That's What A Friend Will Do
012 John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers: I'm Your Witchdoctor / Telephone Blues
013 Glyn Johns: Mary Anne / Like Grains Of Yellow Sand
014 Mick Softley: I'm So Confused / She's my Girl
015 The Mockingbirds: You Stole My Love / Skit Skat
016 Chris Farlowe: The Fool / Treat Her Good
017 Joey Vine: Down & Out / The Out Of Towner
018 Jimmy Tarbuck: Someday / Wastin 'Time
019 The Variations: The Man With All The Toys / She'll Know I'm Sorry
020 The Fleur De Lys: Moondreams / Wait For Me
021 The McCoys: Fever / Sorrow
022 The Factotums: You're So Good To Me / Can't Go Home Anymore My Love
023 Chris Farlowe: Think / Don't Just Look At Me
024 The Poets: Baby Don't You Do It / I'll Come Home
025 Charles Dickens: So Much In Love / Our Soul Brother TH
026 Goldie: Going Back / Headlines
027 Tony Rivers and the Castaways: Girl Don't Tell Me / The Girl From Salt Lake City
028 The McCoys: Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure / Ko-Ko
029 The McCoys: Up And Down / If You Tell A Lie
030 The London Waits: Softly Softly (The Theme From The BBC-TV Series) / Serenadio (Italian Serenade)
031 The Turtles: You Baby / Wanderin 'Kind
032 The Fleur De Lys: Circles / So, Come On
033 Twice As Much: Sittin 'On A Fence / Baby I Want You
034 The McCoys: Runaway / Come On Let's Go
035 Chris Farlowe: Out Of Time / Baby Make It Soon
036 Twice As Much: Step Out Of Line / Simplified
037 The McCoys: (You Make Me Feel) So Good / Everyday I Have To Cry
038 Chris Farlowe: Ride On Baby / Headlines
039 Twice As Much: True Story / You're So Good For Me
040 PPArnold: Everything's Gonna Be Alright / Life Is But Nothing
041 Chris Farlowe: My Way Of Giving / You're So Good To Me
042 Twice As Much: Crystal Ball / Why Can't They All Go And Leave Me Alone
043 Apostolic Intervention: (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me / Madame Garcia
044 Nicky Scott: Big City / Everything's Gonna Be Alright
045 Nicky Scott: Backstreet Girl / Chain Reaction
046 The McCoys: I Got To Go Back / Dynamite
047 PPArnold: The First Cut Is The Deepest / Speak To Me
048 Mort Shuman IV: Monday Monday / Little Children
049 Chris Farlowe: Yesterday's Papers / Life Is But Nothing
050: Small Faces: Here Come The Nice / Talk To You
051 John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton: I'm Your Witchdoctor / Telephone Blues
052 Marquis Of Kensington: The Changing of The Guard / Reverse Thrust
053 Murray Head : She Was Perfection / Secondhand Monday
054 The Australian Playboys: Black Sheep RIP / Sad
055 PP Arnold: The Time Has Come / If You See What I Mean
056 Chris Farlowe: Moanin '/ What Have I Been Doing
057 Small Faces: Itchycoo Park / I'm Only Dreaming
058 Warm Sounds : Sticks And Stones / Angeline
059 The Nice: The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack / Azrail (Angel Of Death)
060 Rod Stewart: Little Miss Understand / So Much To Say
061 PPArnold: (If You Think You're) Groovy / Though It Hurts Me Badly
062 Small Faces: Tin Soldier / I Fell Much Better
063 Billy Nicholls: Would You Believe / Daytime Girl
064 Small Faces: Lazy Sunday / Rollin 'Over (Part ll of Happiness Stan)
065 Chris Farlowe: Handbags And Gladrags / Everyone makes A Mistake
066 Chris Farlowe: The Last Goodbye (From the film "The Last Goodbye") / Paperman Fly In The Sky
067 (DEMO) outer limits; Great Train Robbery / Sweet Freedom
067 PP Arnold: Angel Of The Morning / Life Is But Nothing
068 The Nice: America (from West Side Story) / The Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon
069 Small Faces: The Universal / Donkey Rides, A Penny A Glass
070 Duncan Browne: On The Bombsite / Alfred Bell
071 Chris Farlowe: Paint it Black / I Just Need Your Loving
072 The Nice: Brandenburger / Happy Freuds
073 Amen Corner: (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice / Hey Hey Girl
074 Chris Farlowe: Dawn / April Was The Month
075 Michael D'abo: (See The Little People) Gulliver Travels (from the show Gulliver's Travels) / An Anthology of Gullivers Travels - Part Two
076 The McCoys: Hang On Sloopy / This Is Where We Came In
077 Small Faces: Afterglow Of Your Love / Wham Bam Thank You Man
078 Chris Farlowe: Out Of Time / Ride On Baby
079 PPArnold: The First Cut Is The Deepest / The Time Has Come
080 Fleetwood Mac / Earl Vince And The Valiants: Man Of The World / Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite
081 Amen Corner: Hello Susie / Evil Man's Gonna Win
082 Humble Pie: Natural Born Budgie / Wrist Job
083 PPArnold: Would You Believe / Am I Still Dreaming
084 Amen Corner: Get Back / Farewell To The Real Magnificent Seven

Web links

Collectable Records - Historic labels and artists

Individual evidence

[1] Billboard Magazine, Sept. 23, 1967, CBS To Distribute Immediate Records , p. 3

[2] Frank Hoffman, Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound , vol. 1, 2004, p. 515 f.

[3] Simon Napier-Bell, Black Vinyl White Powder , 2013, p. 94