Both the fact that the records were manufactured in France and the French-sounding band name of Bullet Records' LE GRIFFE (UK) have lead some to belive that this was a French label. Not so. They hailed from Stoke-On-Trent and were as British as warm, stale beer.
The CONT-, CULP-, BULP- and BOLT-serial#'s might seem confusing at first, but here's what I figure:
CONT = reissues
CULP = license pressings
BULP = LPs and MLPs (33 rpm)
BOLT = 12" EPs (45 rpm)
BOL = 7"s
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CONT 1 | Behemoth | Deathwings | 7" | 1983 | Originally released on a private label one year earlier, with a slightly different cover. Review + Review |
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Originally released on a private label one year earlier, with a slightly different cover. Review + Review |
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CONT 2 | ? | ? | ? | 1983? |
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CONT 3 | Taipan | Taipan | 12" EP | 1983 | Originally released as a 7"on a private label 2 years earlier, with a different cover. Review |
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Originally released as a 7"on a private label 2 years earlier, with a different cover. Review |
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CULP 1 | Pretty Maids | Pretty Maids | MLP | 1983 | Some copies came with iron-on t-shirt-motif. Also released on PAR, Fingerprint and CBS records (CBS version w/ different cover art). |
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Some copies came with iron-on t-shirt-motif. Also released on PAR, Fingerprint and CBS records (CBS version w/ different cover art). | |||||||||
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CULP 2 | EF Band | Deep Cut | LP | 1983 | Some copies came with iron-on t-shirt-motif. Also released on Ewita Records. |
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Some copies came with iron-on t-shirt-motif. Also released on Ewita Records. | |||||||||
| BULP-series (LPs & MLPs) |
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BULP 1 | Silverwing | Alive And Kicking | MLP | 1983 |
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BULP 2 | Le Griffe | Breaking Strain | MLP | 1984 |
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BULP 3 | Black Rose | Boys Will Be Boys | LP | 1984 |
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BULP 4 | Crisis | Armed To The Teeth | MLP | 1984 | Review |
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BULP 5 | Sam Thunder | Manoeuvres | Pic-LP | 1984 |
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![Desolation Angels - [no title] LP, Bullet Records pressing from 1985](images/unreleased.png "(140) Desolation Angels - [no title]") |
BULP 6 | Desolation Angels | [no title] | LP | 1985 | The insert to the Traitors Gate reissue on HRR tells us how this was supposed to be the DESOLATION ANGELS debut LP. It never even got close to a release before the label folded, but an interesting anecdote nevertheless... |
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The insert to the Traitors Gate reissue on HRR tells us how this was supposed to be the DESOLATION ANGELS debut LP. It never even got close to a release before the label folded, but an interesting anecdote nevertheless... | |||||||||
| BOLT/BOL-series (12"s & 7"s) |
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BOLT 1 | Le Griffe | Fast Bikes | 12" EP | 1983 |
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BOLT 2 | Wrathchild | Stackheel Strutt | 12" EP | 1983 | Red vinyl |
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BOLT 3 | ? | ? | ? | 1983 |
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BOLT 4 | Geddes Axe | Escape From New York | 12" EP | 1983 |
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BOLT 5 | Wrathchild | Do You Want My Love | 12" EP | 1983 | Also as 7", pic-7"and 10". |
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BOLT 6 | Black Rose | We're Gonna Rock You | 12" EP | 1983 |
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BOLT 7 | Le Griffe | You're Killing Me | 12" | 1984 | The "in-between"LeGriffe-product, best saved for last. Kinda redundant HR. |
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The "in-between"LeGriffe-product, best saved for last. Kinda redundant HR. | |||||||||
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BOLT 8 | Sam Thunder | Don't Take Forever | 12" EP | 1984 |
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BOL 9 | Black Rose | Boys Will Be Boys | 7" | 1984 |
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BOLT 10 | Chrome Molly | You Said | 12" EP | 1984 |
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BOLT 11 | Pauline Gillan's Northern Dancer | One More Time | 12" EP | 1984 | Pauline = Ian Gillan's sister. |
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Pauline = Ian Gillan's sister. | |||||||||
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BOLT 12 | Traitors Gate | Devil Takes The High Road | 12" EP | 1985 | Review |
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Compiled by Andrew (Moscow). Additions by DaN Edman and Thomas Bieri.
