By Ally Palmer

In 1980 me and my then fellow band members formed an independent record label and released our first two singles. We financed the recording ourselves (with help from a flatmate), designed the sleeve (having never designed anything in our lives) and set about physically getting copies to record shops all over the country. This involved hitching to London, but luckily I had a full-time job at the time so was excused. Our first single was played by Peter Powell on Radio One at lunchtime one day as I happened to be visiting my parents and within a year we had Read full story ›

Source: The Drum