Dawn Records

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Dawn Records was a subsidiary of Pye Records. Active 1970-75, it was set up largely as Pye's 'underground and progressive' label, a rival of the EMI and Phonogram equivalents, Harvest and Vertigo.

The most successful act on the label was Mungo Jerry, whose first two singles reached No. 1 and who thereafter had four other Top 20 hits during this period. It also released records by Paul Brett's Sage, Titus Groan, Mike Cooper, Heron, John Kongos (before he found greater success on the Fly label), Comus, Atlantic Bridge, Pluto, and the Mungo Jerry offshoot King Earl Boogie Band.

Two other notable acts were Brotherhood Of Man in their Eurovision-winning line-up, who released their first album "Good Things Happening" in '74 and Prelude, whose accapella version of the Neil Young song "After The Gold Rush" (No. 21, 1974) was the label's only other UK hit single.

1 Selected Discography
- 1.1 Albums
- 1.2 Singles
2 Footnotes
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Selected Discography

Releases by Mungo Jerry on Dawn

[edit] Albums

DNLS3008 Mungo Jerry LP
DNLS3020 Electronically Tested LP
DNLS3028 You Don't Have to be in the Army LP
DNLS3041 Boot Power LP
DNLS3045 Mungo Jerry's Greatest Hits LP
DNLS3501 Long Legged Woman LP

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[edit] Singles

DNS1037 Alright Alright Alright / Little Miss Hipshake 7"
DNS1051 Wild Love / Glad I'm a Rocker 7"
DNS1061 Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black / Gonna Bop 'Til I Drop 7"
DNS1092 All Dressed Up and No Place to Go / Shake 'Til I Break / Too Fast to Live and Too Young to Die / Burnin' Up 7"
DNS1113 In the Summertime / She Rowed 7"
DNX2502 In the Summertime / Mighty Man / Dust Pneumonia Blues 7"
DNX2505 Baby Jump / The Man Behind the Piano / Maggie / Midnight Special / Mighty Man 7" (B side titled Live from Hollywood)
DNX2510 Lady Rose / Have a Whiff On Me / Milk Cow Blues / Little Louis 7" (Also released with Have a Whiff On Me replaced by She Rowed)
DNX2513 You Don't Have to be in the Army to Fight in the War / The Sun is Shining / O'Reilly / We Shall Be Free 7"
DNX2514 Open Up / Going Back Home / I Don't Wanna Go Back to School / No Girl Reaction 7"
DNX2515 My Girl and Me / Summer's Gone / 46 and On / It's a Goodie Boogie Woogie 7"