Psycho Records 1978 - 1979 ??

Two pence label made up of reckless amateurs who managed to spoil the first single by the band.

The bands first manager John Harris must take a lot of the blame for the mess this lot made of it at the time.  The label never really existed and it was a plaything of some old bloke who wanted to be  star himself - or so someone told me....

It should have been the start of something big.....

Carrere Records 198?

This French label had just broken into the English market with a number 1 by Clout - "Since you've been gone". The label also signed Saxon at the same time as the Kidda Band.

Things worked out better for Saxon than they did for the Kidda Band that is for sure.

This label was set up by ex Black Sabbath producer Rodger Bain (producer of Paranoid).

The band released one single with the label before parting ways when it failed to make a break through.

V.C. Records 198? 

V.C. Records was a side project of ex-Bridgehouse owner Terry  Murphy.

He agreed to  put out one single of the band in 198? and pressed the record at his new record pressing plant - his new post Bridgehouse career.

Terry had a couple of famous(ish) sons, Darren was a member of almost famous band Wasted Youth and Glen was a boxer turned actor who starred in British TV shows "Shine on Harvey Moon" and then "Londons Burning". His daughter Vanessa was famous for dating Alan for a while.

Back in 2000 we were approached by David "Dizzy" Holmes from Detour Records who had been trying to track the band for some time.

"We first come across The Incredible Kidda Band when we heard of an extremely rare Power-Pop 7" that all the collectors were looking for. We tracked down a copy and it was everything that we had hoped for! Imagine all of them more ‘famous’ Power-Pop acts like The Jags, The Plimsouls, Big Star but with an edge of pure teenage angst! After many months of searching we managed to locate the members of the band and got them to search out all of their master tapes".

Dizzy was therefore single handedly responsible for resurrecting the life of the band back in 2001 when the first album appeared. The album quickly Sold Out its initial pressing and a second pressing finally appeared in 2007 - we are pleased to say that this is almost Sold Out too.

If only Dizzy had been around in the 1970s, things could have been so different.

1977 Records - 2002

Following the release of the album on Detour we were contacted by our good friend Nobutada "Nobu" Yaita and his colleagues at 1977 Records in Tokyo.

After some discussion, 1977 Records re-released a number of Kidda Band and Kicks singles during 2002. We are pleased to say that they Sold Out quickly, just like the album. 

Details of the re-released singles can be found here.

Last Laugh Records - 2011

In 2011 we were contacted by our good friend Harry Howes and his colleagues at Last Laugh Records in New York.

After some discussion, Last Laugh Records began a schedule of new and re-released Kidda Band tracks during 2011. We are pleased to say that they are Selling Out quickly, just like the album and other singles before them. 

Details of the re-released singles can be found here.

Red Lounge Records - 2011

In 2010 we were contacted by our good friend Martin Christoph and his colleagues at Red Lounge Records from Karlsruhe in Germany.

After very lengthy discussions, and many attempts by me to say no, martin managed to persuade me that he really wanted to make the vinyl available again, re-packaged in a deluxe gatefold sleeve.

And so, after much discussion over the new sleeve, Red Lounge Records finally re-released the classic Kidda Band album in December 2011.

We are pleased to say that this is starting to Sell Out quickly, just like the original album and the other singles before them. 

Details of the re-released album can be found here.