Clay Records


Clay Records was an independent record label founded by Mike Stone in 1980 and based in a record shop in Stoke-on-Trent, England.

History

Clay's first release came from local Stoke punk band Discharge. Their Realities of War EP came out in April 1980. Stone distributed the EP out of the boot of his car but it still made it into the top 10 of the indie chart in the music magazine Sounds. The label went on to sign artists including Play Dead, The Lurkers, Demon and G.B.H. Members of Clay went on to form Jungle Records in 1984.
In 1996, the label's distributor, Pinnacle Entertainment, went under, resulting in Mike Stone losing £25,000. This led him to close the label in 1996. In January 2000, the label's assets were sold off to Trojan Records, who was subsequently acquired by Sanctuary Records Group in 2001. Subsequently, Clay Records back catalogue is owned by Sanctuary/BMG Rights Management.

Discography

Releases by Clay Records were:

7"/12" Releases

  • CLAY 1 - Discharge: Realities of War 7-inch EP
  • CLAY 2 - Plastic Idols: Adventure 7-inch
  • CLAY 3 - Discharge: Fight Back 7-inch EP
  • CLAY 4 - Demon: Liar 7-inch
  • CLAY 5 - Discharge: Decontrol 7-inch EP
  • CLAY 6 - Discharge: Never Again 7-inch EP
  • CLAY 7 - Dave EDGE: then world 7-inch
  • CLAY 8 - GBH: No Survivors 7-inch EP
  • CLAY 9 - Zanti Misfitz: Kidz Songs 7-inch
  • CLAY 10 - White Door: Way of the World 7-inch
  • CLAY 11 - GBH: Sick Boy 7-inch EP
  • CLAY 12 - The Lurkers: This Dirty Town 7-inch
  • CLAY 13 - Zanti Misfitz: Love Ends at 8 7-inch
  • CLAY 14 - Discharge: State Violence State Control 7-inch
  • CLAY 15 - White Door: Kings of the Orient 7-inch/12"
  • CLAY 16 - GBH: Give Me Fire 7-inch
  • CLAY 17 - The Lurkers: Drag You Out 7-inch
  • CLAY 17P - The Lurkers: Drag you Out 7-inch pic disc
  • CLAY 18 - KILLJOYS: this is not love 7-inch
  • CLAY 19 - LOWLIFE: logic & lust 7-inch
  • CLAY 20 unreleased
  • CLAY 21 - The Lurkers: Frankenstein Again 7-inch
  • CLAY 22 - GBH: Catch 23 7-inch
  • CLAY 23 - White Door: Love Breakdown 7-inch/12"
  • CLAY 24 - Abrasive Wheels: Jailhouse Rock 7-inch
  • CLAY 25 - Demon: The Plague 7-inch
  • CLAY 26 - White Door: Windows 7-inch
  • CLAY 27 - Sex Gang Children: Maurita Mayer 7-inch
  • CLAY 28 - Abrasive Wheels: Banner of Hope 7-inch
  • CLAY 29 - Discharge: The Price of Silence 7-inch
  • CLAY 30 - White Door: Jerusalem 7-inch
  • CLAY 31 - Play Dead: Break 7-inch/12"
  • CLAY 32 - The Lurkers: Let's Dance Again 7-inch
  • CLAY 33 - Abrasive Wheels: The Prisoner EP
  • CLAY 34 - Discharge: The More I See 7-inch/12"
  • CLAY 35 - Play Dead: Isobel 7-inch
  • CLAY 36 - GBH: Do What You Do 7-inch
  • CLAY 37 - White Door: Flame In My Heart 7-inch/12"
  • CLAY 39 - The Veil: Manikin 12-inch
  • CLAY 40 - Play Dead: Conspiracy 7-inch/12"
  • CLAY 41 - Demon: Wonderland 7-inch/12"
  • CLAY 42 - Play Dead: Sacrosanct 7-inch/12"
  • CLAY 43 - Discharge: Ignorance 7-inch/12"
  • CLAY 44 - Rebel Christening: Tribal Eye 12-inch
  • CLAY 45 - The Veil: Twist 7-inch

12" EP Releases

  • PLATE 1 - Product: Style Wars 12-inch
  • PLATE 2 - Discharge: Why 12-inch
  • PLATE 3 - GBH: Leather, Bristles, Studs and Acne 12-inch
  • PLATE 4 - Zanti Misfitz: Heroe's Are Go! 12-inch
  • PLATE 5 - Discharge: Warning 12-inch
  • PLATE 6 - English Dogs: Mad Punx and English Dogs 12-inch
  • PLATE 7 - The Lurkers: The Final Vinyl 12-inch
  • PLATE 8 - Demon: Sampler 12-inch

LP Releases