Ugly Man Records is a British independent record label based in Rhos on Sea, Wales, originally in Manchester. It released debut singles for many Manchester bands, including Elbow, the Man From Delmonte and I Am Kloot. It was set up in Bootle, Merseyside in 1986 with the release of "Wonderful Life" by the Liverpool-based singer Black, which reached number 72 in the UK Singles Chart, before going on to greater success when reissued by major label A&M.
Previously on Ugly Man Records Artists who have worked with Ugly Man Records
Bathymetry Black Bone-Box Mustafa Kamal Qureshi The Spitting Pips Grown Up Strange The Danny Boys Man From Delmonte Gayna Rose Madder The Desert Wolves Dub Sex The County FathersShowbusiness Diary of a RocknRoll Nobody. Mark Radcliffe. Sceptre, 1998. 1998 paperback: Ambitious Beggars Too Much Texas Fallover 24 Jylt Arthur Magee I Am Kloot ElbowReluctant Heroes, Mick Middles, Omnibus Press, 2009 paperback: Sleepwalker Loafer LazyEye The Jade Assembly Bryan Glancy Indigo Jones Silverman The Milk & Honey Band Josephine Oniyama Vinny Peculiar Tompaulin Monomania Sandbox Sandy Kilpatrick Shakedown Stockholm Jimmy & the Revolvers Echolines
See also List of record labels List of independent UK record labels
References
External links The chronicle of an Ugly Man - a memoir of a label The Mighty Discogs - Ugly Man Discography