Deram Records was set up by Decca Records (UK) ostensibly as a label for "alternative" or "progressive" artists. It was active from 1966 until 1973. Decca positioned it against Harvest Records (launched by EMI) and Vertigo Records (launched by Philips Records), but it failed to compete long-term. It has been suggested that Decca Music Group be merged into this article or section. ... Progressive music is the name given to a certain approach to musical composition that has been applied to several different music genres. ... Harvest Records was a record label, formed by EMI in 1969 to promote progressive rock music and to compete with Philips Vertigo label and Deccas Deram labels. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI (with Harvest Records), Decca Records (with Deram Records) and RCA (with Neon Records). ... Philips Records is the record label of Dutch electronics giant Philips. ...

It nevertheless became a home for artists such as:

• Amen Corner
• David Bowie (debut album)
• Brotherhood Of Man
• Camel
• Caravan
• Egg
• Bill Fay
• Flirtations
• Frijid Pink
• Giles, Giles and Fripp
• Keef Hartley
• Iron Virgin
• Stavely Makepeace
• The Moody Blues
• The Move
• Procol Harum
• Room
• Cat Stevens
• Streak
• White Plains
• Ten Years After
• Zakarrias

Amen Corner may refer to: Amen Corner (band) Amen Corner (musical) Amen Corner (place) The Amen Corner is a play by James Baldwin, which addresses themes of the role of the church in the African-American family and the effect of a poverty born of racial prejudice on the African... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947) is a British rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, mixer, and actor. ... David Bowie is the eponymously titled debut album of rock musician David Bowie, released June 2, 1967 in the UK by Decca Records. ... Brotherhood of Man is a 70s British pop group that won Eurovision in 1976 with Save your Kisses for Me. They took a similar style as the Swedish pop group ABBA, who also won Eurovision in 1974 Singles United we stand Where are you going to my love Save your... Camel is a British progressive rock band formed in 1971. ... Caravan is a British rock/jazz band from the Canterbury area. ... Egg was an English progressive rock band formed in July 1968. ... Bill Fay is a singer, pianist and songwriter from the United Kingdom. ... The Flirtations (previously The Gypsies) were an all-female musical group who recorded from the early 1960s through the late 1980s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Giles, Giles and Fripp were a quirky late sixties band featuring brothers Michael Giles on drums, Peter Giles on bass guitar, and rounded out by Robert Fripp on guitar. ... Iron Virgin were a Scottish rock band of the 1970s, who in image and style have been compared to contemporary glam acts such as Slade and The Sweet. ... The Moody Blues were best known for fusing an orchestral sound with rock and roll, as seen in one of their most popular songs, Nights in White Satin. ... The Move ca. ... Procol Harum is a British progressive rock band, formed in the 1960s. ... A room is an enclosed space in a house or other building. ... Cat Stevens (born Stephen Demetre Georgiou on July 21, 1948, and now named Yusuf Islam) is best known for his tenure as a popular singer-songwriter. ... Ten Years After is a British blues rock band popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

See also

• List of record labels