Fly Records was a record label established in 1970 by independent music publisher David Platz, and initially managed by Malcolm Jones from the offices of Essex Music in London.
Platz had been producing records independently, in conjunction with record producers funded by Essex, and leasing them to major record labels. These creative collaborations quickly made their mark with hits such as A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum), Flowers In The Rain...
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Fly Records was a record label established in 1970 by independent music publisher David Platz, and initially managed by Malcolm Jones from the offices of Essex Music in London.
Platz had been producing records independently, in conjunction with record producers funded by Essex, and leasing them to major record labels. These creative collaborations quickly made their mark with hits such as A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum), Flowers In The Rain, I Can Hear The Grass Grow and Blackberry Way (The Move), together with cult gems from the likes of Beverley Kutner, Tucker Zimmerman & Michael Chapman.
The producer roster involved with Platz included Denny Cordell, Gus Dudgeon, Rodger Bain, Don Paul, Johnny Worth & Tony Visconti, whom Platz had brought over to the UK at Cordell’s initiation.
After a formidable string of hits in the late 1960s licensed via labels Deram, and later, Regal Zonophone, Platz launched his own label Fly Records in 1970.
Malcolm Jones had left university to work for...
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