Telstar Records was a record label founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was founded as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges. As well as these brands the company would licence a number of major artist recordings (for example ABBA and the Four Tops) to release telemarketed compilations.
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Telstar Records was a record label founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was founded as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges. As well as these brands the company would licence a number of major artist recordings (for example ABBA and the Four Tops) to release telemarketed compilations.
In the mid 1990s it diversified its output into the singles market and long-term artist development with the launch of the Multiply Records and Wildstar Records subsidiaries. Prior to these developments Telstar would normally only release singles that were tele-marketed and associated products like The Chippendales or PJ and Duncan aka. Acts signed in this period included Conner Reeves, Sash!, Phats And Small and Basement Jaxx, while Craig David brought the first ever UK number one single for the label.
Other artists included Victoria Beckham (a sub...
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