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Polydor Records

last updated 25 July 2010

Polydor Limited, Dublin was established in 1970 as a Siemens subsiduary. It became one of the most active major labels in Ireland. John Woods moved from Pye to Polydor as General Manager in 1972. Polydor distributed Pye releases from November 1972 onwards.

There are Irish pressings of most worldwide Polydor releases. These include recordings by Irish artists. There are also Ireland only Polydor releases. I've tried to distinguish these below but please note my approach is not exactly scientific and some of the assertions are the result of guesswork, however inspired.

The 2078 (Singles) and 2904 (Albums) Series seem specifically Irish.




Singles

2078 Series (Singles) Began late 1970 or early 1971, ran until 1983 approx. 2078 001 The Urge - What's Right, What's Wrong / Feelin' Free [1971] 2078 002 East Coast Linesmen - Rainin' and Rainin' / Sha Na De Na 2078 003 McDonnell-Mead - Butt Bridge / ??? 2078 004 Aftermath - We Have No More Babies Left / Neck And Neck (In The Race of Life) [1971?] 2078 005 2078 006 Spice - Last Year / Looking My Way 2078 007 2078 008 2078 009 Cotton Mill Boys - End of a Lonely Day / Betty Jane [8/1971] 2078 010 2078 011 2078 012 2078 013 John Farrell & The Groundhogs - Ra-Ta-Ta [1971] 2078 014 2078 015 2078 016 2078 017 We 4 - In The Morning / 12.05 [1972] 2078 018 2078 019 2078 020 Jim McCann - My Rambling Boy / Sunny Outside [1973?] 2078 021 2078 022 2078 023 Planxty - Cliffs of Doneen / Yarmouth Town [1972] (PS) 2078 024 The Pattersons - William / Slieve Na Mban [1972] 2078 025 Shades Of MacMurrough - Carrig River / Tabhair Dom Do Lamh [1972] 2078 026 2078 027 2078 028 The Pattersons - If I Were Dreaming / Broken Down Gambler [1973] 2078 029 McAnnix - Lord of the Dance / Julia [1973] 2078 030 Tweed - Caroline / All Night Long [1973] 2078 031 2078 032 Dublin City Ramblers - The Liar / Lavender Cowboy [1973] 2078 033 Tina & The Real McCoy - What About Me [1973] 2078 034 2078 035 2078 036 2078 037 MacMurrough - Only Her Rivers Run Free / Lord of the Dance [1973] 2078 038 Phil Coulter - The Town I Loved So Well / Scorn Not His Simplicity [1973] (PS) 2078 039 Munroe - My Johnny Was A Shoemaker / He Mandu [1973] 2078 040 Pumpkinhead - Shepherd And Son / Greenwood Sidney [1973] (PS) 2078 041 Glen Curtin - I'd Love You To Want Me / Medaow Green [1973] 2078 042 Teddy Palmer and the Rumble Band - Teddy Bear / Strangers Talk [1974] 2078 043 Tweed - Give Me Luv / Rock 'N Roll Woman [1974] 2078 044 Chips - My World / After The Goldrush [8/1974] 2078 045 Teddy Palmer and the Rumble Band - Hell Of A Fuss / There's A Place [1974] 2078 046 2078 047 2078 048 Loudest Whisper - William B / False Prophets [1974] 2078 049 Jim Tyrell Trio - The Well Runs Dry / Tommy Tim [1974] 2078 050 2078 051 2078 052 De Danann - The Rambling Irishman EP [1974] 2078 053 Glen Curtin / Tina & The Nevada - All Through The Night / Macushla Mine [1974] 2078 054 2078 055 Ireland's Freemen - Kissinger An Ri / Kissinger An Ri 2078 056 Teddy Palmer and the Rumble Band - Is Everybody Happy / All Roads [5/1975] 2078 057 2078 058 2078 059 2078 060 Teddy Palmer and the Rumble Band - Summer Love / My Way of Living [7/1975] 2078 061 The Mulloy Brothers - Greenland Whale Fisheries / I'm A Rover [1975] 2078 062 2078 063 Fr. Michael Cleary & Ballyfermot Peace Corps Choir - Bless The Little Children / I See His Blood Upon The Rose [1975] 2078 064 Teddy Palmer and the Rumble Band - Blue Christmas / Telephone Girl [11/1975] 2078 065 Loudest Whisper - Come Back / Wrong Or Right [1976] 2078 066 Bray City Rollers - Lovely Lovely Face / Party To Remember [1976] 2078 067 2078 068 2078 069 2078 070 Barley Bree - Pat's Welcome (trad.arr Austin Rouse) / The Harvest's Over [1976] 2078 071 Loudest Whisper - You And I / Lord Have Mercy [1976] 2078 071 Tony Malone - Henry My Son / Answers [1976] 2078 072 2078 073 2078 074 2078 075 2078 076 Fergus - Hello / The Wrong [1977] 2078 077 2078 078 2078 079 Fergus - Indian Daughter / My Room [1977] 2078 080 2078 081 Loudest Whisper - Rock'n'Roll Child / Pied Piper [1977] 2078 082 Kevin Johnson [Australia] - Man Of The 20th Century / Someday Sam [1977] licensed from Festival Records, Australia 2078 083 2078 084 Bards - I Once Met A Man / Early Morning Dew [1977] 2078 085 Ferdia - Lakes Of Coolfin / Belfast Hornpipe [1978] (no PS) 2078 086 2078 087 2078 088 2078 089 2078 090 2078 091 2078 092 2078 093 2078 094 2078 095 2078 096 Loudest Whisper - You and I / Satisfaction [1979] 2078 097 The Bogey Boys - Friday Night / Our Times [1979] 2078 098 2078 099 2078 100 2078 101 Tommy Drennan - Sunshine Love / Aging Lady [1979] 2078 102 Colm CT Wilkinson - Up In The World / My Song For You [1979] 2078 103 2078 104 2078 105 Loudest Whisper - Magic Carpet / Tangerine [1979] 2078 106 Colm CT Wilkinson - Mother Ireland / The Music Man [1979] (PS) 2078 107 2078 108 Bagatelle - Trump Card / Can't Get Over Losing You [1979] (PS?) 2078 109 2078 110 The Bards - Lanigan's Ball/ Song For A Winter's Night [1980] 2078 111 Bagatelle - Summer in Dublin / Highway Blues [1980] (PS) 2078 112 2078 113 Loudest Whisper - Name of the Game (Parts 1&2) [1980] 2078 114 2078 115 Tommy Drennan - When Love Comes [1980] 2078 116 2078 117 Loudest Whisper - Home / Wheel Of Fortune [1980] (PS) 2078 118 2078 119 Geraldine O'Grady - Chanson Pour Marguerite / The Happy Fiddler 2078 120 2078 121 The Bogey Boys - Ain't No Rock'n'Roll Tonight / Okie From Muskogie [1980] 2078 122 2078 123 Jonjo O'Neill - Still I Love Her / Equus [1981] 2078 124 2078 125 2078 126 Bagatelle - Second Violin / Getting Whats Mine [1981] 2078 127 McKenna - Ain't Much Fun For A Rock And Roll Singer / Lindy Lou 2078 128 2078 129 The Bogey Boys - Obituary / She's The One [1981] 2078 130 Loudest Whisper - William B / Fiona [1981] (PS) 2078 131 Bagatelle - Love Is The Reason / Always On My Mind [1981] 2078 132 MacMurrough - Mary And Me / A Man Named McCall [1981] 2078 133 2078 134 2078 135 Loudest Whisper - Loudmouth / Hemlop's Hammer [1981] (PS?) 2078 136 2078 137 2078 138 2078 139 Joe Conway - Gentleman Jim 2078 140 2078 141 2078 142 2078 143 Tokyo Olypmics - One Step From Paradise / Paradise (disco mix) [4/1982] 2078 144 2078 145 Bagatelle - Old Soldiers / Overture 2078 146 2078 147 2078 148 2078 149 Tokyo Olypmics - Shot By Love / Shot By Love (instrumental) [11/1982] 2078 150 Sonny Knowles - Miracles / Blue Misty Eyes [1982] 2078 151 2078 152 2078 153 Diarmuid O'Leary & Bards - Shaney Boy / Blind Mary (Instr.) (PS) [1983] 2078 ??? Boogie Band - Out On The Town Tonight [1981] [pubrock] 2058 Series (Singles) These singles were pressed and released worldwide (i.e. these are NOT Irish only releases). 2058 092 Anno Domini - Badlands of Ardgurth / Hitchcock Railway [1971] 2058 172 Anna McGoldrick - Don't Stop The Music / Can I Believe [1971] 2058 419 Anna McGoldrick - Bella Notte / I'll Pray With You [1973] 2058 449 Tina - Cross Your Heart [3/1974] Eurovision 2058 470 Tommy Makem - In The Dark Green Woods / My Father Loves Nikita Kruschev [1974] 2058 511 Pumpkinhead - Holy Moses / Golden Thread [1974] 2058 534 Woods Band - The Time Is right / The Hymn [1974] (PS) 2058 536 Pumpkinhead - Great Dream from Heaven / Murphy's Hornpipe [1974] 2058 725 Lipstick - Come Back Beatles / The Fab Four-Four [1976] 2058 743 Dave Lewis - Baby We're Gonna Make It 2058 810 Gay & Terry Woods - Save The Last Dance (remix) / One More Time [1977] 2058 860 Dave Lewis - Mysterious Extraordinaire / Good Morning 2058 887 CLodagh Rodgers - Put It Back Together / Lay Me Down [1977] 2058 930 Joe O'Donnell - Poets & Storytellers / The Banqueting Hall [1977] 800 Series (Singles) [1980s] 810 732-7 Bagatelle - Jersey Girl / I Know I Threw It All Away [1982] (no PS) 817 218-7 Loudest Whisper - Guitar Man / In The Dark [1983] [not 2078 187 as previously reported] 863 188-7 Rob Strong - Everything A Man Could Want / The Show Is Over (1992) (PS) 877 238-7 Liam Reilly (Bagatelle) - Somewhere In Europe / Walking On The Brighter Side [1980] 881 069-7 The Brannoffs - My Old Pal / Sin City [1984] 881 272-7 MacMurrough - Cuchulainn's Son (Tribute To Nickey Rackard) / 1884 [1984] (PS) 881 775-7 The Bards - Old Dungarven Oak / Ceol Bhride [1985] 883 231-7 Bagatelle - Hurting Inside / Getting What's Mine [1985] 883 615-7 Stockton's Wing - Why Wait Until Tomorrow / Dancing in the Dark (PS) 885 176-7 Stockton's Wing - New Clare Revival / Silent Dreams 885 214-7 Liam Merriman - What A Day / Solo [1986] (PS) Miscellaneous (Singles) 2090 287 Colm CT Wilkinson - Born To Sing / Simple Things in Life [1978] euro-vision entry ???? ??? The Bards - The Little Shirt (My Mother Made Me) / Planxty Maguire [1981] UK:POPS 310 ???? ??? Tina - C'est Ca Ma Chanson [1974] ???? ??? Glen Curtin, Lola & the New Blues - Don't Say A Word [1973] ???? ??? Glen Curtin, Lola & the New Blues - Love Me Love Me Love Me [1973] ???? ??? Glen Curtin, Lola & the New Blues - All For The Love of Sunshine [10/1973] ???? ??? Glen Curtin, Lola & the New Blues - I'd Love You To Want Me / Meadow Green [11/1973] ???? ??? Bagatelle - Love is the Reason / Always On My Mind [1981] (PS) ???? ??? Bagatelle - Outrageous / Going Back To Ireland [1981] (PS) ???? ??? Bagatelle - All Fall Down Philadelphia / Rough Flight [1984] ???? ??? Bagatelle - Can't Get You Out Of My Mind / Counting The Days [1984] ???? ??? Tomorrow's People - Hey Tonight [1970] ???? ??? Chips - Today I Killed A Man / Quintan Sunday [1971] ???? ??? Hayden-Cullen Choir & Orchestra - Knot for Sale [1971] ???? ??? Johnny Regan & The Tumbleweeds - The Daughter of Molly Malone [1971] ???? ??? DJ & The Kerry Blues - ? [1971]

Album Releases

2904 Series (Albums) 2904 001 Jim McCann - McCann [1970?] 2904 002 2904 003 Jim McCann - McCanned [10/1972] compilation drawn from first two albums 2904 004 Larry Hogan - Simple Songs of Love 2904 005 De Danann - s/t [1975] 2904 006 Loudest Whisper – Children of Lir [1974] 2904 007 Maureen Potter - The Magic Of Maureen (Gaels of Laughter) 2904 008 2904 009 Fureys & Davey Arthur - Emigrant [1976] [France 2480 403] 2904 010 Fureys & Davey Arthur - Morning on a Distant Shore [1977] 2904 011 2904 012 Ferdia - A Sigh For Old Times [1978] 2904 013 Larry Hogan - Sing A Simple Song [1978] 2904 014 2904 015 Bagatelle - s/t [1980] [France 2480 621] 2904 016 Various – Another Feast of Irish Folk [1980] 2904 017 2904 018 Matt Molloy - Heathery Breeze [1981] foc 2904 019 2904 020 2904 021 2904 022 2904 023 2904 024 Bagatelle - Are We Keeping You Up? [1982] 2908 Series (Albums) 2908 001 2908 002 2908 003 2908 004 2908 005 v/a - What Is Truth [1971] 2908 006 Deirdre [O'Callaghan] - Deirdre [1973] 2908 007 MacMurrough - Carrig River [1973] 2908 008 Paddy Murphy & Marie O'Shea - Romantic Ireland 2908 009 Dublin City Ramblers - Boys Of The Old Brigade [1973] 2908 010 Donal Ring Sound - Ceili [1973] 2908 011 William Clauson - Sounds Irish [1973] 2908 012 The Pattersons - At Home [1974] 2908 013 Mick Hanly, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill – Celtic Folkweave [1974] [cassette 3188 107] 2908 014 MacMurrough - s/t [1974] 2908 015 Dublin City Ramblers - End To It Someday [1974] [2978?] 2908 016 Teddy Palmer and the Rumble Band - Teddy Bear [1974] 2908 017 Sean South - Ireland's Freemen [1975] 2908 018 Jim McCann - Streets of London [1972] 2908 019 2908 020 2908 021 2908 022 2908 023 Finbar Furey – Prince of Pipers [1974] 2908 024 The Bards - Ireland's The Bards [1975] 2908 025 2908 026 2908 027 2908 028 Maureen Hurley & Cyril Cusack - Love in Song & Poetry from Ireland [1975] 2908 029 2908 030 MacMurrough - Merry & Fine [1977] 2908 031 2908 032 Fergus - s/t [1978] 2908 033 2908 034 Glen Curtain (& The Galaxy Showband) - Everything's Going My Way [1978] 2908 035? v/a - The Irish Collection Vol. 1 [cassette 3188 112] 2908 036 v/a - The Irish Collection Vol. 2 [cassette 3188 113] 2908 037 2908 038 Turner & Kirwan of Wexford - Absolutely and Completely [1977] 2908 039 2908 040 2908 041 The Bards - Lanigan's Ball [1980] 2908 042 Cor Chualann [Chualann Choir] - Ta Se Beirthe [1980] 2908 043 Loudest Whisper - s/t [1980] 2908 044 2908 045 2908 046 Tokyo Olypmics - Radio [1982] 2383 Series (Albums) Pressed and released worldwide (i.e. these are NOT Irish only releases). 2383 186 Planxty - s/t (AKA The Black Album) [1973] 2383 232 Planxty – The Well Below the Valley [1973] 2383 235 The Dubliners – Plain and Simple [1973] 2383 301 Planxty – Cold Blow and the Rainy Night [1974] 2383 322 Gay & Terry Woods – Backwoods [1975] 2383 328 Tommy Makem - Ever the Winds 2383 329 Dubliners - Now [1974] 2383 344 Christy Moore – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy [1975] 2383 375 Gay & Terry Woods – The Time is Right [1976] 2383 379 The Bothy Band - s/t [1975] [UK] 2383 387 Planxty - Collection [1976] 2383 406 Gay & Terry Woods – Renowned [1976] 2383 417 The Bothy Band – Old Hag You Have Killed Me [1976] [UK] 2382 420 Dave Lewis - From Time to Time [1976] [UK] 2383 426 Christy Moore - s/t [1976] 2383 456 Bothy Band - Out of the Wind [1977] [UK] 2383 465 Joe O'Donnell - Gaodhal's Vision [1977] UK? 2383 522 David Lewis - A Collection of Short Dreams [1978] 2383 530 Bothy Band - After Hours (live in Paris) [1979] [UK] 2383 545 The Dubliners – Together Again [1979] 2383 583 Bothy Band - Best Of [1980] [UK] Miscellaneous (Albums) 2384 030 Anna McGoldrick - It's Herself [1971] [also released in Germany in the Karussell budget series 2495 006] 2384 119 The Dubliners – The Town I Loved So Well [1981] 2389 397 Planxty – The Planxty Collection [1976] 2460 170 Anna McGoldrick - In This World [1972] 2460 204 Anna McGoldrick - This Is [1973] 2475 605 v/a - A Feast of Irish Folk [1977] 2489 053 Jim McCann - McCanned [1973] 2681 013 The Dubliners – Dubliners Now 2xLP [1982] 2683 070 Dubliners - 15 Years On 2xLP [1977] 2490 160 The Fureys & Davey Arthur - The Sound of.. [1979] 815 229-1 Planxty - Aris [1984] 815 932-1 Dónal Ring Céilí Band – Irish Jubilee [1988] 821 719-1 The Bards - s/t [1984] 825 681-1 The Dubliners – Live in Carré [1985] 827 223-1 Bagatelle - Gold (The Best of Bagatelle) [1985] 831 183-1 Stockton's Wing - Full Flight [1986] 831 184-1 Maura O'Connell - Just In Time [1986] 831 701-2 De Dannan [1987] 841 581-2 The Dubliners – The Dubliners’ Dublin [1989] SPELP 63 The Dubliners – Dubliners Live [1984] 3188 cassette series Here I will list any cassettes for which I have no vinyl cat.nbr as yet: 3188 108 Dónal Ring Céilí Band – The Winding Banks of the Lee ???? ??? Oliver Kane - All My Own Work LP [197?] ???? ??? Oliver Kane - Lets Go Riding on a Rainbow [197?] ???? ??? Tommy Makem - Dark Green Woods LP [1974] ???? ??? Cyril Cusan & Maureen Hurley - Love in Song and Poetry from Ireland [1975] ???? ??? Bagatelle - 2 [1981] UK: POLS 1017 ???? ??? Paul Brady - Hard Station [1981] ???? ??? Paul Brady - True For You [1983] ???? ??? Hayden-Cullen Choir & Orchestra - Knot for Sale LP [1971] ???? ??? Cyril Shane Sound - 36 Hits [1971] Rory Gallagher Stud (Polydor Germany) Taste


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