Rare Record Collector

Founded in 1969 by Trojan Records owner Lee Gopthal, B&C (standing for Beat & Commercial) was designed to release progressive and folk material. Thanks to a deal with the newly founded Charisma label later that year, B&C also manufactured and distributed a good portion of that label’s early catalogue, ‘sharing’ the same catalogue numbering system of a ‘C A S’ prefix followed by four digits.

In 1971, a new offshoot label called Pegasus Records was created and the existing roster of progressive and folk artists moved over onto this label. B&C continued to distribute for Charisma and another new label in 1973, Mooncrest. B&C was sold to Allied/Saga Records in 1974 following financial difficulties.

B&C Records discography (click the links to go to each album’s page):

• BCB 1 – Bob & Earl
• BCM 101 – Wild Angels
• BCM 102 – Wild Angels
• CAS 1001 – Merrill Moore
• CAS 1002 – Dion & The Belmonts
• CAS 1003 – Pacific Gas & Electric
• CAS 1010 – Atomic Rooster
• CAS 1015 – Keith Christmas
• CAS 1016 – Harold McNair
• CAS 1019 – Shelagh McDonald
• CAS 1022 – Hannibal
• CAS 1023 – Carol Grimes and Delivery
• CAS 1024 – Steamhammer
• CAS 1026 – Atomic Rooster
• CAS 1028 – Everyone
• CAS 1029 – Steeleye Span
• CAS 1031 – Ginhouse
• CAS 1033 – Marc Ellington
• CAS 1034 – Andy Roberts
• CAS 1035 – Tim Hart & Maddy Prior
• CAS 1038 – Wishful Thinking
• CAS 1041 – Keith Christmas
• CAS 1042 – Spirogyra
• CAS 1043 – Shelagh McDonald
• CAS 1044 – Paul Kent
• CAS 1045 – Harold McNair

Full list of titles below, those in green are B&C the others are on the Charisma label.