Marjory Razorblade [SEP] record label
Marjory Razorblade
Marjory Razorblade is a double-LP by English rock singer Kevin Coyne and was one of the earliest releases on Virgin Records, which had launched four months earlier in June 1973. The double album includes the song "Marlene", which was issued as a single, and "Eastbourne Ladies", which was featured among the selection of tracks played by John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) at the height of the Sex Pistols notoriety on the Capital Radio show "A Punk & His Music", broadcast in
result allowed this relatively unknown band to reach number 12 in the album charts. Other early albums include Gong's "Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 1)", which Daevid Allen has been quoted as having never been paid for.
The first single release for the label was Kevin Coyne's "Marlene" (b/w "Everybody Says"), taken from his album "Marjory Razorblade" and released in August 1973. Coyne was the second artist signed to the label after Oldfield.