Heartbeat Records - Social Security

Heartbeat Records:

Set up in 1978, to provide a platform for music from the Bristol (UK) area to reach a wider audience. Initially run as a partnership between Tony Dodd (Tony's Records, & ace guitar man) and Simon Edwards (local musician & manager), though after the first release Tony decided to concentrate on the shop & Heartbeat became a one man operation. A number of singles & albums were subsequently released around the label flagship "Avon Calling" - The Bristol Compilation LP, which went on to bring Bristol music much deserved critical acclaim & thanks to John Peel a good deal of national airplay. After a period of inactivity between 1984 - 1996, while other projects were persued, the label was reactivated on an international footing with the release of an album by American 60's psych legends The Electric Prunes.

7" Single/EP's

PULSE I (1978)		SOCIAL SECURITY Phil Harrison (vocals) Simon Blackmore (lead guitar) Dominic White (rhythm guitar) Simon Cartledge (bass guitar) Bill Sargent (drums) Side One: I don't want my Heart to rule my Head - Stella's got a Fella Side Two: Cider - Choc Ice Photograph
PULSE 2 (1978)		EUROPEANS Jonathan Cole (vocals, guitar, synthesisers) Jon Klein (lead guitar) Stephen Street (bass guitar) James Cole (drums, percussion) Western Side: Europeans Eastern Side: Voices Photograph
PULSE 4 (1979)		FOUR ALTERNATIVES EP (VARIOUS) THE NUMBERS Nick McAuley (guitar, vocals) Angelo Bruschini (guitar) Wayne Kingston (bass guitar) Lee Gardener (drums) JOE PUBLIC Kevin Leadbetter (vocals) Robb Marche (guitar) Mike Smith (bass guitar) Shaun McLuskey (drums) THE X-CERTS Clive Arnold (guitar, vocals) Simon Justice (guitar, vocals) Phil Lovering (bass guitar) Neil Mackie (drums) 48 HOURS Ange (vocals) Shaun Harvey (guitar) Bob (bass guitar) Blue (drums) Side One: Alternative Suicide (The Numbers) - Hotel Rooms (Joe Public) Side Two: Blue Movies (The X-Certs) - Back to Ireland (48 Hours)