The Famous Charisma Discography

Contents

Contents ...............................................................................................................v

Introduction ..........................................................................................................1
Thanks to ............................................................................................................2

Foreword: Strat remembered ............................................................................3

Chris Adams ........................................................................................................3
Michael Palin .......................................................................................................4

Tony Stratton Smith and the Famous Charisma Label – a potted and
decidedly uneven history ...................................................................................5

Introduction to the discographies ....................................................................22

Label designs.....................................................................................................22
Source acronyms used in lists .............................................................................23
Release dates ....................................................................................................24
Deletion dates ....................................................................................................25
Recommended retail price...................................................................................25

LP discographies ...............................................................................................26
CAS – B&C and Charisma’s full price stereo series ...............................................26
CDS – Charisma’s de-luxe series .........................................................................64
CS – the Charisma Perspective low-price budget series.........................................70
CLASS – Charisma’s mid-price budget series .......................................................75
CHC – the Charisma Classics budget reissue series ..................................................78
Short sequence and custom catalogue number issues ...............................................87
Double LPs ..................................................................................................................92
The Pre label................................................................................................................99
Promo-only LPs .........................................................................................................101
Charisma CDs............................................................................................................102

Single discographies ...............................................................................................103

The CB sequence ......................................................................................................103
12” CB series singles .................................................................................................132
Custom catalogue numbers .......................................................................................133
12” singles with custom catalogue numbers ..............................................................138
Picture discs...............................................................................................................142
CD singles..................................................................................................................142
Cassette singles.........................................................................................................143
Pre label singles.........................................................................................................143
12” Pre label singles ..................................................................................................145
Promotional singles and flexidiscs .............................................................................145