Big Life

[l100347] was formed in 1986 by the partnership of [a384885] and [a311308].

Summers was previously involved in the development of the group [a17641] and Parry was guitarist in the group [a107230]. The duo also formed Big Life Management and its publishing arm, Big Life Music, in 1987.

[l100347] was a creative platform for the late 80's and early 90's 'underground' dance movement. [a946] were one of the bands with Big Life, featuring guest vocalist [a1830], which helped her build her career on this native cult success and sell 11 million records worldwide. Big Life helped establish a diverse stable of talent, such as: [a4970], [a45031], [a26522], [a4091], Coldcut, [a=James Taylor Quartet], [a54286] and more.

[l100347] achieved over 50 top 40 UK hits before closing its doors after ten years. However, the self-administered publishing and management work of Big Life Music remains active in the industry, with a wealth of hits from their catalogue appearing in the UK charts. Summers became manager of [a10359] and [a21757] and has involvement with The Power Amp Music Fund.

[l21752], or Raw TV was a distributor, not a label, and used for catalogue reference - most notably on releases by The Soup Dragons.

Exclusively distributed in the UK by PolyGram Record Operations starting June 1991.