Phantom Records

Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings (founder of Mambo (Clothing) and Jules Normington in 1979. Phantom Records was known not only for its guerrilla retail tactics, but as one of Australia's first great indie labels. Phantom Records began life as a record shop in Pitt Street, Sydney, opened by Jennings on 17 October 1978. The shop had a big glass window at the front, emblazoned in large letters 'Phantom Records', and in keeping with the Phantom comic theme, beneath that, their catch-phrase 'The Big Beat In The Heart Of The Vinyl Jungle'. From August 1974, Normington had been managing an import vinyl store called firstly, Ripple Records, then Revolver Records, in the Angel Arcade in...