Country of origin UK Official website www.outtasight.co.uk | Location Midlands Founded 2006 | |
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Distributor(s) Passion Music, Essential Music & Marketing Genre Northern Soul
Rare Soul
Modern Soul | ||
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Outta Sight Records, also known as Outta Sight Soul Essentials was formed in the UK in December 2006 as part of the Castle Music family of imprints within the Sanctuary Records Group. It was conceived as a vehicle to reissue the soul catalogue owned by the group. The catalogue included the Pye and Piccadilly/Dawn UK labels plus De-Lite, Sugarhill, Chelsea, Perception, Today, Maple and associated subsidiaries. In late 2007 Sanctuary was acquired by the Universal Music Group (UMG). Outta Sight reverted to being an independent label and was relaunched in February 2010. The label, based in Warwickshire, England is distributed in the UK by Passion Music Limited and Essential Music & Marketing.
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Outta Sight specializes in Northern Soul and Rare soul music and as at 2010 is the only UK record label to release previously unissued material by Detroit girl group The Heartstoppers, Susan Phillips, Innervision and Michael Valvano. The label is distributed around the world finding particular favour in the USA and Japan.
Outta Sight is a featured label on the BBC Six Music Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show and the BBC Radio 2 Mark Lamarr Show.
In October 2010 Outta Sight published the book The Northern Soul Years 1973-81 written by Northern Soul authority Tim Brown. The book accurately recounts, for the first time, the significant records played at the Wigan Casino during its 8-year reign over the UK Northern Soul scene. This important document is the result of extensive research, much of it at the British Library, and personal recollections.