Label Guide: Dandelion

Dandelion Records was a British record label started in 1969 by the British DJ John Peel as a way to get the music he liked onto record. In a 1992 interview Peel stated that he founded Dandelion from "a desire to record Bridget St. John, for no other reason than because she was a friend and I liked the stuff she did." Dandelion and the sister publishing company Biscuit were named after Peel's hamsters at the suggestion of his then flatmate Marc Bolan.

Dandelion Records were distributed by, successively, CBS Records, Warner Bros. Records and Polydor. The label ran until 1973 when it started to try to place its artists with other labels as its distribution via Polydor had ceased.