Gut Records

Gut Records was a British independent record label, based in Maida Vale in London, England.

Gut Records
Parent company	Phoenix Music International
Founded	1991; 34 years ago (1991)
Founder	Guy Holmes
Distributor(s)	The Orchard Sony Music
Genre	Pop, dance-pop, R&B, indie rock
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Location	London, England

Formed in 1991, Gut was founded by Guy Holmes, who had been Head of Promotions at Island Records. The first single released on the label, Right Said Fred's song, "I'm Too Sexy", became a worldwide hit.

In August 2008, the company went bankrupt^[1] and its assets were sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd.^[2]

Artists

• Aswad (signed under the Bubblin' imprint)^[3][4]
• Sarah Cracknell
• Crazy Frog (UK only deal, released on the Gusto and Tug imprints)^[5]
• The Dualers^[6][7]
• The Egg (signed under the Gusto imprint for "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" with David Guetta)^[8]
• Fightstar (signed under the Institute Recordings imprint)^[9][10]
• Hairy Diamond^[11]
• Hi_Tack^[12] (signed under the Gusto imprint, recordings licensed from The Netherlands)
• Tom Jones
• The Lisa Marie Experience (signed under the Gusto imprint)^[13]
• Pulse
• Puretone (signed under the Gusto imprint, recordings licensed from Australia)^[14]
• Right Said Fred (signed under Tug Records)^[11]
• Jimmy Somerville
• Space
• Sparks
• Stan^[15] (signed under the Hug imprint)
• Tears for Fears (licensed from New Door Records)
• Uniting Nations (signed under the Gusto imprint)