company began to fragment. Comedian Jasper Carrot expressed an interest in signing with Plastic Dog Agency at a meeting on May 30, 1974. Early in 1977 Plastic Dog (Park Street Associates) was sold to Derek Barker and Adrian Squires at Rainbow Entertainments who were based at Queen Square, Bristol. Read moved his office to The Granary club and focused on booking bands and radio presentation. Legacy The agency published a fanzine called Dogpress which ran for 35 monthly issues until December 1971. Throughout its run it had incorporated the talents of many famous contributors including illustrator Rodney Matthews. The team that ran this publication became Plastic Dog Graphics, a sister company to the Plastic Dog Agency. When they split from Plastic Dog following their financial problems in 1971 Plastic Dog Graphics became Skyline Studios. They had an office on Park Row in Bristol, designing album covers, posters and badges until they dissolved in 1976. Throughout the Punk movement and then the NWOBHM the Granary remained a successful venue as like Plastic Dog the acts were booked by music fans for music fans. On the 6th of April 1982 Al Read left the Granary following an incident with drug dealers, focusing instead on radio. The surviving members of Plastic Dog still organise events in Bristol. References Defunct companies based in Bristol