Ugly Man Records is a British independent record label based in Rhos on Sea, Wales, originally in Manchester. It released debut singles for many Manchester bands, including Elbow, the Man From Delmonte and I Am Kloot. It was set up in Bootle, Merseyside in 1986 with the release of "Wonderful Life" by the Liverpool-based band Black, which reached number 72 in the UK Singles Chart. Previously on Ugly Man Records Artists who have worked with Ugly Man Records balaji b214 Black Bone-Box Mustafa Kamal Qureshi The Spitting Pips Grown Up Strange The Danny Boys Man From Delmonte Gayna Rose Madder The Desert Wolves Dub Sex The County Fathers Ambitious Beggars Too Much Texas Fallover 24 Jylt Arthur Magee I Am Kloot Elbow Sleepwalker Loafer LazyEye The Jade Assembly Bryan Glancy Indigo Jones Silverman The Milk & Honey Band Josephine Oniyama Vinny Peculiar Tompaulin Monomania Sandbox Sandy Kilpatrick Shakedown Stockholm Jimmy & the Revolvers Echolines See also List of record labels List of independent UK record labels References External links The chronicle of an Ugly Man - a memoir of a label The Mighty Discogs - Ugly Man Discography British independent record labels Record labels established in 1986 Indie rock record labels 1986 establishments in the United Kingdom