Transatlantic, founded in 1961, was a prototype for many of the UK independent labels that followed it.

[3][4] With the advent of psychedelia and flower power, the Transatlantic stable of artists achieved increasing popularity, culminating in the formation of the supergroup Pentangle.

Meanwhile, Transatlantic had been extending its eclecticism, recording such as the eccentric audio collageist Ron Geesin, and The Purple Gang, whose "Granny Takes A Trip" was banned by the BBC in 1967.

[5] CBS had released the extremely successful contemporary music budget sampler with The Rock Machine Turns You On in 1967.

also served to introduce a new group The Sallyangie, with siblings Mike and Sally Oldfield.