Outta Sight Records, also known as Outta Sight Soul Essentials was formed in the UK in December 2006 as part of the Castle Music family of imprints within the Sanctuary Records Group. It was conceived as a vehicle to reissue the soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 catalogue owned by the group. The catalogue included the Pye and Piccadilly/Dawn UK labels plus De-Lite, Sugarhill, Chelsea, Perception, Today, Maple and associated subsidiaries. In late 2007 Sanctuary was acquired by the Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

 (UMG). Outta Sight reverted to being an independent label and was relaunched in February 2010. The label, based in Warwickshire, England is distributed in the UK by Passion Music Limited and Essential Music & Marketing.

Outta Sight specializes in Northern Soul

Northern soul

Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged from the British mod scene, initially in northern England in the late 1960s. Northern soul mainly consists of a particular style of black American soul music based on the heavy beat and fast tempo of the mid-1960s Tamla Motown sound...

 and Rare soul music and as at 2010 is the only UK record label to release previously unissued material by Detroit girl group The Heartstoppers, Susan Phillips, Innervision and Michael Valvano. The label is distributed around the world finding particular favour in the USA and Japan.

Outta Sight is a featured label on the BBC Six Music Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show
and the BBC Radio 2 Mark Lamarr Show.

In October 2010 Outta Sight published the book The Northern Soul Years 1973-81 written by Northern Soul authority Tim Brown. The book accurately recounts, for the first time, the significant records played at the Wigan Casino

Wigan Casino

The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, Lancashire, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it was known as a primary venue for northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and the Golden Torch in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent...

 during its 8 year reign over the UK Northern Soul scene. This important document is the result of extensive research, much of it at the British Library

British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...

, and personal recollections.

Outta Sight Castle Music

• All Platinum Girls
• The Kaygees - Master Plan
• East Coast Soul Selection
• Tears Full Of Soul
• Black Gold - Sought After Soul
• Frankie Crocker - Do It Frankie, Do It To It!
• Soul Twins Vol 1 - JJ Barnes/Debbie Taylor
• Soul Twins Vol 2 - Gloria Barnes/Chosen Few
• The Rhythm Makers - Soul On Your Side
• The Real Thing - Singles Collection

Outta Sight Independent

• Groovesville USA
• The Sound Of Sidra
• Michael Valvano's Contours - I'm A Winner
• Dial 3 For Northern Soul
• Innervision - We're Innervision
• Diggin' For Soul
• Say Hi To Northern Soul
• Detroit's Golden Soul
• Soul Twins - The Heartstoppers/Susan Phillips