randm entertainment was started in 1998 by respected music industry executives Roy Eldridge and Mike Andrews who together have a combined 50 year experience in the industry.

In 1999 they launched Papillon Records within the Chrysalis Group, specialising in new recordings by brand name artists. In their first year they had the biggest selling single of the year by a British artist with Sir Cliff Richard’s million selling single “The Millennium Prayer” and enjoyed further album success with two UK Jazz and Blues chart toppers by former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman together with releases from Grammy Award winners Jethro Tull, and Tull leader Ian Anderson among others.

The platinum plus sales success of the Cliff Richard single earned the label a prestigious Ivor Novello award and the Marketing Award at the Record Of The Year TV show. Eldridge and Andrews additionally acted as executive producers of ITV’s one hour TV special on Sir Cliff Richard coinciding with the release of his “Wanted” album.

They left the Chrysalis Group backed Papillon in 2002 to start their own label randm records. Their first release was the critically acclaimed Sinead O’Connor album, Sean Nos Nua which gave Roy Eldridge the opportunity to work again with Sinead who launched her recording career at Ensign, a division of Chrysalis Records, where Eldridge was managing director when the label was acquired by EMI. Formerly the label’s A&R Director, Eldridge signed the ground breaking Two Tone label which launched The Specials career; Ultravox, Spandau Ballet and Billy Idol among others.

Andrews joined Eldridge at Chrysalis after EMI’s acquisition of the label. At EMI he was marketing director and oversaw campaigns for a broad portfolio of artists including, Pink Floyd, Diana Ross, Talking Heads and Kate Bush.