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==Record labels==
Following a legal dispute with [[EMI Records]] and an unsuccessful contract with [[Polydor]], Fish established the Dick Bros Record Company in [[Haddington, East Lothian|Haddington]] in 1993. The studio recorded ''In Amber'' by [[Dream Disciples]] (1994) and ''Man Dancin'' by [[Tam White]] in (1996). He released a number of "official [[bootleg recording|bootleg]]" albums to finance the company before selling it to [[Roadrunner Records]]. Another financially unsuccessful period followed before he re-established his own Chocolate Frog Records label in 2001. He signed with [[Snapper Music]] in 2005, but later returned to Chocolate Frog Records.

After having his own independent record company in the 1990s which charted a number of releases, Fish decided not to sign up to the [[Official Charts Company]] when he released ''Weltschmerz'', an album self-funded, marketed and distributed from his home in Scotland. As Fish did not partner with a record label as per chart rules and regulations, he missed out on a Top Ten chart placing when early sales revealed that he would have been number 2 on the UK midweek charts behind that week's chart topper, the independent band [[Idles]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greatmusicstories.com/2020/09/21/fish-weltschmerz/|title=FISH – WELTSCHMERZ Album Review|website=Greatmusicstories.com|date=21 September 2020|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20201002/131/|title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 &#124; Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-weltschmerz-fish/|title=ALBUM REVIEW: Weltschmerz - Fish|website=Distortedsoundmag.com|date=24 September 2020|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/fish-denied-no-2-chart-placing-for-weltschmerz|title=Fish denied No 2 chart placing for Weltschmerz|author=Jerry Ewing|date=29 September 2020|website=Loudersound.com|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>