Scottish Folk Labels

Battlefield Band - Home is where the van is  TEMPLE TP 005

Battlefield Band  - The story so far .... TEMPLE TP 007

Although my personal collection doesn't include very much folk music, in Scotland over the past 40 years or so there has been a large number of independent record labels (most of which are long gone) scattered around Scotland. One of these is called Temple Records and was founded in Temple, Midlothian in 1978 and signed up artists such as :- The Battlefield Band - Christine Primrose and Brian McNeill (formerly of the Battlefield Band) They released all thier albums on the Temple label and also a US subsiduary was set up in 1980

Christine Primrose - AITE MO GHAOIL TEMPLE TP 006

Battlefield Band - On the Rise - US TEMPLE TP 021

All of the above are currently available via my ebay store

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Vinyl-Spurs

There were a vast number of other regional labels in the most unlikely rural towns this web site gives an overview of many of them. Although they have a limited market these days some of my customers are still asking me to look out for them. 

Rare Scottish Independent labels

Here are a few more rare LP's from the Lismor, Thor and Ben Nevis Labels 

Although the music on some of them is a little suspect it is a pleasant change to look some interesting Independent labels instead of the EMI, CBS and the like

THE HOLY GRAIL OF PINK FLOYD VINYL

After nearly 40 years since it's release and nearly 40 years of collecting Floyd memorabilia & music I have finally come across an original copy of the LP which regularly fetch several hundred pounds (listed as £500 mint in Record Collector) Ok this copy of the vinyl is probably only graded as fair and the cover way beyond any grading, and no posters or stickers......but hey that's not the point! It is a rock masterpiece and I have another piece of Floyd history..................so here it is HARVEST SHVL 804 (Matrix A2/B2) solid prism DSOTM

Another piece of my vinyl collection I cherish is an original copy of Black Sabbath self titled LP

on the much sought after original Vertigo Swirl label with Vertigo swirl inner cover. Again it has been well used down the years and has a number of surface marks. But after watching the reunion gig from Birmingham on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImNsBUHACZE I just had to get it out and play it again! the gig at the O2 looked and sounded great (even if Ozzy is way beyond his best) but musically it still really rocks and Tony and Geezer were in fine form (see link above)

So here is my copy of the album VERTIGO - VO 6