BRIDGE
A label from the Black Country. The few records on
Bridge - later 'Bridge Music' - that I have seen listed have been by Folk group
Giggety. Numbering was generally in a GE-100 series, which applied to
singles and albums alike, but the only 7" issue from the '70s that I have
managed to trace, 'It's Your Zoo Too' b/w 'Closing Down The Zoo'
(SRTS/79/CUS-480; 1979) was made through custom recording firm SRT and had one
of that company's catalogue numbers. Chronologically that
single might have been expected to be GE-102, GE-100 ('Dawn To Dusk In The
Black Country') having come out in 1975 and GE-101 ('Tambourine') in 1977, with
GE-103 (Black Country Time') following in 1980 - all were albums. Numbers
reached at least GE-112. Giggety did have a single out on a major label,
Pye, in 1978: the seasonal 'Black Country Christmas' (7N-46136; 11/78), which
was reissued with a different 'B' side on local label Revolver in 1980.
Thanks to Sid Stovold for bringing the label to my attention and for supplying
the scan.
Copyright 2013 Robert Lyons.