The second Bumble label was more short-lived than the first and was more bumble-beeish in appearance. It was from the Midlands - from 54 Oxford Street, Penkhull, Stoke-On-Trent, in fact. The only record that I have been able to trace on it is the one shown above, an EP by Ray Parkes called 'Bar Room Country Singer', which had a catalogue number of BUM-1. There is no date on the label, but three of the tracks (Don Williams's 'Amanda' and 'Time On My Hands', plus Tom Paul Glazier's 'Put Another Log On The Fire') are from the early / mid '70s. The title track, which was written by Ray Parkes himself, became popular on the continent in a version recorded by Roger Whittaker in 1981. Logically Parkes's own version must pre-date that one; if this was its first appearance on vinyl, that suggests that the EP dates from c.1979-c.80. Given the possibility that it is from the '70s I have decided to give it a page on the site, pending evidence to the contrary. It's an unusual label, anyway; that's my excuse. Bumble Productions certainly had records out in the late '70s and early '80s, but they were on another label, Zipp (q.v.).
Copyright 2010 Robert Lyons.