Liverpool Sound (Enterprises) was based in Kirkby. It was run by Harold Collins and Eddie Hunt, and was the successor to Collins's Cam Studios (q.v.). The label was intended to promote local talent - according to Michael Brocken, upon whose book 'Hidden Histories Of Liverpool's Popular Music Scene' this page relies heavily, any potentially commercial demos which Liverpool Sound recorded were taken around the various publishers by A&R man Alan Richards. Richards was also heavily involved with the Stag Music label (q.v.). It seems that Liverpool Sound used one numbering series for all its recordings, 7" and 12" alike; it did, however, add a suffix, 'EP' for 33 1/3 rpm seven-inch records, and, in some cases at least, an 'S' for stereo records. Googling fails to bring to light many of the company's records; the few that I have found are listed in the discography below. Their catalogue numbers suggest that numbering may have started at LS-1500, around 1971; by 1975 numbers were in the LS-1800s. 1974 seems to have seen a parallel series, in the LS-1100s. How many Liverpool Sound records there were, and how many ever found their way out of Liverpool, is open to conjecture: the fact that so few turn up on Google makes me doubt that all the catalogue numbers were used. Both studio and label appear to have closed in 1975, being replaced by Amazon (q.v.) As can be seen from the pictures, the label came in at least four different colours. Thanks to Paul Yates for supplying the first scan, and to John Timmis for the fourth. See also 'Idle Hours'.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.