The first Local label of two in the '70s was a one-off DIY label. Its only issue was an EP by Johnny G. & The Claimants, which featured 'Moments' and four other tracks. The catalogue number, LYN-2516, shows that it was a Lyntone product; and it came out in 1972. Johnny G. went on to bigger and better things, becoming one of Beggars Banquet's first signings five years later and making a number of singles and albums for that company, starting off with 'Call Me Bwana' (BEG-3; 12/77). The material on the EP seems to have been off-the-wall Folkish stuff. The label itself resembled that of the second Local label (q.v.) in that it was black with silver printing and it had the name at the top, in italics. The credits, however, were in handwriting-style fonts. The record could be obtained from premises in Kingsdown Avenue, London W.13.
Copyright 2012 Robert Lyons.