LRP Records was the label of independent production company London Radio Productions, and it was based in Fulham, at 105-107 Dawes Road. 'Music Week' of the 14th of April 1979, commenting on LRP's launch, said that the company reckoned that with the market currently being preoccupied with New Wave and Disco there was a gap for MOR Pop, and the first single on its label, The Softrock's, 'Ciao Bambino' b/w 'Lady Bug Jive' (LRP-1), was aimed at that gap. The music director for the new venture was band member Tim Hollier, who had written both sides of the single, and the plan was for more material in a similar vein to be produced and released. Distribution of the single was by Spartan. 'MW' of the 28th of April added that The Softrock's performance of 'Ciao Bambino' had recently won the Cavan International Song Festival.
Despite the plans LRP's first release seems to have also been its last. The Softrock continued as a group, but their next single, 'The Fool' b/w 'Flight Of Fantasy' came out in August on Monarch Records (q.v.) as MON-01 . 'MW' of the 17th of May 1980 commented that the associated publishing company Softrock Music was closely allied to The Songwriters Workshop (q.v.), and then 'MW' of the 31st reported that Tim Hollier was launching a new label, DB Records. First album on the new label was 'Ice Cream, Blue Jeans And Diamonds' by The Softrock (DBLP-1). DB went on to add seven singles to its catalogue but doesn't appear to have survived into 1982.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.