Borderline, this one, but as I've given Spark's 'Northern Soul' series its own page for nothing more than having an overprint on an issue label I suppose I'd better be consistent and give one to Penny Farthing's 'Trophy' series. 'Music Week' of the 5th of August 1972 announced that Larry Page intended to launch a new series of records under the 'Trophy' banner, with the first fruits being singles by the Manchester United and Liverpool football clubs. The two singles, 'United, Manchester United' b/w 'Saturday Afternoon' (PEN-783) and 'Sing A Song For Liverpool' b/w 'Liverpool, Liverpool' (PEN-794) duly appeared, with the squads singing on the 'A' sides and the supporters on the 'B's. There were also albums by both teams, 'United, Manchester United' (PELS-529; 1972) and 'Sing Along With Liverpool' (PELS-530; 1972), together with one from Chelsea, 'Blue Is The Colour' (PELS-528; 1972). For better or worse, however, the 'Trophy' series seems to have been confined to those five releases, and when the United album was reissued a couple of years later it emerged on the common or garden Penny Farthing label without the overprint. Not unreasonably, catalogue numbers from the main Penny Farthing PEN-700 series were used for the 'Trophy' records.
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