Regis Rose appears to have been a small independent / DIY label. It has the typical plain look of that sort of record, being restricted to two colours and suffering from a lack of ornamentation. The only record I have ever seen on Regis Rose is the Bob Anthony single pictured above, 'Mama Please Light A Candle For Me', which according to the label was the winning song at the Nice Festival in 1978. Probably the single was released in that same year. There is nothing either on the label or in the wax to hint at who the manufacturer was, but the picture sleeve says that the company was based in Barnham, Bognor Regis. The catalogue number, RR-29, suggests that there should be a fair number of other Regis Rose records out there, but 'Mama...' is the only one that Google has thrown up and the others may well not exist. Lord Thames, of the Vinyl Vulture sites, has kindly pointed out that Anthony was a prominent Jersey-based entertainer who had his own record label, 'Ile D'Amour' (q.v.).
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.