The record label of expatriate Northern Ireland singer Eamonn McGirr. McGirr enjoyed success in Ireland in the mid '60s as part of the Go Lucky Four, scoring a No. 1 hit with 'Up Went Nelson' in 1966. His own 'Birmingham Sunday' b/w 'Beerhouse Lil' (AMX-5005) appears to have been Rosina's only 7" release - perhaps its only vinyl release, in Britain anyway. According to his widow Mary, it was issued in the 1970s, at a time when he was living in Salford, in the North of England; a mention of the 'recent' atrocity at the Munich Olympics (1972) in the spoken introduction to the 'A' side narrows the window further. He emigrated to New York, where he ran a popular Irish pub, 'Eamonn's', and broadcast a radio show called 'Proud To Be Irish'. He also worked tirelessly in support of charities for handicapped children. He gained national fame in 1996, when, in support of one of those charities, he set a new world record for non-stop singing. In that same year he put out a USA-only CD on Rosina, 'Different Yet The Same'. Sadly, he suffered a fall shortly after the singing marathon, and was paralyzed. He died of complications arising from those injuries, in 2004.
To return to the Rosina label: its AMX-5000 numerical series was proper to the Sarnia (q.v.) label. It would seem likely that the series belonged to Alan Martin, who was responsible for producing the recordings: hence the 'AMX' of the prefix. Pressing was by British Homophone. Thanks to Sam Mauger for bringing the label to my attention, and to Mary McGirr for confirming that 'Birmingham Sunday' was from the '70s and was British. It sounds as though Eamonn was a grand man: may he rest in peace.
Copyright 2009 Robert Lyons.