An obscure American label from 1979. Amalisa was named after a musical by composer and musical theorist Charles E. H. Lucy, and was presumably owned by him. Its sole single release in Britain was 'It's My Turn For The Winner', by Zenda Cheque (GiV-777; 1979), which was taken from another Lucy musical, 'Last Boat Out Of L. A.'; it managed at least a couple more in America (Ron Becks's 'Common Thread', AR-001, in 1978; and 'Frustration' by Lucy, ARA-333, in 1980). The label gives contact numbers in New York and California as well as the UK, and is remarkable for one thing: out of the hundreds of '70s labels I have seen while putting this site together it is one of only two to have featured a representation of a breast; the other being Bare (qv). Perhaps surprisingly, the owners of Boob Records (qv) resisted the temptation to do the obvious. Oh, and is that an imitation navel in the curl of the 'l'? Pressing was by Lyntone (LYN-7540); there is also an Ellie Jay number, EJSP-9308, in the run-off, indicating that the record was made through that firm. A site dedicated to the 'Last Boat Out Of L. A.' show can be found here.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.