An independent label from Cardiff. As can be seen from the scans, the initials E. L. P. stood for Esme Lewis Productions. Esme Lewis recorded for the 'Welsh Teledisc' company in the mid '60s, and early in the next decade she started running her own label. It issued seven records, initially using an ELP-100 series for singles, EPs and LPs alike; the final EP was numbered in the ELE-500s. The picture sleeve of 'Glory Glory Glory' b/w 'Poverty', by Iris Williams gives the number of that particular record as ELP SP-105 but the actual label has it as just ELP-105; that single was mastered by Pye but my copy was pressed elsewhere. The label of ELP-103 'Dawnsiau'r Twmpath (Welsh Barn Dances) 2' by Band Y Meillion, was of the same design as the first scan but was coloured black-on-yellow. That record was manufactured by British Homophone.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.