A New Wave / Post Punk label from Liverpool, active from 1977-81, Eric's was run by Roger Eagle and Pete Fulwell, who named it after the club that they owned. The club, in Mathew Street, played host to all the best-known names of the Punk scene - The Clash, The Jam, The Stranglers, Blondie, etc, etc - during 1976-80, and inspired the formation of local bands such as Orchestral Maneouvres In The Dark, Wah! Heat, and Echo & The Bunnymen. The record label played host to fewer famous names, but it did however issue the first records by Holly Johnson and by Big In Japan, all of whom went on to bigger and better things. Seven-inch and twelve-inch records used the same numerical series, which started off at ERICS-0000 and dropped one of the '0's immediately; the prefix became ERS from 004 onwards. The first single had brown injection-moulded labels (1), the others paper (2). The label's last two issues were albums of old Rock 'n' Roll and Rockabilly records which could be found on the jukebox at the club. Distribution of some middle-period items was by Virgin.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.