HORIZON
A slightly mysterious
one. Record studio and music publishing concern Horizon issued at
least two singles in the (very) late '70s on its own label: Carey Duncan's,
'Music Maker' (HRSL-282; 9/79) and 'Year Of The Child' by Polly Bolton
(HRSL-315; 1979). Distribution of the first was by Pinnacle and
pressing was by Lyntone, the matrix number being LYN-7025. The second
has both Lyntone (LYN-7594) and Ellie Jay (EJSP-9315) numbers on its
run-off. Other records with HRSL-00 numbers had appeared on the
Peeping Tom label (q.v.) earlier in the decade; more appeared in 1984, on the
Iguana label. Presumably that numerical series was used for
everything that originated in the Horizon studios, whatever label it appeared
on. It may well be that most of the records were private pressings,
which would account for their lack of traceability. Thanks to Steve
Hill for bringing the Polly Bolton record to my attention.
Copyright 2008 Robert Lyons.