One from Newcastle. Magpie's only release was a single, 'Howway The Lads' b/w 'My Julie' by The Barrie Brothers (IS/BB/1003; 1974). The Barrie Brothers were a popular act on the local Club circuit, and 'Howway The Lads' was the official Newcastle United 1974 F.A. Cup Final song. According to 'Music Week' of the 25th of May 30,000 copies had been sold in the first month of release. Newcastle lost the final, at which point sales of the single presumably nosedived. Production company Impulse, under its director David Wood, was responsible for the disc; the IS/xx/1000 numerical series was used for recordings made through or by Impulse Studios and can most often be found on records on their in-house label Wudwink (q.v.). There were at least two pressings: one was done through Deroy, another appears to have been done by Orlake using the Deroy masters - the marks of both companies can be found in the run-off of the white-labelled single shown above. As can be seen, the label came in two different colours. Thanks to Robert Bowes for the scan of the cover, and for bringing Magpie to my attention.
Copyright 2008 Robert Lyons.