MEGAPHONE



Megaphone appears to have issued just the one record, an EP by 'crooner and novelty vocalist' Johnny M.  It was called 'Introducing Johnny M.', and it featured half a dozen well-known songs from the 1920s and '30s.  It had a matrix / catalogue number of MEG-1, which could be found on the run-off rather than the label, and was recorded in February 1979 - presumably it was issued not long afterwards.  The backing group included Digby Fairweather and Keith Nichols, among others, and production was by Kevin Daly, noted for his work for Decca, Argo, ASV and Conifer.  Johnny M. also recorded as a vocalist with the Midnite Follies Orchestra.  Thanks to Robert Bowes for bringing the label to my attention and for providing the scan.




Copyright 2011 Robert Lyons.