A small independent concern, based in Glasgow. Online company listings indicate that the company's name was actually Melody (Scotland), but it seems simplest to go with what was on the label. The producers of the only three Melody Scotland records that I have seen pictured were George and Jan Douglas, which suggests that the company was theirs. Going by the material on the records, it looks as though Melody Scotland may have been a custom recording concern. The Young Faces EP shown above on the right has a 'made in Ireland' appearance, but there were vinyl shortages every now and again in the Seventies and quite a few small companies had pressings done in Ireland - see Indigo for another example. The catalogue numbering system is slightly odd: it could be a coincidence that the three records below have 36, 37 and 38 in their numbers, but it seems doubtful, and the presence of a 32 and two 33s is again peculiar. Thre must be a logic to it all, but I'm afraid it may take the Douglases to explain it. Thanks to Stephen Small not only for bringing Melody Scotland to my attention but also for providing the scans.
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