MOUTH



A DIY label.  Mouth was home to just the one record, a single by Punk band Mouth To Mouth.  It featured two tracks, 'Gallery Of Dolls' and 'Life In The Subterrain', both of which were on one side, the other being blank.  I haven't happened upon that particular strategy before, but apparently it reduced the cost of making the record.  The use of a printing outfit to put the relevant information on to blank white labels, which was also done, was a commoner DIY ploy.  Two hundred copies were made, and they were sold in the Rough Trade shop in London.  As can be seen from the scan, the catalogue number was MT-1 and the record was issued in 1979.  Thanks to Sam Mauger for the scan and for bringing the label to my attention.




Copyright 2013 Robert Lyons.