The label of Central Sound Studios, of Manchester. CSS would appear to have been a custom-recording concern, and it put records out in 1979-80. Two of them were EPs, and were issued in 1979; they both featured people who seem to be Cabaret / Club artists performing fairly middle-of-the-road material. CS-001 was by a band led by Terry Reaney, the first track of which was called 'Tally Ho'; while CS-003, shown above, was by Ivan Dupree and contained a Billy Joel medley and three other tracks. CS-002 was a single, 'Eastern Lady' by Rock band Snatch-Back, which also came out in 1979. The only other records that I have seen listed were from 1980, and they had a CSS prefix instead of a CS one, for some reason; two of them, singles by Harlem Spirit and Double Dealer, had a separate number for each side. Googling has revealed no trace of CS-004, but presumably it's out there somewhere - probably in Manchester. The only CSS record I have seen in the vinyl - the Ivan Dupree one - was an Orlake pressing.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.