A curiously shy label. The catalogue series, CUSTOM-000, indicates its function - it was for custom-recorded products - but there is no indication of a company name on it. I've filed it under 'Custom' because the label gives no clue as to what else it should be filed under. Happily the words 'SRT CUSTOM' are scratched in the run-off of the Dave Green EP, revealing that it was made by SRT Records, of Finchley. Dave Green, who appears on the EP shown above, had another custom record out on SRT in 1976, an album called 'I Sing The Songs' (SRTM/CUS-051). It would appear that not many records with 'CUSTOM-000' numbers were issued; 'CUSTOM-005' is the highest number that I have seen. Thankfully the prefix gained an 'SRT' around that point, revealing its parentage (2). It soon underwent another change, becoming SRT/CUS; SRT/CUS-015 dates from 1975, which suggests that the earlier versions shown here are from 1974-75. The remainder of the story can be found on the SRT page.
Copyright 2007 Robert Lyons.