The Cysora record shown above has all the hallmarks of the product of a custom recording company: its label is of simple design; it's an EP; and while the songs on it are famous, the artist performing them is someone you're probably not familiar with. It is possible that, as the Ora Pasco EP has the catalogue number CO-5, there were at least four other releases on Cysora; if they actually existed, and what they were if they did, remains a mystery to me at the moment. Presumably they were pressed in tiny quantities and were sold in the pubs or clubs in which the artists were performing. Ora's publicity photo was produced in Nottingham, and she made at least one other EP for Tank Records (q.v.), which was based near Stratford-on-Avon; these facts suggest that Cysora was based in the Midlands. Doubtless the company took half of its name from Ora, but where did the 'Cys' come from? There is no date on the EP shown, but it looks Seventiesish, so pending correction I have included it on the site.-
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.