A DIY label, from Birmingham. This is one of those cases where I've struggled to put a name to a label, as there's no actual company identification on it. In the end I decided upon 'Great Barr Comprehensive School' because that was the organization responsible for the records and its initials form the prefix of their catalogue numbers. I'm not even sure that the records are from the '70s, because there's no date on them; they could easily be from the '60s. Until such time as confirmation one way or the other comes through, however, I've decided to include their 'label' on the site. There were at least three EPs in the series, and the sides on discs were numbered individually, the ones shown above being GBCS-3 / 4 and GBCS-5 / 6; the other EP 'Dun Lain Around', was presumably GBCS-1 and 2. All were by the Great Barr Folk Choir, which was made up of pupils from Great Barr Comprehensive School. The label of the first says that it was pressed in Wales, which seems mildly odd for a Birmingham record. Recordman46, of the 45cat site, has my gratitude for pinning down the pressing plant involved - it was Qualiton, of Pontardawe, and it was responsible for both records.
An update - I now have an approximate date of pre-1968 for GBCS-3/4, which strongly suggests that this label belongs to the 1960s and not the '70s. This page will shortly be deleted.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.