JACKSON



One of the labels of Malcolm and John Jackson's Jackson Studios, of Rickmansworth, Herts, the other being Ad-Rhythm (q.v.).  Unlike Ad-Rhythm, Jackson seems to have been a custom recording label rather than an actual issuer of records.  As is the way with such concerns, its records are hard to trace, so giving any accurate date for its operations is beyond my abilities.  All I can say is that the earliest Jackson product that I have seen listed was an anonymous one-sided single called 'The England Football Song', which was numbered JRC-0501 and came out in 1965.  The first '0' appears to have been dropped from the numbers at some point.  The next single in the series which comes up on Google is 'Suzanne', by a band named Treaty (JRC-507; 1969).  As far as the '70s are concerned, Amber's version of 'Love Will Keep Us Together' (JRC-513) presumably postdates the 1975 Captain & Tenille hit, while 'Gaz And Debs' by Sid Sideboard & The Chairs (JRC-514) came out in 1979.  If the JRC-0500 / JRC-500 series was only used for singles and EPs it would seem that the company was responsible for fourteen such records in fourteen years, which is hardly a hectic schedule.  On the album side, the Rolls Royce Male Voice Choir put out 'A Rolls Royce In The Music Hall' (JKS-1) in 1974, and seven years later hit-maker Craig Douglas released the (presumably self-financed) 'Oh Lonesome Me' (JKS-5; 1981).  Somewhat surprisingly there was a series of LPs featuring vintage recordings of American Boogie Woogie pianists such as Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis; I can only guess that they contained material that was compiled from old 78s by an enthusiast of the genre.  Numbering of those LPs was in the 1200s, reaching at least 2013.  The discography below lists the few Jackson 7" records that I have thus far tracked down; any additions would be welcome.  Pressing of the Sid Sideboard single was by Lyntone, the matrix number being LYN-6419 - thanks to Neil Thompson for bringing that record to my attention.  The Rolls Royce LP was an Orlake product.






Copyright 2008 Robert Lyons.