MAYPOLE



Maypole was a short-lived venture by the Rockfield Studios, and was thus a sister to the Rockfield label (q.v.); both were named after nearby villages.  According to 'Music Week' of the 12th of May 1973 Maypole was intended for carefully-selected artists who didn't have what Kingsley Ward described as the 'Rockfield sound', but as things turned out it seems to have issued just one single, 'Friday's Child' b/w 'Crazy Joe' by Lucy Vernon (MAP-100; 6/73).  Manufacture and distribution were via RCA, as they were for Rockfield, though CBS did the actual pressing - they pressed most of RCA's singles at that time.  'Friday's Child' was a Folk-rock-tinged song with a memorable chorus, but despite its merits it never threatened the charts.  Ms. Vernon had another single out, in 1977, on the almost-equally-obscure Pebble Beach label (q.v.): 'L'amour Est Mort' (PBR-3; 5/77).




Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.