MEGAPHONE
Megaphone appears to have issued just the one record, an
EP by 'crooner and novelty vocalist' Johnny M. It was called
'Introducing Johnny M.', and it featured half a dozen well-known songs from the
1920s and '30s. It had a matrix / catalogue number of MEG-1, which
could be found on the run-off rather than the label, and was recorded in
February 1979 - presumably it was issued not long afterwards. The
backing group included Digby Fairweather and Keith Nichols, among others, and
production was by Kevin Daly, noted for his work for Decca, Argo, ASV and
Conifer. Johnny M. also recorded as a vocalist with the Midnite
Follies Orchestra. Thanks to Robert Bowes for bringing the label to
my attention and for providing the scan.
Copyright 2011 Robert Lyons.