A small independent label. Pear received its only 'Music Week' mention in the edition of the 4th of November 1978. The article said that the label had been founded by former EMI men Alan Cole and Andrew Ormston, and that it was based in Stockton-on-Tees. Its first release, which was due out in December, was to be by a local band, Border; distribution was 'in the pipeline'. A maxi-single containing 'Song For J.', 'Easy' and 'Going Away' duly emerged, though there may have been some delay - according to 'Music Master' it came out in May 1979 rather than December 1978. It may perhaps be that the attempts to find a distributor had come to nothing, as 'MM' gives distribution as being by Pear itself. The matrix number in the run-off, IS/PEAR-1030, indicates that the record was made through Impulse Studios; see 'Wudwink'. The music on the record is fairly straight-forward Rock-Pop, with a guitar instrumental as one of the tracks on the 'B'-side. Sadly there seem to have been no other Pear releases.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.