Pennine was the label of the Pennine recording studio, which was (is?) located in Oldham. To judge from those of its products which I've seen listed, the company seems to have specialised in custom recordings: they have that typical combination of high catalogue numbers, obscurity and variety. The label seems to have been in operation from c.1977-82. Its singles and EPs were numbered in a PSS-100 (later a PS-7100) series; its LPs shared the same series without the '7'. I have yet to find any number lower than PSS-131, which suggests that the numbers may have started there. Apart from the fact that it made the first record by Joy Division, 'An Ideal For Living' (PSS-139; 1978), which came out on the Enigma label (q.v.), Pennine's main claim to fame was that it was responsible for 'Yesterday's Love' b/w 'Nice Girls' by New Wave band Any Trouble (PSS-7165; 11/79). The band was later signed by Stiff Records, who reissued the single as BUY-74 in March the following year. Other singles of possible New Wave interest, such as So Feww's, 'I'm Not Automatic' (PSS-7179; 1981) were surrounded in the catalogue by albums by Folk and Cabaret artists, such as Hindle Wakes and Tony Vince. The discography below lists all the Pennine records that googling reveals. Thanks to Geoff St. George for his discographical input.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.