The third Phoenix label from the 1970s is something of a mystery. All I know about it is what the label reveals: it issued at least one EP - Les Malcolm's, 'Help Me Make It Through The Night' - in 1978, which was recorded in a studio in Cleveland. The label itself, with its (P), appears to be Irish in origin. It was rare, but not unknown, for English labels to have product pressed in Ireland - Indigo (q.v.) was one; this may have been another. It could be an Irish release, but the material on the EP is pretty standard Club / Cabaret fare so I would guess that it is a custom pressing made in limited numbers over there for sale at concerts over here. The EP was numbered PH-1. PH-3, 'The Union Mare And The Confederate Grey' by Idaho, came out in April 1980. I assume there was a PH-2 but as yet I haven't managed to trace it.
Copyright 2007 Robert Lyons.