The first of two Plums to appear in the '70s was a Reggae label. It seems to have issued just the one record, Arthur Louis's version of the Bob Dylan song 'Knocking On Heaven's Door' b/w 'Plum' (PIP-001; 1975), which was reissued on the Island label as WIP-6448 in 1978. An album's worth of material was recorded and was released on Polydor in Japan, but it only saw the light of day here in 1988, on PRT. Both the single and the album featured Eric Clapton, who had a hit with his own version of 'Knocking On Heaven's Door' not long after the Arthur Louis version came out. Manufacture seems to have been by Linguaphone. Thanks to Tony Dowsett for the scan of the company sleeve - the 'flap' opening of that sleeve is novel.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.