The second Plum label of the '70s was as obscure as the first. The catalogue number of 'Back Home For Christmas' b/w 'Think Of Me At Christmas' by comedian Freddie Davies - PR-1014 - suggests that there should be at least thirteen other records on this kind of Plum out there, presumably dating from c.1976-77, but I've never come across any of them and frankly I very much doubt that they exist. It may well be that the PR-1000 series belonged to a recording studio and was used for records on other labels: Progress Records of Blackpool is a possible, as that put out records in the PR-1000s - see 'P. R.'. I wouldn't have known about this second Plum label if Robert Bowes hadn't been good enough to bring it to my attention. One to keep an eye open for, then, though not a very expectant eye.
Copyright 2009 Robert Lyons.