An obscure of the Pye family, Ruby was a label with Middle Of The Road leanings. It released two singles, Guy Steel's 'Stop The Wedding' (RSS-201) and 'Rose Marie', by comedian Bernard Manning (RSS-202), both of them in January 1976, and then seems to have disappeared for a couple of years before putting out an album by 'New Faces' winner Mike Johnson, 'Sincerely Yours' (RUL-001; 1978). Neither single can have sold in any great amounts, as both are difficult to find. The Guy Steel record has an almost-scratched-out matrix number, 'RWS 03??', in the run-off beside the Ruby matrix; singles on the Genie label, which appeared later that year, were numbered in the RWS-0300s, which suggests that there was a link between the two concerns.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.