TRUCK
Another obscurity. I hadn't heard of the Truck label until
Robert Bowes drew it to my attention and sent me a scan of the 'Truckin' Man'
single shown above. The 'A' side is uncredited, but the 'B' side,
'Ol' Bill' is by Derek Benfield. 'Ol' Bill' was the theme music from
the television drama 'The Brothers', and Benfield played a prominent part in
that series, which concerned the various goings-on inside a haulage
company. The catalogue number of the single, FF-102, suggests that
there should be an FF-101 out there somewhere, but if there is I
haven't managed to trace it. On my copy the 'B' side label is paler
than that on the 'A' side, but that seems to be just down to
fading. Pressing was by RCA, and the mention of Truck Magazine on the
labels suggests a tie-in with that publication.
Copyright 2008 Robert Lyons.