A short-lived label from 1969-70. Tulip received its only mention in the 'Irish News' section of 'Record Retailer' of the 18th of October 1969, which said that it was a new independent label set run by Bill Ward of Anglo-Irish group The Dinkees and their manager Harry Lombard. According to the article the band was under contract to Mercury but had been released so that they could cut a single. The second release, 'World Of My Dreams' by Carol McCrory, was to be numbered T-1002 and was scheduled to come out in November. There seems to have been a change in the plans, however. 'Billboard' of the 29th of November 1969 said that 'The Ballad Of Armstrong, Aldrin And Collins' by The Dinkees was to be the first single for their new label; it emerged as a double 'A' side, 'The Legend Of Armstrong, Aldrin And Collins' b/w Space Age Lover', but each side had its own catalogue number, T-1001 and T-1002, the second of which was supposed to belong to the Carol McCrory single. There's no sign of that record, and it may well have been cancelled. The third Tulip single, Julie Devon's 'The Christening' b/w 'Bubbling All Over' (T-1003), earned the label a place on this site by coming out in 1970. That particular record was picked up by Concord Records (q.v.) and reissued in August 1970 as CON-009; it appears to have resurfaced on the Mandal label (q.v.) later on, with its old Tulip catalogue number but credited to Julie Kennedy - the Roger Wade Orchestra and Singers kept their credit. Apparently the 'B' side is the more sought-after of the two. The label of the Mandal record is almost identical to that of Tulip, which suggests that the two concerns were closely related. Pressing of both was by Decca. Thanks to Robert Bowes for bringing Tulip to my attention.
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