A DIY label, apparently a one-off. According to its cover, Alan McBride had been entertaining for eleven Summer seasons at the Beachcomber Club in Cleethorpes when he put out an EP of what were presumably four of his most popular songs, 'If You Ever Go To Ireland', 'She Taught Me How To Yodel', 'The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen' and 'Phil The Fluter's Ball'. It was called 'It's Alan McBride', it was made through Craighall Studios (q.v.) of Edinburgh, and it was released in 1973 with a catalogue number of AMB-007. What seems to be the same EP - the track listing is identical - also surfaced in Australia, custom pressed by EMI and credited to Alan McBride and the Mal Cunningham Orchestra, under the title 'Down Under' (PRS-2339). The cover of that EP, which also appears to date from 1973, says that Alan had toured in the country three times in two years, so I would guess that on the latest tour he took the masters with him and had the record re-pressed for sale to his audiences there. Thanks to Ade Macrow of the 45Cat site for permission to use his scan here.
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