BDM-Award records were based in Newcastle, at 100, Westgate Road, to be precise. 'Music Week' of the 6th of December 1975 announced that manager Barry McKay had started a new label, 'Award', and that the first single, 'The Drinking Song' b/w 'Benwell Lad' by Robert Barton, which was aimed at the seasonal market, would be available that Friday, through distributors Enterprise. The intention was for a further nine 7" records and three LPs to be released over the course of the coming twelve months. The Barton record duly came out, with a catalogue number of BDMA-21, but there's no sign of any 1976 Award records online, which suggests that the plan didn't come to fruition. The Brewer Brothers single pictured above, 'Serenade For Two Lovers' b/w 'Concerto For The Wind' (BDMA-27) dates from November 1977 and is the only other example of the Award label that I've happened upon. I suppose the company may perhaps have issued BDMA-22 to BDMA-26 between those two, but, as I said, there's no sign of them; which leads me to suspect that the two records shown above may be the sum total of BDM-Award's contribution to the 7" singles catalogue. Pressing was by Lyntone, the 'A' side matrix numbers being LYN-3240 for the Barton single and LYN-4589 for the Brewer Brothers one. Distribution of the Brewer Brothers single was by Lugton. 'The Drinking Song' was picked up by the Dutch record company Pink Elephant and released in that country as PE-22-175.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.