EDEN STUDIOS

One of those cases
where the name I've had to give to a label in order to give it an
identity doubtless isn't the name that its owners gave it - if indeed they
gave it one. All I can say is that in 1971 Bob Brearley (guitar)
and Phil Kent (bass, and production) made a single, 'Electric Glass' b/w
'Pennies From Heaven', which has on its label the information that it was
recorded in Eden Studios on the third of April of that year. There is no
catalogue number on the label (which is of the kind which looks as though it was
pasted on), nor is there any kind of company identification; and the usual
'prohibitions' which can be found on record labels are absent. The side
number and track title are printed at the top of the label, the artists names,
recording details and producers name in the bottom half; and there is a
horizontal line just above the top and bottom of the spindle hole, enclosing the
words 'mono' on the left and '45 r.p.m.' on the right. Printing is in
black, on what appears to be light blue paper. The music on the
record has been described as British Jazz.
Other records were
made by the famous London-based studio in the late '60s and early '70s; they had
a discrete series of catalogue numbers, EDEN LP-0, but no label name or
logo. The handful that Google brings up are LPs, but at least one 7"
was released with an Eden catalogue number by a separate company - see the
'Channel Recording' page. The lowest number I've seen so far was EDEN
LP-14, and the highest EDEN LP-71, so there ought to be a good few of
them out there.
Copyright 2012 Robert Lyons.