A DIY concern. Liverpool Country and Western band Idle Hours put out three EPs on their own label in or around 1974. Two were undated and the date on the third may be misleading, so I can't be sure that they're shown in chronological order. 'Just For You' (1), was made through Abbot Sound studios (q.v.), of Chester. It had two matrix numbers proper to that company, AS-12 and AS-2; if the latter is correct, that would suggest 1974 as the release year. 'Yesterday / Today', which had a blue label (2), was again undated. It had no number either on the label or in the run-off - the run-off markings consist of the band's name plus an 'A' or a 'B' on the appropriate sides. As can be seen from the scan which Robert Bowes has kindly supplied, a third EP, featuring 'Wanted Man' and four other tracks, had a catalogue number on it, LS-1700, and a date as well - 1973 (3). That number was part of a series used by Liverpool Sound label (q.v.), and the record can also be found on Liverpool Sound with the same number and year. It may be that that version was the band's first record, and that when they started their own label they re-pressed it keeping the same year and number. As for the manufacturer, the style of the pressing marks suggests that all three EPs were made through Linguaphone.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.