The third Phoenix label from the 1970s is something of a mystery. It issued at least two EPs and a single between 1978 and 1980, the first of which, Les Malcolm's 'Help Me Make It Through The Night', was recorded in a studio in Cleveland. The label itself, with its (P), appears to be Irish in origin. It was rare, but not unknown, for English labels to have product pressed in Ireland - Indigo (q.v.) was one; this may have been another. It could be an Irish release, but the material on the EP is pretty standard Club / Cabaret fare so I would guess that it is a custom pressing made in limited numbers over there for sale at concerts over here. Numbering was in a PH-0 series. PH-3, 'The Union Mare And The Confederate Grey' by Idaho, was listed in 'The New Singles' leaflet for the 18th of April 1980, so that record was certainly issued in Britain.
Copyright 2007 Robert Lyons.