PONTIN'S

A label belonging to the holiday camp company. Pontins seems
to have released just the one record, the single shown above, 'Thumbs Up -
Book Early' by Frankie Woods. Its catalogue number, SRTS/78/CUS-139 shows
that it was made in 1978 by custom recording concern SRT. Both sides are
Jazz / Ragtimey - the 'B' is called 'Ragtime Girl Of Mine' - with George Formby
overtones. Apparently 'Thumbs Up - Book Early' was an advertising slogan
used by Pontin's at the time. Pontin's put out at least one other single,
'The Crocodile Song' by Captain Croc (SRTS/83/CUS-1845), which came out in 1983
on the Pontin's Crocodile Club label.
Copyright 2012 Robert Lyons.