PROCAUDIO
I don't know if
Procaudio counts as an actual label, but from
1966 into the early
'70s Procaudio Ltd appears to have produced records for other companies, for sale or
distribution by them. Numbering was in the PC-000s, with both sides of a record
having their own discrete number. On the few
examples I have seen the only reference to Procaudio has been on the sleeves,
not the labels; the PC-000 numbering is the thing to look out for. The
first example above, 'Animal Sounds - Mammals' (PC-043 / 044), with an introduction
by Peter Scott, was made for Purnell's Encyclopedia of Animal Life and the
Macdonald Junior Reference Library to accompany a book of the same title. I
found the record in a charity shop, minus the book - for
some unfathomable reason it hasn't been played to death. It was part
of a series which came out in 1970; details are available
on the Macdonalds Junior Reference Library page. The second example was made for Double-S Productions (q.v.). Other
labels from the '70s with a PC-000 number were
Craigie College Language Project, Career and George Philip & Son
(q.v. all). Procaudio was responsible for producing flexi-discs as well as vinyl
ones. The few Procaudios I have seen in the vinyl have
either had the metalwork done by Pye or have been actual Pye pressings. As
can be seen, the discography below has
more gaps than entries.

Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.