SNOW

 

Snow appears to have issued just two records, Taboo's 'Loopy Pooof...' b/w 'Heavy Gear' (ADM-760; 1972) and a version of the old Monkees' song '(I'm Not) Your Stepping Stone' b/w 'Great Balls Of Fire' by Outer Limits.  The numbers CE/74 and DEROY-1049 appear on the label of the latter, as can be seen on the scan - the 'press-out' markings are printed.  The DEROY and ADM prefixes indicate that custom recording company Deroy was responsible for the recording; the '74' seems to be an indication of the year of issue, as DEROYs 1040 and 1046 came out in that year.  Both singles command large sums of money, the Outer Limits one reputedly being a 'mega rare psych monster'; so if you see either in a car boot sale, grab it - though the discovery of an unsold batch of 'Your Stepping Stone' around the start of the 2020s does however seem to have brought its value down, to a certain extent.  Both were produced by Ashley Firth, so it seems a reasonable bet that he was behind the Snow label.  Thanks to Sam Mauger for bringing Snow to my attention and for Rob Bowes for letting me know about the Taboo record.




Copyright 2011 Robert Lyons.