Another DIY label. Spanking was owned and run by Zipper, a band of mainly English students attending a college in Cardiff. The label was brought into being as a vehicle for the band's self-funded single, 'The Life Of Riley' (SPANK-1; 1979). 'Riley' was picked up by Virgin Records and was re-released, as VS-283, in August 1979, but it failed to make any great impression on the record-buying public. Zipper continued to gig until c.1983, and they put out at least one more single on Spanking, 'Tin Soldiers', in 1982.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.