A slight oddity. The only record I have ever seen on the Spice Music label is the one pictured above. A Calypso (?) by Mark Anthony, called 'Play De Carnival', it calls for support for a carnival in London - presumably the Notting Hill one - in the face of rumblings from City Hall. Pressing was done by custom-manufacturing firm Lyntone; their reference number, LYN-3428, appears in the run-off area, along with the single's catalogue number, SPC-1. The general appearance of the label is reminiscent of Motorway Sounds (q.v.), and the name 'Casimir - Casimir Pitt - is common to both. A label called 'Spice' (q.v.) issued at least one West-Indian-flavoured single in 1978, the titles on which were published by Spice Music; Mark Griffiths writes that it is unlikely that this label and that one were connected.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.