STEWART ROSS

A borderline one, in
that there's no reason to suppose that the label was actually called 'Stewart
Ross Records', but it had its own discrete SR-0 catalogue numbering and I had to
find some way of giving the label an identity of its own, so for the purposes of
this site 'Stewart Ross' will do. The label seems to have been a one-off
DIY effort, with an EP containing 'Home To Inverness', 'I Wish You Joy',
'My Bonnie Maureen' and 'Shirley Ann' being its only product. As can
be seen from the scan which Nicholas Hough has kindly supplied, the catalogue
number of the EP was SR-1 and the year of its release was 1977.
Singer / songwriter Stewart Ross had made several records for
mainstream Scottish companies such as Grampian and Scotia; it appears that
the mid '70s saw him producing and releasing his records himself. The
label design is typical of that used by Craighall Studios, of Edinburgh - see
'T.D. (Craighall Studios)'. Thanks to Stephen Small for bringing this EP
to my attention.
Copyright 2014 Robert
Lyons.