Not to be confused with the '60s label of the same name. The '70s / '80s Strike was an independent label started by Tony Jacks and Carole Striker. Its busy period was from 1978-81, during which period it issued several singles and an LP, all by Jacks or his Mod / Ska band The Tigers; a band which featured at various times Nic Potter, ex Van Der Graaf Generator, and Pete Dobson, formerly with Juicy Lucy. The second single by the band, 'Big Expense, Small Income' b/w 'Kidding Stops' (STIK-2; 1979) was flipped and reissued by WEA as KIK-1 after that company signed the band (2, 3), and the KIK-0 series was adopted from then on. The Tigers concentrated their efforts on the USA for much of the 1980, and Strike mainly lay dormant; it woke up in 1987, when an altered Tigers line-up released another LP on it, as The Pool Sharks. Thanks to Robert Bowes for the scan of the second single.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.