TERRIFIC



Terrific Records appears to have been the record label of Crocodile Music, a publishing / production company owned by Peter Plant and Malcolm Ironton.  It was quite long-lived but not prolific, issuing around a dozen singles during the period 1979-85.  Some were by people who had previously had hits - John Springate (as a member of the Glitter Band) and Cliff Bennett.  Catalogue numbers were usually in a TRIF-000 series; they reached TRIF-011 but some are yet to be accounted for.  TRIFs 001 to 004 came out in 1979, after which there seems to have been a break; TRIFs 007, 008 and 009 followed in 1981, and TRIF-011 in 1984.  The '80s also saw a TOW-69, and there was an undated DEUCE-1.  'Game, Set And Match' b/w 'Tennis Referee' by P.T. & The Plimsols (TRIF-002) was picked up by Warner Bros and released as K-17428 in August 1979.  The discography below only covers the 1970s.  Thanks to James Denholm for letting me know the identities of TRIF-1 and of the people behind the label.  The scan comes by courtesy of Robert Bowes.

Copyright 2007 Robert Lyons.