It's debatable as to whether or not 'The Viking' qualifies as a label, but The Viking Hotel, Blackpool, went to the bother of including its logo in the design so I've given it the benefit of the doubt. The only record to come out on the label was a souvenir EP, 'A Night At The Viking', featuring tracks by four artists who were appearing at the hotel at the time; in addition to the pair shown above it offered 'Quando! Quando!' by resident band Frame Set, and a version of 'Tie A Yellow Ribbon' by Rob Edyson. The EP was made through custom recording company Deroy (q.v.) of Carnforth, and it had one of that company's matrix numbers, DEROY-918, which enables us to pin the year of release down to 1973. The labels seem to have been pasted over blank white ones, and on my copy at least they are on the wrong sides.
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