Another obscurity. I hadn't heard of the Truck label until Robert Bowes drew it to my attention and sent me a scan of the 'Truckin' Man' single shown above. The 'A' side is uncredited, but the 'B' side, 'Ol' Bill' is by Derek Benfield. 'Ol' Bill' was the theme music from the television drama 'The Brothers', and Benfield played a prominent part in that series, which concerned the various goings-on inside a haulage company. The catalogue number of the single, FF-102, suggests that there should be an FF-101 out there somewhere, but if there is I haven't managed to trace it. On my copy the 'B' side label is paler than that on the 'A' side, but that seems to be just down to fading. Pressing was by RCA, and the mention of Truck Magazine on the labels suggests a tie-in with that publication.
Copyright 2008 Robert Lyons.