ZEBEDEE

The label of Zebedee Music Services, a small company
based in Irchester, Northamptonshire. Zebedee Music Services was run by Sheila Lorraine and
David Lee Jay, who performed and recorded together
under the name 'Zebedee'. I've only been able to trace two records on
the Zebedee Records label; The first was the duo's own
EP 'Carolina Moon' (ZEB-225; 1979), which contained renderings of 'Mama Say', 'If', the title
track and 'Country Girl'. The sleeve notes said that the tracks had
been recorded in Zebedee's own studio; it also claimed that an LP would be 'released soon' but
Googling doesn't show any sign of that record. The other release on the label was also from 1979: it was by
Mike Falber, and it offered versions of 'Oh What A Circus', 'Just The Way You
Are' and 'My Life' (ZEB-229). The gap between the catalogue numbers
suggests that there ought to be at least a
few more Zebedee label records out there, but as yet they've proved elusive.
Both records were made through SRT, as their matrix numbers, S/79CUS-383
and S/79/CUS-454, indicate. At some point the Zebedee duo changed their
name to Chatterbox and moved to Queensland, Australia. As well
as running Chatterbox Sound & Lighting they were still performing in
2008. Thanks to Sam Mauger for the first scan and for bringing the label to
my attention.
Copyright 2010 Robert Lyons.