BRIDGE
RECORDS
A label from the Black Country. The few records on Bridge -
later 'Bridge Music' have been by Folk group Giggety. Numbering was
generally in a GE-100 series, which applied to singles and albums alike, but the
only 7" issue from the '70s, 'It's Your Zoo Too' b/w 'Closing Down The Zoo'
(SRTS/79/CUS-480; 1979) was made through custom recording firm SRT and had one
of that company's catalogue numbers. Chronologically that
single might have been expected to be GE-102, GE-100 ('Dawn To Dusk In The
Black Country') having come out in 1975 and GE-101 ('Tambourine') in 1977, with
GE-103 (Black Country Time') following in 1980 - all were albums. Numbers
reached at least GE-112. Giggety did have a single out on a major label,
Pye, in 1978: the seasonal 'Black Country Christmas' (7N-46136; 11/78), which
was reissued with a different 'B' side on local label Revolver in 1980. Thanks
to Robert Lyons For The Info. Giggetty Plonk morphed into plain old
“Giggetty” sometime around 1973. The Group began to write their own material
focussing upon songs about the Black Country- an area often described as “ all
those towns and villages situated on the 30 foot coal seam”. It roughly
encompasses Dudley, Cradley Heath, parts of Wolverhampton, Walsall and West
Bromwich, in the UK. The Group formed its own show- The Giggetty Black Country
Show- which featured the cream of the local guest artists and comedians such as
Anuyk and Ayli, Dolly Allen, Tommy Mundon, poets Ron Burns, Harry Harrison, Jim
Williams and Geoff Stevens, historian Winston Homer and more latterly the
superbly talented Dandy and Black Country stalwart Lizzie Wiggins. The Group
gigged their way through three decades at the rate of 100 appearances a year.
The last original member, Brian Langtry, retired eventually due to health
reasons in 1997.
| 79 |
The Zoo |
It'S Your Zoo Too |
BRIDGE |
SRTS79CUS480 |
| 75 |
Giggety And Jim Wm Jones |
Dawn To Dusk In The Black
Country (Album) |
BRIDGE |
GE |
100 |
| 77 |
Giggetty |
Tambourine (Album) |
BRIDGE |
GE |
101 |
| 80 |
Giggetty |
Black Country Time (Album) |
BRIDGE |
GE |
103 |
| 81 |
Giggetty |
Wild
Mountain Thyme |
BRIDGE |
GE |
105 |
| 82 |
Giggetty Featuring Dandy |
Costa Del Tipton |
BRIDGE MUSIC |
GE |
112 |
| 80 |
Giggetty |
The Heathens'
Song |
BRIDGE |
AVR |
1937 |
