RECORDS
Independent label: Castle Records belonged to the Castle studio, of Hindley, Wigan, which was run by William Leyland's L.E. Agency. It seems to have been a custom recording concern. The earliest of its products was the split maxi-single shown, 'These Are My Mountains' by Marion Robinson b/w 'There Is A Heartache Following Me' and 'A Railroad Bum' by Bill Sutcliffe (CAS-003); as can be seen from the first scan it appears to have been intended to be a four-tracker but a song called 'Country Girl' was left off it for some reason. The Lyntone matrix numbers - LYN-5192 / 5193 - in the run-off show who the manufacturers were and pin the record down to 1978. The only other Castle 7" from 1979, a single by Humbug, 'Wearing Suspenders' b/w 'Maggie May', though there were a couple more in the '80s. Generally numbering was in a CAS-000 series for singles, with EPs and LPs having the appropriate lettering added after the prefix; the Humbug single was an exception, as its number was CASTLE-007. The most recent Castle record listed was CAS-020, which was from 1983; as can be seen from the 'discography' below, I haven't been able to account for quite a lot of the numbers - any help in filling-in the gaps would be welcome. As can be seen fron the scans, the colour scheme changed from black-on-white to silver-on-black; the design of the castle was tweaked, and the label layout was altered. The way that the designer put the 'A' and 'B' in the drawbridge of the castle of the earlier version was a nice touch. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 78 | Not Traced | CASTLE | CAS | 001 | |
| 78 | Prize Guys | ThatīS What I Call | CASTLE | CAS | 002 |
| 78 | Robinson Marion | These Are My Mountains | CASTLE | CAS | 003 |
| 78 | The Choir Of Emmanuel Parish Church, Southport | Christmas At Emmanuel | CASTLE | CAS EP | 004 |
| 78 | Metropolitan Borough Of Wigan Schools' Brass Band | Count Your Blessings (Album) | CASTLE | CAS LP | 005 |
| 79 | Newrad Singers Ladies And Juniors* | The Darwen Choirs (Album) | CASTLE | CAS LP | 006 |
| 80 | Humbug | Wearing Suspenders | CASTLE | CASTLE | 007 |
| 80 | Auld Triangle | Auld Triangle (Album) | CASTLE | CAS LP | 008 |
| 80 | Vince Lorraine | Vince Lorraine (Album) | CASTLE | CAS LP | 009 |
| 80 | Not Traced | CASTLE | CAS | 010 | |
| 80 | Rainbow Cottage | IīM Alive | CASTLE | CAS | 011 |
| 81 | Not Traced | CASTLE | CAS | 012 | |
| 81 | Not Traced | CASTLE | CAS | 013 | |
| 81 | Not Traced | CASTLE | CAS | 014 | |
| 81 | Not Traced | CASTLE | CAS | 015 | |
| 82 | Not Traced | CASTLE | CAS | 016 | |
| 82 | Not Traced | CASTLE | CAS | 017 | |
| 82 | Not Traced | CASTLE | CAS | 018 | |
| 82 | Not Traced | CASTLE | CAS | 019 | |
| 83 | Phil Cool | ItīS Hard | CASTLE | CAS | 020 |
