CSS
RECORDS

 Independent label of CSS stand for Central Sound Studios which is located in Manchester. With an eight track analogue recording Studio in Manchester. Owned and run by Dave Christie and a business partner. Famous for the first Joy Division - Transmission session with Martin Hannett. CSS would appear to have been a custom-recording concern. Two of the records were EPs, and were issued in 1979; they both featured people who appear to be Cabaret / Club artists performing fairly middle-of-the-road material. CS-001 was an EP by Terry Reaney, the first track of which was called 'Tally Ho', while CS-003 was an EP by Ivan Dupree containing a Billy Joel medley and three other tracks. CS-002 was a single, 'Eastern Lady' by Rock band Snatch-Back, which also came out in 1979. ther was another single - presumably a Reggae single - by a band called Harlem Spirit, 'Dem A Sus', which was numbered CSS-006 and was issued in 1980.  At some point in 1980, Harlem Spirit got a distribution deal with EMI who then re-issued the “Dem A Sus” single in November of that year (EMI 5125). Numbering was in a CS-000 series: it seems that singles were sometimes given an extra 'S' in the prefix. Central Sound Studios Former Address: 91. St. James St. Manchester. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

  

79	Terry Reaney	Tally Ho	CSS	CS	001
79	Snatch-Back	Eastern Lady	CSS	CS	002
79	Ivan Dupree	Billy Joel medley	CSS	CS	003
79	Not Traced		CSS	CS	004
79	Harlem Spirit	Dem A Sus	CSS	CS	005
80	Not Traced		CSS	CS	006
80	Double Dealer (Bob Ramsey Band)	Keep On Runnin'	CSS	CS	007