EMCEE
RECORDS
Independent label: Emcee Records was dedicated to issuing
music for ballroom dancing. It managed at least three singles. There
were several record companies dedicated to issuing music for ballroom
dancing. The biggest among them - 'Dancetime' and 'NDS' both operated and
issued tens, or hundreds, of records. Emcee seems to have been one of the
smaller ones. It managed at least three EPs, all of which were of
strict-tempo dances by the Eddie Graham Sound. Numbering was in the
MC-0s. MC-2 came in a company sleeve The label gives no clue as to who the
distributors were, but Northern Dance Services, of Shipley, were the main
distributors for Strict Tempo labels and they may well have handled Emcee among
the others. The matrix number of MC-1, which is handwritten, suggests an
Orlake pressing, as does the rough label surface. MC-3 was a product of
SRT, as its matrix number - S/78/CUS-195 - indicates. Thanks to
Robert Lyons For The Info.
77
Graham Eddie
Sound
Blueberry Hill
(Ep)
EMCEE
MC
1
77
Graham Eddie Sound
Cavatina
EMCEE
MC
2
78
Graham Eddie Sound
Blue Moon
EMCEE
MC
3