KERI
RECORDS

Independent label: Keri Records would appear to have been a custom recording concern.  Catalogue numbers seem to have started around KE-780; the first two digits may well represent the year of issue.  The earliest example of a Keri record was a various artists LP called 'Stardust Spectacular', was numbered KE-781 and came out in or around 1978. An EP by Buzzard (KE-791) filed under 'Prog' and also 'NWOBHM', on the grounds that Buzzard member Chris Page went on to play with NWOBHM band Energy, but seeing that the record contains covers of tracks by Leo Sayer ('The Show Must Go On' and 'When I Need You'), The Hollies ('Gasoline Alley Bred') and Marmalade ('Radancer') it doesn't look too Proggy or HMish.  The few Keris that I have managed to find are listed below; if the first two digits do give the year, and for example KE-792 was the second record made in 1979, not all the numbers may have been used.  The Stella Clarke EP (KE-793) was recorded at Beck Studios, Wellingborough, which suggests that Keri may have been from that part of the country. Distributed By Keri  Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

   

78	Various Artists	Stardust Spectacular (Album)	KERI	KE	781
78	Not Traced		KERI	KE	782
78	Not Traced		KERI	KE	783
78	Not Traced		KERI	KE	784
78	Not Traced		KERI	KE	785
78	Not Traced		KERI	KE	786
78	Not Traced		KERI	KE	787
78	Not Traced		KERI	KE	788
78	Not Traced		KERI	KE	789
78	Not Traced		KERI	KE	790
79	Buzzard	The Show Must Go On	KERI	KE	791
79	Voodoo	Jesamine	KERI	KE	792
79	Stella Clarke	Play Me	KERI	KE	793
79	Joe Sadio	Don'T Forget	KERI	KE	794
79	Jeannie Sinclair	Crazy Dreams (Album)	KERI	KE	795
79	Not Traced		KERI	KE	796
79	Not Traced		KERI	KE	797
79	Not Traced		KERI	KE	798
79	Not Traced		KERI	KE	799
79	Not Traced		KERI	KE	800
79	Not Traced		KERI	KE	801
80	Mick Smith	Unlacky Me	KERI	KE	802