LORNA
RECORDS
Independent label: Lorna Records was a product of the
London-based music publishing firm of that name. Lorna Music seems to have
made just the one venture into record production, the fruit being the one-sided
single pictured above, 'The Green Cross Code Song' by Partridge Green. The
single had a catalogue number of LOR-001, and was made towards the end of
1971. It appears not to have been sold, as such: it was sent out to
schools in the Manchester and Salford area as an aid to teaching children the
Green Cross Code. The words were by Constable Edward McLernon, and they
were set to a traditional tune - 'The Fox'? 'Partridge Green' was an alias
of singer / songwriter Peter Pavey; he had had an album out on CBS in 1967,
'Suburban Serenade' (CBS-63068). The single was pressed by Pye, and the
labels were stuck on to plain white ones with gum - hence the browning.
Distributed By Lorna Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The
Info.
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Partridge
Green
The Green Cross Code
Song
LORNA
LOR
001