MORTONSOUND
RECORDS
Independent
label: Mortonsound Records was the label of the recording studio of
that name, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Throughout the '60s and '70s it
appears to have served as an outlet for recordings made by Club / Cabaret /
Amateur acts, issuing a number of records in small pressings. Numbering
was in an MNT-3000 series. The label's main claim to fame seems to be that
it released the first single by Punk band Blitzkrieg Bop, 'Let's Go' (MTN-3172)
in July 1977. The single brought the band to the attention of Lightning
Records; they re-recorded it for that company, and the results were issued as
GIL-504 in December of that same year. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The
Info.
77
Blitzrieg Bop
Let'S Go (Side
1)
MORTONSOUND
MTN
3171
77
Blitzkrieg Bop
9 Till 5 (Side 2)
MORTONSOUND
MTN
3172