PEEPING TOM
RECORDS
Peeping Tom Records was a
custom-recording concern, from Coventry. As is the way with such firms,
Peeping Tom's products are difficult to track down. In addition to the
Wilnecote High School Choirs EP pictured, It has been revealed the
existence of an album by Andy Bailey, 'Birth Of A Baby' (HRSL-123 / EJS-620;
1978) a single by Derby band Strange Days, 'Saltash' (HRSL-59; 1977) and an EP
by Asylum, containing 'Commercial Queen' and two other tracks (HRSL-291 /
EJSP-9280; 1979). The label of the Asylum record was yellow with black
printing, and it lacked the white rim. Numbering for LPs, EPs and singles
alike seems to have been in an HRSL-00 series. The label of the Strange
Days single reveals that the record was made by the Horizon Recording Studios,
which accounts for the HRSL prefix, while the matrix number of the Andy Bailey
and Asylum records indicates that those records at least were made through Ellie
Jay. The date of Peeping Tom's operations appears to have been 1977 to
1979, though with examples of the company's wares being so hard to find it is
impossible to be more accurate. Other HRSL-00 series singles appeared on
the actual Horizon label in 1979 and on Iguana in 1984, so presumably the
numbering was used for any recording made by the Horizon studios.
Distributed By Peeping Tom Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The
Info.
77
Strange Days
Saltash
PEEPING TOM
HRSL
59
78
Andy
Bailey
Birth Of A Baby (Album)
PEEPING TOM
HRSL
123
78
The Heage Band
The Heage Band (Album)
PEEPING TOM
HRSL
138
78
Wilnecote High School Choirs
Song Of The Century (Ep)
PEEPING TOM
HRSL
166
79
Carey Duncan
Music Maker
HORIZON
HRSL
282
79
Asylum
Commercial Queen
PEEPING TOM
HRSL
291
79
Polly Bolton
Year Of The Child
HORIZON
HRSL
315
80
Smackee
Seconds Out
(Album)
PEEPING TOM
HRSL
343