SARNIA
RECORDS
Sarnia Records was Either a small independent label, or a
custom recording concern. Sarnia appears to have had two different bases:
one at 88, Brooklands Road, Sale, Cheshire; another at Retour du Tertre, Rue De
Tertre, St. Andrews, Guernsey. Alan Martin produced several of the
records; if the 'AM' part of the 'AMX' prefix is derived from his initials,
which seems probable, that would suggest that Sarnia was his company.
AMX-5007, 'Cupid's Arrow' b/w 'Something Keeps Calling Me Back' by Roy Mosley,
which was another Alan Martin production, but the identities of AMX-5001 to 5004
and from 5009 upwards remain a mystery at the moment. If they exist at
all, were they on Sarnia or on some other label? There appears to have
been an EHX-7000 series too, though again I have only managed to track down two
issues, 7005 and 7006. Engineer for both EHXes was Edward Huntley, whose
initials presumably provided the first part of the prefix. Those two
records featured Guernsey-based artists, and happily both have been dated,
enabling us to place Sarnia firmly in the '70s. Of the other Sarnia
records that I have seen listed, 'I'm Following Sheffield United', by Alan
Martin himself, had a catalogue number of SAM-1712, which merely serves to
complicate matters further; while as yet I haven't managed to pin down a number
for the souvenir EP from Eckington Hall, Mosborough, 'A Night Of Jolly
Merriment'. The only records on Sarnia that I have actually seen in the
vinyl have been British Homophone pressings; as can be seen, the label went
through a variety of designs. Distributed By Sarnia Records. Thanks to
Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 70s |
Various
Artists |
A Night Of Jolly Merriment Part
1 |
SARNIA |
No Cat
Number |
| 72 |
Eamonn McGirr |
Birmingham
Sunday |
ROSINA |
AMX |
5005 |
| 73 |
Johnny Dallas |
My Way |
SARNIA |
AMX |
5006 |
| 74 |
Roy Mosley |
Something Keeps Calling Me Back / Cupids
Arrow |
SARNIA |
AMX |
5007 |
| 75 |
The Carl Blackwell Sound |
At Long Last (ep) |
SARNIA |
AMX |
5008 |
| 75 |
Not Traced |
|
SARNIA |
AMX |
5009 |
| 75 |
No Artist Listed |
A Night Of Jolly Merriment Part 1 |
SARNIA |
AMX |
5010 |
| 72 |
Colin Stevens, Sounds
Around |
An Evening With Colin Stevens
(EP) |
SARNIA |
EHX |
7005 |
| 75 |
Noel De Carteret |
Guernsey My Home |
SARNIA |
EHX |
7006 |
| 70s |
Alan Martin (Interrupted By Bobby Knutt) |
I'm Following Sheffield
United |
SARNIA |
SAM |
1712 |
