SOUND DEPARTMENT
RECORDS
Sound Department Records was A
production company, working out of premises at 43 Huntsworth Mews, London
NW1. Composer / producer / multi-instrumentalist Jeff Wayne appears to
have been the driving force behind The Sound Department, with Tony Hertz also
heavily involved. The company didn't issue any records as such, but its
products were often made available to the public in the form of promotional
records which were given away by non-record businesses. Sometimes they
featured songs or music which had been used in commercials, as is the case with
the two shown above - the single by The Us features a pre-stardom David
Essex. Each had its own unique label, generally highlighting the product
which was being advertized, but some of them show their common origin by the use
of the letters 'SD' in the prefixes of their catalogue numbers. Perhaps
unavoidably, given the ephemeral nature of such recordings, the 'discography'
below is very sketchy. It contains records which seem to have been just
credited to 'Jeff Wayne Music' rather than to The Sound Department and which
have no obvious input by Tony Hertz. Dates for the company's operation are
equally fuzzy: 'Late '60s and early '70s' is as much of a guess as I would care
to make. Wayne went on to enjoy phenomenal success in both the Album and
Singles Charts with his musical adaptation of 'The War Of The Worlds', on CBS
(CBS-9600; 1978).
| 70 |
Jane Relf |
Gone Fishing |
FINDUS |
SD/DS/T |
001 |
| 72 |
Roger Moore |
Faberge For The Love Of
Life |
FABERGÉ |
SD- SS |
006 |
| 70 |
Us Featuring David Essex |
You'Re Ok With
Us |
US |
SD |
015 |
| 72 |
Turnstile |
Ipc Introduce A Great Magazine
For Girls, Look Now |
SOUND DEPARTMENT |
No Cat
Number |
| 74 |
Jeff
Wayne |
Discover The Famous Chesterfield
Taste |
CHESTERFIELD
CIGARETTES |
6028 |
135 |
| 73 |
Pledge |
Let The Sun Come Into Your
Life |
PLEDGE |
LYN |
2731 |
| 76 |
Jeff Wayne |
The Gordon's Gin
Theme |
GORDON'S GIN |
JWM SP |
1 |
| 77 |
The Unity |
We've Got To Get In To Get On |
EUROPEAN MOVEMENT |
JWM SP |
2 |
| 71 |
Jeff Wayne |
The Bittermen
Theme |
ANSELLS
BITTER |
HT/SP |
1312 |
