SPADE RECORD CO
RECORDS
Independent label: Spade Records was the successor to
Terry Eagleton's and Piers Chalmers's 'Injun' label. As was the case with
Injun, Spade's speciality was reissuing obscure Rockabilly records. Its
first records were licensed from Bennie Hess, who had been responsible for the
original Spade label - a Rockabilly concern from Texas which issued records from
1956-57. The original label design was licensed and used, and the records
were pressed in America, giving them an authentic appearance. Numbering
was originally in an S-XYYYY series, where 'X' appears to have been the the
number of records so far released and YYYY was the year - S101977, for example,
seems to have been the tenth record released and 1977 the year it came
out. The system changed in 1978, with the year coming first and the record
number coming last, as in S-19782. In or around 1978 Spade started issuing
British-pressed records with a different label design. Most of its
products were EPs, but it put out at least two singles, the first of which was
split between Joe Poovey ('Ten Long Fingers') and Bill Reeder ('Till I Waltz
Again With You'). Singles were numbered in an SP-500 series, EPs in the
EP-100s; the highest number I have listed was EP-107. Some tracks
which had appeared on Injun were reissued: EP-101 also has 'INJUN EP 200' in the
run-off, suggesting that it was a straight reissue of an Injun release.
The company's telephone number appeared on the label; it was shared by another
Rockabilly label of American origin, ThunderRecords was active in 1978, so it is
not unreasonable to assume that the white-labelled Spade records date from about
that time - the labels don't seem to have had any dates on them. Marketing
of EP-101 (and the others) was by Plastic Fantastic, which also points to
1978-80; distribution was by Pye. Manufacture of the only two records that
I have seen in the vinyl has been by Orlake. The gaps in the first part of
the discography below suggest that there ought to be other American-pressed
Spade Records out there. Records that I have not seen pictured are marked
with an asterisk; these may or may not have the reference to Sussex on them - if
they don't they may be American only. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The
Info.
| 75 |
Vern
Pullens |
Long
gone |
SPADE RECORD
CO |
S |
11975 |
| 75 |
Vern Pullens |
You Don't Mean To Make Me Cry |
SPADE RECORD CO |
S |
21975 |
| 75 |
Carl Gillion / Donald Simpson |
Do Right Daddy / Save Me Your
Love |
SPADE RECORD CO |
S |
31975 |
| 75 |
Meredith Neal |
Gertrude |
SPADE RECORD CO |
S |
41975 |
| 75 |
Bennie Hess |
Wild Hog Hop |
SPADE RECORD CO |
S |
51975 |
| 75 |
Not Traced |
|
SPADE RECORD CO |
S |
61995 |
| 75 |
Not Traced |
|
SPADE RECORD CO |
S |
71995 |
| 75 |
Not Traced |
|
SPADE RECORD CO |
S |
81995 |
| 75 |
Not Traced |
|
SPADE RECORD CO |
S |
91975 |
| 77 |
Marylys Ternus |
I'M A Fool To Care |
SPADE RECORD CO |
S |
101977 |
| 78 |
Ray Campi |
Catterpiller
(Ep) |
SPADE RECORD
CO |
EP |
101 |
| 78 |
Jackie Morningstar |
Alabama Rockabilly |
SPADE RECORD CO |
EP |
102 |
| 78 |
Vern Pullens |
Rock On Mabel |
SPADE RECORD CO |
EP |
103 |
| 78 |
Anderson Andy &
Dawnbreakers |
You Shake Me Up |
SPADE RECORD CO |
EP |
104 |
| 78 |
Hayden Thompson |
Kansas City |
SPADE RECORD CO |
EP |
105 |
| 78 |
Boppin' Bennie Hess |
Wild Hog Boogie |
SPADE RECORD CO |
EP |
106 |
| 78 |
Jimmy Williams |
You'Re Always Late |
SPADE RECORD CO |
EP |
107 |
| 79 |
Poovey
Joe |
Ten Long
Fingers |
SPADE RECORD
CO |
SP |
500 |
| 83 |
N. A. Stevenson And The Four
Kings |
Boogie Woogie Country Boy |
SPADE RECORD CO |
SP |
501 |
| 78 |
Campi Ray |
Catterpiller
(Ep) |
SPADE RECORD
CO |
PFE |
003 |
| 78 |
Tarapin Jackson |
Gone Mama Blues / You Gonna Need
Me |
SPADE RECORD
CO |
S |
19781 |
| 78 |
Tarapin
Jackson |
Milk Cow Blues / Sidetrack
Blues |
SPADE RECORD CO |
S |
19782 |
