SWAMP
RECORDS
Independent label: Swamp Records was based in Hereford.
Catalogue numbers suggest that it issued at least seventeen singles, in a
WAM-100 numerical series, i have failed to turn up any number lower than
WAM-109, so the numbers may have started there for some reason. The few
records that I've seen listed suggest a label which served as an outlet for
local artists, rather than a custom-recording label. The only two singles
from the '70s that I have managed to find were 'Hereford United' by Danny
"Flash" Lee & The White Tornadoes (WAM-109; 1979) and 'Silk On My Legs' By
Telephone Bill & The Smooth Operators (WAM-110; 1979). The second of
those bands went on to record for other companies, including DJM's 'Weekend'
label. Both red (early) and black (late) labels were used, in the same
design, both the '70s singles having red ones. Dates of operation seem to
have been 1979 to 1981; by the time of WAM-117 Distribution was being handled by
Pye. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
79
Danny Flash
Lee
She Wears My
Ring
SWAMP
WAM
109
79
Telephone Bill & The Smooth
Operators
Silk On My Legs
SWAMP
WAM
110
80
Small Change
Still In Love
SWAMP
WAM
111
80
Eugene & Syncopaters
The Great Romantic
SWAMP
WAM
112
81
Eugene & Syncopaters
Kepp Your Pecker Up
SWAMP
WAM
113
81
Chief
Don'T Touch
SWAMP
WAM
114
81
Supergroove
Yawns On 45
SWAMP
WAM
115
81
Eugene & Syncopaters
Something On Your Mind
SWAMP
WAM
116
81
Capricorn
Bells Of Love
SWAMP
WAM
117