TARTAN
RECORDS

Tartan Records was either a custom recording label or a small independent company.  I have only been able to trace seven singles on Tartan, but given the small pressings and localized distribution that self-financed records received that's probably not surprising.  There are no dates on the labels, but in many cases the final two digits of the catalogue numbers appear to show the year of release.  Carol Anders's version of 'The White Rose Of Athens' (8BG-1576; 1976) was pressed by Phonodisc; according to its sleeve it was distributed by the Black Hill Record Co. of Shotts, Lanarkshire.  William St.Leonard's 'Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart' is reported to have been numbered LJ-167 and to have come out in 1978; I can't help wondering if the '167' was a typo and should have been '1678'.  Another Carol Anders record has 'RE 1/10/78' on the label, which looks more like a date than a catalogue number.  Again, Pat Hill's 'My Native Land' LP was numbered IRC-10/77, which again looks distinctly dateish, so perhaps the numbers had a double function.  The 'BG' prefix items appear to have been made through BGS Productions, of Strathaven; see also 'BGS Chord' and 'Country House'. Distributed by Black Hill Record Co., Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

  

74	Marie Joy And Mike Davies	Little Green Apples	TARTAN	1BG	1774
74	David Christian	If	TARTAN	2BG	1974
74	Pat Hill	I Don't Know How To Love Him	TARTAN	5BG	11174
74	Frater And Gunn	Fraulien	TARTAN	6BG	1274
76	Carol Anders	White Rose Of Athens	TARTAN	8BG	1576
74	Speakers Corner	Peppermint Twist	TARTAN	1C	1674
78	Carol Anders And Lightfoot	Peace In The Valley	TARTAN	RE	1/10/78
78	William St.Leonard	Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart	TARTAN	LJ	167