TIFFANY
RECORDS
Independent label: Tiffany Records was a label of the
Mecca Agency, co-owned by them and by Dave Christie. There was also a
publishing company, Tiffany Music. Tiffany appears to have been a
straightforward Pop label, its roster of artists featuring comedian Freddie
Starr, 'Opportunity Knocks' winners Airborne, and previous hit-makers the
Handley Family. In its first incarnation Tiffany was a member of the
Phonogram stable. The first Tiffany single shared a 6006-000 numerical
series with those of parent company Philips; subsequent releases had their own
6121-500 series. Despite the commercial nature of many of the company's
records only one of them ever broke into the Charts: Freddie Starr's, 'It's You'
(6121-501), which made it to the No.9 spot in February 1974. Tiffany
operated as part of Phonogram from 1973-75, and issued ten singles and at least
one album. The majority of the records that I have seen were produced by
Dave Christie. The company was to have a second lease of life from in 1979
to 1985 as an independent, releasing singles in a TF-1200 series. I have
only managed to track down one of these from the '70s, Don Fox's 'This Bingo
Game' (TF-1212; 1979). Fox followed up with three other Bingo records in
the mid '80s; they were separated by the release of 'Wagtail Walk' by Vic and
Carol's Crazy Circus (TF-1255; 1985). If the catalogue numbers are
anything to go by there should be at least fifty-six others out there somewhere,
but googling reveals no trace of them and thy probably don't exist - it seems
more likely that the numerical part belonged to the studio where the recordings
were made and was therefore shared with other labels. Pressing of the
first two Don Fox records was by Lyntone. Distributed By Phonogram Records.
Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 73 |
Handley
Family |
Boing Boing
Boing |
TIFFANY |
6006 |
322 |
| 74 |
Starr Freddie |
It'S You |
TIFFANY |
6121 |
501 |
| 74 |
Airborne |
Emily Jane |
TIFFANY |
6121 |
502 |
| 74 |
Airborne |
Caroline |
TIFFANY |
6121 |
503 |
| 74 |
Starr Freddie |
Ginny Come Lately |
TIFFANY |
6121 |
504 |
| 74 |
Tristram Shandy |
Saccharine Sandy |
TIFFANY |
6121 |
505 |
| 74 |
Rhodes Rocky |
Rocky Rhodes Boogie |
TIFFANY |
6121 |
506 |
| 74 |
Velicia |
Stop The World |
TIFFANY |
6121 |
507 |
| 75 |
Starr Freddie |
Ape Call |
TIFFANY |
6121 |
508 |
| 75 |
Kelly |
I'm Talkin' To Ya |
TIFFANY |
6121 |
509 |
| 79 |
Don
Fox |
Bingo (I'm In Love) / This Bingo Game |
TIFFANY |
TF |
1212 |
| 84 |
Don Fox |
That's Bingo (Ep) |
TIFFANY |
TF |
1250 |
| 84 |
Don Fox |
That's Bingo (Ep) |
TIFFANY |
TF |
1255 |
| 84 |
Vic & Carol's Crazy Circus With The Wagtail
Chorus |
Wagtail Walk |
TIFFANY |
TF |
1255 |
| 85 |
Don Fox |
Mecca National Game Song |
TIFFANY |
TF |
1260 |
