WIRL (UK) Contract Info
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WIRL (UK) Contract Info
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WIRL PRESS (West Indies Recording Studios/Label)
==THIS IS OUR ORIGINAL RESEARCH!== Only ever seen this one! Obvious raised pre-run in groove area more apparent on the B side on the Tymes 45. Looks exactly like a 1967 Doctor Bird/Pyramid/Treasure Isle type press. We're still not sure who actually pressed these unless WIRL themselves, but Graham Goodall owned these labels. The later 'Doctor Bird' series by 1968 were pressed by PYE as you'll find Israelites etc. This type of press disappears after 1968 with DB1170-1180 when WIRL (etc) sold out after a fire. These here look similar to the 1964 Orlake pressings but clearly aren't. This has the typical small "A" stamped into the vinyl & the usual CBS metalwork. You'll find BAF label 45s with TRANSCO but they are Pye contacts "They" sold out to Trojan in 1968 due to difficulties, but 1968 Trojan are obvious Orlake pressings like the 1967 Studio 1/Coxsones. It could be as simple as Doctor Bird were pressed on older machinery that was Orlake related at some time. The Tymes record dates to Jan 1969 though, maybe the very last WIRL pressing as a Contract Press service to try to survive? B&C label itself appeared in 1968 with soul & pop and are Orlake pressings until the later 1971 EMI ones, as with Action (previously Sue). Anyone care to add any info to this obscure story? |
