JACKSON
RECORDS

Jackson Records was one of the labels of Malcolm and John Jackson's Jackson Studios, of Rickmansworth, Herts, the other being Ad-Rhythm .  Unlike Ad-Rhythm, Jackson seems to have been a custom recording label rather than an actual issuer of records.  As is the way with such concerns, its records are hard to trace, The earliest Jackson product was an anonymous one-sided single called 'The England Football Song', which was numbered JRC-0501 and came out in 1965.  The first '0' appears to have been dropped from the numbers at some point.  The next single in the series is 'Suzanne', by a band named Treaty (JRC-507; 1969).  As far as the '70s are concerned, Amber's version of 'Love Will Keep Us Together' (JRC-513) presumably postdates the 1975 Captain & Tenille hit, while 'Gaz And Debs' by Sid Sideboard & The Chairs (JRC-514) came out in 1979.  If the JRC-0500 / JRC-500 series was only used for singles and EPs it would seem that the company was responsible for fourteen such records in fourteen years, which is hardly a hectic schedule.  On the album side, the Rolls Royce Male Voice Choir put out 'A Rolls Royce In The Music Hall' (JKS-1) in 1974, and seven years later hit-maker Craig Douglas released the (presumably self-financed) 'Oh Lonesome Me' (JKS-5; 1981).  Somewhat surprisingly there was a series of LPs featuring vintage recordings of American Boogie Woogie pianists such as Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis. Pressing of the Sid Sideboard single was by Lyntone, the matrix number being LYN-6419.

 

65	No Artist Listed	The England Football Song	JACKSON	JRC	501
65	Not Traced		JACKSON	JRC	502
65	Not Traced		JACKSON	JRC	503
65	Not Traced		JACKSON	JRC	504
65	Not Traced		JACKSON	JRC	505
65	Not Traced		JACKSON	JRC	506
69	Treaty	Suzanne	JACKSON	JRC	507
69	Not Traced		JACKSON	JRC	508
69	Not Traced		JACKSON	JRC	509
69	Electric Throat With John Gunn	Send Out Love	JACKSON	JRC	510
69	Not Traced		JACKSON	JRC	511
69	Not Traced		JACKSON	JRC	512
76	Amber [Kings Langley]	Love Will Keep Us Together	JACKSON	JRC	513
79	Sid Sideboard & The Chairs	Gaz And Debs	JACKSON	JRC	514