LYNTONE
RECORDS
Independent
label: Lyntone Records. Lyntone was not often seen as a record
label, as such, but its LYN prefix appeared on literally thousands of items
during the '60s, '70s and '80s, Lyntone was a pressing plant, and was based in
Upper Holloway, London; it pressed quantities of albums, singles, and -
especially - flexi-discs, to order. some customers merely had their names on the
labels. Others used more conventional designs with proper logos and discrete
numerical series. Some of these records were intended for sale, such as
those on the Amalisa label and a host of other DIY labels; some, such as the
British Industrial Sand record, were not. The 'Best Dreams' single, which
dates from 1979, was a promotional record for the Burnley Building Society; the
song's lyrics were by Salman Rushdie. Lyntone doesn't appear to have been all
that fond of putting dates on its products; I've happened upon the occasional
disc which has been dated, so I thought I'd include the earliest and latest of
them in any given year below as a rough guide for reference purposes; be warned
that there's a degree of overlap - some records with higher numbers can be found
with dates that are lower than some of their nearby lower-numbered ones,
In addition it should be noted that the year in which a track was cut or pressed
by Lyntone may not necessarily be that in which it was released by the
client. The records often had their number impressed into the vinyl on the
run-off, that bit between the music and the label; so if you can't find it
printed on the label, look for it there. Each side had its own number, the
Stennett EP being 3242 / 3243, so there weren't quite as many issues as the
numbers would suggest.
LYN-199=1961; LYN-299=1962; LYN-350=1963;
LYN-507=1963; LYN-510=1964; LYN-757=1964; LYN-771=1965;
LYN-948=1965;
LYN-1114=1966; LYN-1145=1966; LYN-1243=1967;
LYN-1370=1967; LYN-1664=1968; LYN-1677=1969;
LYN-1962=1969; LYN-1967=1970;
LYN-2147=1970; LYN-2157=1971;
LYN-2375=1971; LYN-2418=1972; LYN-2560=1972;
LYN-2577=1973; LYN-2767=1973: LYN-2797=1974;
LYN-3032=1974;
LYN-3034=1975; LYN-3258=1975; LYN-3279=1976;
LYN-3824=1976; LYN-4040=1977; LYN-5008=1977;
LYN-5056=1978;
LYN-5990=1978; LYN-6015=1979; LYN-7753=1979;
LYN-7846=1980. 
