TULIP
RECORDS
Independent label: Tulip Records was a short-lived
label from 1969-70. Set up by Bill Ward of Anglo-Irish group The Dinkees and
their manager Harry Lombard. The band was under contract to Mercury but
had been released so that they could cut a single. The second release,
'World Of My Dreams' by Carol McCrory, was to be numbered T-1002 and was
scheduled to come out in November. There seems to have been a change
in the plans, however. 'The Ballad Of Armstrong, Aldrin And Collins' by The
Dinkees was to be the first single for their new label; it emerged as a double
'A' side, 'The Legend Of Armstrong, Aldrin And Collins' b/w Space Age Lover',
but each side had its own catalogue number, T-1001 and T-1002, the second of
which was supposed to belong to the Carol McCrory single. There's no sign
of that record, and it may well have been cancelled. The third Tulip
single, Julie Devon's 'The Christening' b/w 'Bubbling All Over' (T-1003), That
particular record was picked up by Concord Records and reissued in August 1970
as CON-009; it appears to have resurfaced on the Mandal label. later on, with
its old Tulip catalogue number but credited to Julie Kennedy - the Roger Wade
Orchestra and Singers kept their credit. Apparently the 'B' side is the
more sought-after of the two. The label of the Mandal record is almost
identical to that of Tulip, which suggests that the two concerns were closely
related. Pressing of both was by
Decca.
69
The Dinkees
The Legend Of Armstrong, Aldrin
And Collins
TULIP
T
1001
69
The Dinkees
Space Age Lover
TULIP
T
1002
70
Julie Devon
The Christening (La Bapteme)
TULIP
T
1003