The Eric Lable

[Guest garysoul82]

Can anybody tell me where the label come from.I know its a reissue and stamped frankford/wayne(philly possibly).

[Ste Henderson]

Can anybody tell me where the label come from.I know its a reissue and stamped frankford/wayne(philly possibly).

Mid 70s bootleg a few others came out on this lable but can't remember the titles off the top of my head.

[Ady Croasdell]

It's a legit US reissue label run by Bill Buster and i think it's Penn. but not Philly

[Baz Atkinson]

definetly Penn !!

BAZ A

[Sheldonsoul]

didnt repartra & delrons, and tobi legend also come out on eric

not sure about tobi legend though

[Godzilla]

First Eric 45 I remember having was a Mitch Ryder one. I think it coupled Breakout and Devil with the Blue Dress. Then there was that 'Promised Land' by Cheyene. Sounded like Soussan making a Northern Soul Western movie theme.

Naturally I like it

Edited August 14, 2009 by Godzilla

[Ste Henderson]

It's a legit US reissue label run by Bill Buster and i think it's Penn. but not Philly

And I always thought they were bootlegs I bought mine at the Casino and I still have the Bernie Williams and I think another one on the same lable , learn something every day eh !

[Guest garysoul82]

Just sold a frank beverley on sassy with the same stamp , so must be a second issue.surely frankford/wayne stamp would,nt be on a boot.

[Godzilla]

Just sold a frank beverley on sassy with the same stamp , so must be a second issue.surely frankford/wayne stamp would,nt be on a boot.

All stamps show is the company that manufactured a record and some info like the year etc in some cases. Monarch was a legit organisation and lots of original records have a Monarch stamp.

But so do loads of boots as a shedload of counterfeits were pressed up by Monarch in the 70s.

Edited August 14, 2009 by Godzilla

[Sjclement]

Had Tony Middleton Paris Blues on that lable so there must be a Bell,Amy, Mala connection?

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

It's a legit US reissue label run by Bill Buster and i think it's Penn. but not Philly

Bill's on the west coast now, but he's still running Eric as a CD-only reissue label and he's still legit. Nice man...

[Guest garysoul82]

there must be some connection in the music world because some british records have accreditatations to eric records at the bottom of the label.

[Pete S]

These were licensed reissues and were all from the amy-mala-bell group; tony middleton, lou ragland, bernie williams, gerri granger. Later they did Chris Cerf but that looked dodgy. I can remember, that hit the Casino big style that week, all of them were sounds still being played. Tobi Legend and Panic came a year earlier.

[Godzilla]

Bill's on the west coast now, but he's still running Eric as a CD-only reissue label and he's still legit. Nice man...

Just found this quote from Bill Buster:

Basics: Eric Records was started inPhiladelphia, Pa.. in 1968 with the Paris Sisters record "I Love HowYou Love Me" (#101) pressed at Diskmakers. The label was/is part ofAmerican Record Sales, a wholesale distributor specializing in oldiessingles. We moved to New Jersey in 1974 and stayed there until 1996when vinyl was almost dead. My final location is San Leandro, CA andyes, I took all the vinyl with me, all 400,000 singles on all labels. My 4000 sq. foot warehouse here contains one of the largest remainingcollections of new and unplayed original 45rpm singles (1955-1996) onALL labels, including Eric. Need anything? Feel free to call ore-mail me with your want lists (I have no catalogs).

This quote is from 2004 though so you can all stop wetting yourselves...

Edited August 14, 2009 by Godzilla

[Guest]

Got a few pop records on the label,jerry and the pacemakers,moody blues etc and a album Radio WMXH or something simular.

[Modernsoulsucks]

First Eric 45 I remember having was a Mitch Ryder one. I think it coupled Breakout and Devil with the Blue Dress. Then there was that 'Promised Land' by Cheyene. Sounded like Soussan making a Northern Soul Western movie theme.

Naturally I like it

What about that "Promised Land" then? Never seen it on any other US label.

ROD

[Godzilla]

What about that "Promised Land" then? Never seen it on any other US label.

ROD

Yeah that's what I meant Rod. All white ones weren't they? At the time that the rest of the label's (or is that lable?) output was black and red with silver print. Or very dark brown rather than black if we're to be ultra pedantic.

It always felt like it was a release specifically for the Northern scene, which is ironic as I never remember it being played anywhere - you just ended up with it. strings and percussion sounded similar to that "soul fox' sound though don't you think? Not saying they were - maybe just a coincidence. Or my ears...

[Modernsoulsucks]

Yeah that's what I meant Rod. All white ones weren't they? At the time that the rest of the label's (or is that lable?) output was black and red with silver print. Or very dark brown rather than black if we're to be ultra pedantic.

It always felt like it was a release specifically for the Northern scene, which is ironic as I never remember it being played anywhere - you just ended up with it. strings and percussion sounded similar to that "soul fox' sound though don't you think? Not saying they were - maybe just a coincidence. Or my ears...

Long time ago but seem to remember black and red actually. Gotta be from around '71/'72 I think.

Pretty sure though that not a tailor-made for the NS market.

ROD

[Godzilla]

Long time ago but seem to remember black and red actually. Gotta be from around '71/'72 I think.

Pretty sure though that not a tailor-made for the NS market.

ROD

Think I still got one in the cupboard of doom. Meanwhile I googled and I'm sure my old copy looked like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeWmVU9UaF8

Should have made it clear that I wasn't actually suggesting it was a tailor made. I just suspected so at the time. It's intrigued me so long though that I'd really like to know its origins.