BROADWAY
RECORDS
Broadway seems to have started out as
one of the labels of Warwick Kent's 'Spectrum Sound Studios' of
Westcliff-on-Sea - see 'Spectrum (SSS prefix)' for the other. It appears
to have been responsible for just one record in the '70s: an EP by Club /
Cabaret singer Brad Ford, which offered versions of 'Memories', 'Mama', 'Just In
Time' and 'Love Story'. The EP was pressed by Orlake and had a
catalogue number of 97661, which I suspect is the reverse of the date that
it was recorded. The other records on the label that I have traced so far
have all been from the '80s. Brad Ford joined with a band called Festival
for a single, 'I Can't Say Goodbye' b/w 'Passing Strangers', the latter track
featuring Terri Sheern; its catalogue number was 18841, which I would again
guess is the reverse of its recording date. An LP by a family band called
Four-May-Shun, 'Just Four-May-Shun', also dated from 1981; it was made
through custom recording firm SRT (q.v.) and had catalogue / matrix numbers of
MJPD-268 and X/81/CUS-1041 - 'MJPD' were the initials of the four band
members. A second Four-May-Shun LP, 'Four-May-Shun Plus', followed in
1982, as MJPDD-87-268; that too was recorded at Spectrum Sound. From that point
Broadway seems to have served as a vehicle for singles, albums and cassettes by
Four-May-Shun, either as a band or backing member Julian May, and the link with
Spectrum Sound appears to have been broken - subsequent recordings were made at
Diploma Studios, Bicknacre. The latest of their records under the Broadway
label that I have found was from 1986, though they continued to release
self-financed recordings and are still going today, under the name of 'The
Mays'. The colour, font and logo of the Broadway label changed several
times during the '80s
84 |
Not
Traced |
|
BROADWAY |
MAY |
001 |
84 |
Not Traced |
|
BROADWAY |
MAY |
002 |
84 |
Four-May-Shun |
There's Something About You
That I Like |
BROADWAY |
MAY |
003 |
85 |
Not Traced |
|
BROADWAY |
MAY |
004 |
85 |
Four-May-Shun |
Dancing On The Floor
Tonight |
BROADWAY |
MAY |
005 |
86 |
Julian
May |
Boogiein' By The
Sea |
BROADWAY |
J |
001 |
86 |
Julian May |
I Think That It's
Nice |
BROADWAY |
J |
002 |