MIKE
RECORDS
Mike Records was a DIY label. It managed two
singles. It issued singles in MIKE-000 numerical series. Mike 001 was
Fivepenny Piece's first single since their last for EMI in 1978, and the first
issued by the group following the departure of John Meeks in 1981. The personnel
on the record were founder members Lynda Meeks, Eddie Crotty, Colin
Radcliffe, George Radcliffe, and John's replacement Trevor Chance,
with Phil Barlow on drums and Pete Lingwood on keyboards.
Fivepenny Piece are a five-piece band, originally formed in 1969 in the area of
East Lancashire around Ashton-under-Lyne and nearby Stalybridge in Cheshire. The
band met and performed on Wednesday nights at Ashton's Broadoak Hotel, which
gave them their original name The Wednesday Folk in 1967. The record was
issued on a small Diy label Mike Records and this was the first
record issued on that label. The record appears to have some promotional
connection with a company called Eland Travel of Surrey, who according to
the sleeve note "helped transport troops to the Falklands". It was issued in
1982 because of the Falklands connection, and I assume the choice of the medley
of First World War songs has some tie-in with that too. Distributed By Mike
Records.
82
Fivepenny
Piece
It's A Long
Way
MIKE
MIKE
1
82
Fivepenny Piece
Christmas Spirit
MIKE
MIKE
2