E R I C 'S RECORDS
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VIRGIN Records label
Adress.............4 Rutland Avenue
Liverpool L17 2AF
Telephone..........733 5854
Directors..........Pete Fulwell , Roger Eagle
Subsidiary label...Inevitable Records
Distributor........Rough Trade
ERICS 001 BIG IN JAPAN : Big In Japan 7" SP 11.1977
CHUDDY NUDDIES : Do The Chud
Note : Holly Johnson was a member of Big In Japan between autumn 1977 and
summer 1978 , when he left to go solo. The single (which was the first on
the label , an offshoot of the legendary Liverpool club of the same name )
was released in november 1977 , about a month after johnson joined , so he
may or may not be on it . Big In Japan were a breeding ground for talent ,
even though they meant little outside the Liverpool fraternity . Other
members included : Bill Drummond (ZOO Rec. , Teardrop Explodes management ,
the JAMS , KLF , ...)
Kevin Ward (bass gt.,)
Phil Alled (drums)
Ian Broudie (gt., Original Mirrors , Lightning Seeds)
Jayne Casey (vo.,)
Clive Langer (gt., now producer)
Budgie (drums,)
David Balfe (keyb., who moved on to The Teardrop
Explodes)
CHUDDY NUDDIES was fellow Liverpool band The Yachts , a quartet comprising
Henry Priestman (later of It's Immaterial and The Christians ) , Martin
Dempsey , Martin Watson and Bob Bellis . They went incognito because , after
supporting Elvis Costello in Liverpool , they'd been offered a one-off deal
with Stiff , and their single "Suffice To Say" had just been released (this,
in turn, led to a contract with , and an album on , Radar Rec. in 1979)
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ERICS 002 PINK MILITARY Spellbound / Blood And 7" EP 09.1979
Lipstics // Clowntown / I Cry
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ERICS 003 HOLLY (JOHNSON) Yankee Rose/Treasure Island 7" SP 12.1979
/ Desperate Dan
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ERICS 004 PINK MILITARY DO ANIMALS BELIEVE IN GOD LP 07.1980
Degenerated Man / I Cry / Did You See Her ? /
Wild West / Back On The London Stage / After
Hiroshima / War Games / Living In A Jungle /
Dreamtime / Heaven=Hell / Do Animals Believe In
God ?
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ERICS 005 PINK MILITARY Did You See Her / Everyday 7" SP 06.1980
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ERICS 006 FRANTIC ELEVATORS You Know What You Told Me / 7" SP 10.1980
Production Prevention
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ERICS 007 HOLLY (JOHNSON) Hobo Joe/Stars Of The Bars 7" SP 11.1980
(In 3-sided wraparound picture sleeve)
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ERICS 008 various artist JUKEBOX AT ERICS LP .1981
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PINK MILITARY (ERICS) line up : Jayne Casey (vo)
Nicky (keyb.)
Martin (bass)
Charlie (synth.)
Chris Joyce (drums)
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