I just bought a copy of Lee Shot Williams- I found love/It ain’t me on Gifer Records, does anyone have any more info on this label?

all the best, Andy

Lifted from Discogs, sounds plausible to me:

Cifer (sic) Records was originally from the Netherlands and run bij Surinam management. As records from more obscure soul artists were hard to get in the NL, they were printed in the Netherlands or Belgium by labels like Gifer Records. The Dutch have STEMRA on it, the Belgium SABAM

 

Mmh, Surinamers were more into bootleging I've always understood than this presentation suggests (obeying politicaly correct crap-trap of DatCogs). The Surinamers were a "niche" market.

And it's true that many of the Surinamers bootlegs I've seen are baring the SABAM (Belgium State (back then - not anymore...) copyrights registration 'badge' but then what ? Call the police ?

These records all seem to have been pressed in Holland if you ask me. Baring the SABAM logo could have been just a fluke. And the cheap company sleeve (colors of the Dutch flag) an extra bonus.

Finally I haven't seen much of these in Belgium but have come across them in bigger numbers in Holland. Without paying much interest into what they are, true. But I'll ask people there next time.

Always assumed this was a Dutch/Suri bootleg label.

Cheers Paul

Bootleg if you ask me

Mmm, thanks guys. I suspected it was a bootleg. If for no other reason it just has that look and feel to the labels. I didn’t pay a lot for it so I guess I’ll just keep hold of it for now

Thanks for all the info

all the best, Andy