The label is also a representation of the only released recordings by singer Abe Phillips who was killed in an accident in 1971.
[1] In 1972, McCarthy's composition "Tellabout" for singer Toni Williams was an APRA Silver Scroll nominated song.
[2] In 1973, he was involved in a recording session with teenage singer David Curtis who had a top 20 hit in 1970 with "Wheel Of Fortune".
[14][15] On December 18, 1971, Phillips was coming back from a concert in Wellington and was killed in a head-on car collision.
[16][17] It was reported in the December 19 edition of the Sunday News, that the single, "Don't Think You Remember Me" / "The Impossible Dream" was selling well.
[22] Forty years after his death, Phillips and The Shadracks became the subject of a 30-minute tribute documentary by Dean Mardon.
[30] His single "You Can't Stop Love" bw "Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart" was released on the Joe Brown label around 1970.
[31] "You Can't Stop Love" was one of nine songs listed among recordings by Bunny Walters, Stan White and Nash Chase as eligible for the Golden Disc Awards.