Labels 1. Deram Records. The number 1 label for Obscure Psych & Prog LPs. 2. Vertigo Spiral Swirl Label. Not only did they release the early Black Sabbath LPs but also some amazing folk, and odd ball psych LPs. 3. Pink Island Records. Home to Nick Drake, King Crimson, Dr Stangely Strange, Traffic and many other obscure artists from the late 60’s to early 70’s Artists 1. Mick Stevens ‘See The Morning’ LP, Acid Folk at its very best ! 2. Meic Stevens ‘Outlander’ LP. Not to be confused with the above artist Meic was from Wales and released many obscure and wonderful reocrds.
1. Coxsone Records . What can you say but this is probably the most important label during the mid to late 60’s pressing some of the finest tunes you will ever hear! 2. Studio One Records . Again Coxsone Dodd producing most if not all of the tunes on this label, every release on this label a Killer!!! 3. Blue Cat Records . A small underground label which issued some of the coolest rocksteady your ears will ever hear !!! 4. Junior Records . This is an almost unknown Rocksteady label from Handsworth in Birmingham which only produced a small number of records, all of which are pure classics! 5. Giant Records . You only have to listen to ‘The Cooler’ by The Wrigglers to know why this label will never be forgotten. 6. Blue Beat Records . Not only did Prince Buster release most of his records on this label but it was one of the earliest ska labels to hit the shop in the UK in the early 1960’s. 7. Island Records . Set up by Chris Blackwell in the early 60’s so artist such as Bob Marley could get their records released in the UK. 8. Punch Records . The art work on the label itself makes this label unmissable, artists such as Lee Perry and The Creations released some essential rocksteady records on this label. 9. Caltone Records . Some hard to find killer tunes on this label by artists such as Phil Pratt. 10. Doctor Bird . Starting from the mid 60’s this label released some amazing ska and rocksteady music including some killer ska instrumentals by Roland Alphonso.
1. The Sex Pistols ‘God Save The Queen’ A&M records. The very rare withdrawn 1st pressing before the band got kicked of the label for bad behavior. 2. XTC ‘Science Friction’ Ultra hard to find on 7″ and was soon withdrawn and only pressed on 12″ 3. The Damned ‘Neat Neat Neat’ Rare Japanese issue with unique picture sleeve. 4. Joy Division ‘Ideal For Living’ Super hard to find original 7″, only a few hundred ever issued !!!! 5. Stereotypes 4 Track EP from 1979. Private pressing UK punk 7″. Get in touch if you have a copy!!!! 6. The Revenge ‘Our Generation’ Another cool slice of hard to find UK Punk at its best. 7. Wild Boys ‘Last One Of The Wild Boys’ never even seen or heard of this private pressed 7″ from the late 1970’s. 8. The Beez ‘Do The Suicide’ Great classic hard to find UK punk that rarely turns up. 9. Horrorcomic ‘Jesus Crisis’ Awesome hard to find punk rock with a killer picture sleeve ! 10. The Ramones ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ UK issue with rare picture sleeve. Some say this is the first ever punk 7″ release!