The labels have the Rutland Gate Mews address on all first pressings up until about number 14 this was followed by the London England address which goes up to at least # 47, then came Cambridge Road. The Island label itself was white with red lettering and logotypes - for the first 100 releases it had a round "Flaming sun" logo on a white label, then and for reprints of the early issues a red strip across the centre of the label like a "bow tie". Island singles were released with prefix WI and numbers starting with 001. The Aladdin label was started in about 1965 and used numbers starting with 600, using the WI prefix. For a variety of reasons details of the artists and songs printed on the labels do not always match what is actually to be found in the grooves of the record! The main Island label was soon joined by another three labels: Sue for black American music with catalogue numbers starting at WI-300, Black Swan for more Jamaican music starting with WI-400, and Jump Up, for Calypso and Trinidadian music, starting with 500, but using another prefix (JU). Many of these records had been released previously in Jamaica and other territories on small local labels. The first Island "white and red" label was used mainly for Jamaican productions released in the United Kingdom. CB23 - Ernest Ranglin: Guitar In ErnestĪfter the company's start in London in 1962 Island Records diversified already in 1963 into various labels: Black Swan, Island, Sue and Jump Up.CB22 - Lance Hayward: Lance Hayward at the Half Moon Hotel, Volume 2.CB21 - Lance Hayward: Lance Hayward at the Half Moon Hotel.The very first records have been issued on 7" sides in Jamaica on a label called R&BĬB stands for Chris Blackwell 22 for the age of Blackwell at the time it is the first number of the LP catalogue. In 1989, Chris Blackwell sold Island Records to PolyGram, resulting in a remarketing of the Island back catalogue on compact disc under the Island Masters brand.īlackwell released 28 singles and three LPs in this period. The Consolidation Years, covering 1980 onwards.The New Ground Years, covering 1967 to approximately 1980.The Jamaican Years, covering the label's releases from 1959 to 1966.The history and the discography of the Island Records label can conveniently be divided into three phases:
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