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Stock Label Designs. Part 7.

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 The diamond style label was around from the mid 70's till the end of the decade, again mainly at Dynamics.
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Two releases on the Mighty Diamonds Bad Gong label. Firstly Country Living by the band themselves, originally recorded and released by Channel One and Natty BMW by Little Joe (AKA Ranking Joe) a version of Dave Robinsons Chagga Chagga Warrior. Both were released in 1977.

Love In The Neighbourhood by Big Youth. This is the second time this record has been featured, see also part 5.

This label, From The Top, is an interesting example as it's one of the very few where the stock design has been largely overprinted. Ranking Devon with Jamaican Style.
Two releases from U Brown on his Hit Sound label, Badness And Madness and Bits of Paper. The latter is a version of Real Rock and was mixed by Prince Jammy. Both from 1978.
Nora Dean re-does her 1970 smash hit Barb Wire for Sonia Pottingers High Note label in 1977.

It Takes A Miracle by Tabby (Mighty Diamonds) on J.B Records.

Prince Far I released maybe only one single of Prince Far I records as opposed to his more usual Cry Tuff label (see part 3).

Let's All Unite by Hugh Mundelland another example of an Augustus Pablo/Rockers label, this one from 1978.

The Book Of Roots by Trinity on Tony Robinsons TR Groovemaster label. A version of Have Some Mercy from 1977.

Smoking Rock by Trinity And Dean Stone on Top Ranking Records from 1977.

Original Style by Jackie Bernard, a self production on his Tough Jack label from 1975.

On his own Thompson Sounds label, Linval Thompson does over Danger In Your Eyes originally cut by the Paragons at Studio One.
On Zap Pow's label of the same name River Stone from 1977. A Lee Perry production.  
   
   


Updated July 2006