considering they had such a big catalogue it was a bitch to buy them as few dealers kept many in stock and you had to order them for collection at a later date .i used to hangout at a kiosk in shepherds bush market where the local black guys used to listen to the latest sounds ,but they seemed to like the calypso style records and i never heard anyone play baba brookes teenage ska otherwise i would have bought a copy .it was stuff like 'lady with the red dress on' and easy listening sounds .promotional copies i have never seen on bluebeat label .'madness' and 'housewifes choice' got plenty of play at clubs and 'shotgun wedding' and 'phoenix city' but the rarer stuff was little heard .

dont know what the situation was around the rest of the country outside london ..

ordinary record shops were unlikely to stock any Bluebeat or Island label as i recall .

Because they licensed music in from all manner of Jamaican labels, in the first year alone mainly Coxsone Dodd and Duke Reid so they wouldn't have been able to get those until the 50 year thing applied as the Coxsone and Treasure Isle labels and subsidiaries were still active and releasing new and mainly reissue material of their own.

Didn't some of the producers sell the copyright to 2 or 3 labels over here?

Didn't some of the producers sell the copyright to 2 or 3 labels over here?

They did but that was mainly around 69-70 when the producers could afford to come over here themselves to speak to Trojan and Pama.

Ages ago when I used to go record hunting in the US, dealers were always asking about the Jiving Juniors on Blue Beat, a big Vocal Group collectors 45. I'm guessing that it didn't get release in Jamaica???

Ages ago when I used to go record hunting in the US, dealers were always asking about the Jiving Juniors on Blue Beat, a big Vocal Group collectors 45. I'm guessing that it didn't get release in Jamaica???

Which one ? I can check up if you name the tune

Ages ago when I used to go record hunting in the US, dealers were always asking about the Jiving Juniors on Blue Beat, a big Vocal Group collectors 45. I'm guessing that it didn't get release in Jamaica???

There's no Jiving Juniors release from the UK that didn't come out in Jamaica as far as I can see from the discography.

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Edited January 20, 201312 yr by Pete S