Crab Records was a

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

label that issued releases from 1968 to 1971. Crab was a subsidiary of

Pama Records Pama Records is a British record label active during the 1960s and 1970s. Initially focused on soul music, it became one of the major outlets for reggae in the UK. Background The label was set up by the Palmer Brothers – Harry, Jeff, and Carl ...

, which, along with

Trojan Records Trojan Records is a British record label founded by Jamaican Duke Reid, Lee Gopthal and Chris Blackwell in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. Th ...

, was one of the major labels for

music in the UK.

Derrick Morgan Derrick Morgan OD (born 27 March 1940)Walters, Basil (2012)A New Day – Songs heralding JA’s Independence", ''Jamaica Observer'', 3 June 2012, retrieved 3 June 2012 is a Jamaican musical artist who was popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He w ...

was the main artist featured on the label, which issued his self-produced records. Crab Records is now owned by Phoenix Music International, which continues to distribute the Crab and Pama labels digitally.

Discography

* 1 The Versatiles - Children Get Ready / Someone To Love 7" * 2

The Ethiopians The Ethiopians were one of Jamaica's best-loved harmony groups during the late ska, rocksteady and early reggae periods. Responsible for a significant number of hits between the mid-1960s and early 1970s, the group was also one of the first J ...

- Fire A Muss Muss Tail / Blacker Black 7" * 3

- River To The Bank / Reggae Limbo 7" B side - Peter King * 4

- Reggae Hit The Town / Ding Dong Bell 7" * 5 The Versatiles - Spread Your Bed / Worries A Yard 7" * 6

Val Bennett Val Bennett (born Lovall Bennett, ?, died 1991) was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist and jazz and roots reggae musician who began his career in the 1940s. He made a number of releases on the Island Records and Crab Records labels. Biography In the ...

- Reggae City / Mellow Trumpet 7" B side - Cannon King * 7

- I'm A King / What A Big Surprise 7" * 8

- Seven Letters / Lonely Heartaches 7" B side - The Tartons * 9 Ernest Wilson - Private Number / Another Chance 7" * 10 Dennis Walks - The Drifter / Run Girl Run 7" B Side - GG Grossett * 11

- The First Taste Of Love / Dance All Night 7" * 12 The Viceroys - Work It / You Mean So Much To Me 7" * 13

The Paragons The Paragons were a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, initially active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was "The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt. Career The Paragons were originally Garth "Tyrone" Ev ...

- Take Your Hand From My Neck / Equality And Justice 7" * 14 The Caribbeans - Please Please / Destroyer 7" B Side - Matadors * 15

The Melodians The Melodians are a rocksteady band formed in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963, by Tony Brevett (born 1949, nephew of The Skatalites bassist, Lloyd Brevett), Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton.

- When There Is You / My Woman's Love 7" B Side - Slim Smith & Uniques * 16

Vin Gordon Vin Gordon (a.k.a. Trommie, Don D. Junior or Don Drummond Jr) (born 4 August 1949) is a Jamaican trombone player. Biography Gordon grew up in Jones Town, Kingston, Jamaica as one of eight children. He went to Kingston's Catholic Alpha Boys Sc ...

- Walking By / Promises Promises 7" B Side - The Viceroys * 17 Ernest Wilson - Freedom Train / You Should Never Have To Come 7" B Side -

Stranger Cole Stranger Cole, also known as StrangeJah Cole (born Wilburn Theodore Cole, 26 June 1942)Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 335 is a Jamaican singer whose long recording career dates from the early days of sk ...

* 18

- Don't Play That Song / How Can I Forget You 7" * 19 The Kingstonians - Hold Down / Who Will She Be 7" B Side - Barry York * 20 Rudy Mills - Tears On My Pillow / I'm Trapped 7" * 21 Ernest Wilson & Freddie - Just Once In My Life / Mighty Organ 7" B side - Glen Adams * 22

- Mek It Tan Deh / Gimme Back 7" * 23

- Send Me Some Loving / Come What May 7" * 23 Duplicate (white label) issue

- Send Me Some Loving / Gimme Back 7" * 24 Rudy Mills - A Heavy Load / Wholesale Love 7" * 25

Theo Beckford Theophilus Beckford (26 June 1935 – 19 February 2001) was a Jamaican pianist and one of the pioneers of Jamaican popular music during the transition from rhythm 'n' blues to Jamaican ska. Biography Beckford was born in 1935 in Trench Town, Ki ...

- Brother Ram Goat / What A Condition 7" B Side - Starlighters * 26

The Tennors The Tennors is a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae vocal group in the 1960s and '70s. Among the band's hits was "Ride Yu Donkey" in 1968. The song was featured on the soundtrack to the 2005 in film, 2005 film ''Broken Flowers''. History The Tenno ...

- Baff Boom / Feel Bad 7" * 27 The Viceroys - Death A Come / The Sword 7" B Side - Matador All Stars * 28

- Hard Time / Death Rides A Horse 7" B Side - Roy Richards * 29

- True Brothers / Sign Of The Times 7" * 30

- Man Pon Moon / What A Thing 7" * 31 Bruce Ruffin - Long About Now / They Got To Move 7" B Side - Lloyd Robinson * 32

- Moon Hop / Harris Wheel 7" B Side - Reggaeites * 32 Duplicate (white label) issue Busty Brown - Broken Heart / Tribute To A King 7" * 33 G G Grossett - Greater Sounds / Live The Life I Love 7" * 35 Rupie Edwards - Long Lost Love / Uncertain Love 7" * 36 The Tennors - I Want Everything / Cherry 7" * 37 Eric Barnet - Quaker City / Double Up 7" * 38 The Tender Tones - Devil Woman / Nobody Cares 7" * 39 Little Roy - Without My Love / Here I Come Again 7" B Side - Winston Samuels * 40

Winston Blake Winston "Merritone" Blake OD (19 November 1940 – 27 February 2016) was a Jamaican sound system operator, record producer, nightclub owner, promoter, and occasional recording artist, working under the pseudonyms Blake Boy and Judge Winchester ...

& Rupie Edwards - Big Thing / Exclusively Yours 7" * 41 Rupie Edwards - Never Miss / Redemption 7" * 42 Ernest Wilson - My Elusive Dreams / Hee Cup 7" B Side - Sir Happy * 44

- A Night At The Hop / Telephone 7" * 45 Ernest Wilson - Sentimental Man / It's A Lie 7" * 46

- Oh Baby / The Rat 7" B Side - The Thunderbirds * 47 Derrick & Jennifer - Need To Belong / Let's Have Some Fun 7" * 48 Bim, Bam & Clover - The Pill / Spring Fever 7" B Side - Tommy McCook * 49 Bim, Bam & Clover - Immigrant's Flight / Bang Shangalang 7" B Side - Peter Austin & Hortense * 50 U B Barrett - Thinking About My Baby / I Wonder 7" * 51

- I Wish I Was An Apple / The Story 7" * 52

Owen Gray Owen Gray, also known as Owen Grey (born 5 July 1939),Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, is a Jamaican musician. His work spans the R&B, ska, rocksteady, and reggae eras of Jamaican music, and he has been c ...

- Take A Letter Maria / Just A Little Loving 7" * 53 Denzil Dennis - Rain Is Gonna Fall / This Game Ain't Fair 7" * 54 Derrick & Jennifer - Rocking Good Way / Wipe These Tears 7" * 55 Jennifer Jones - Tennants / Western Standard Time 7" B Side - Reco Rodriguez * 56 Bim & Clover - I Am Disgusted / Fire In Me Wire 7" * 57

- My Dickie / Brixton Hop 7" * 58

- I Can't Stand It No Longer / Beyond The Wall 7" * 59

- Endlessly / Who's Making Love 7" * 60 D D Dennis - Having A Party / Man With Ambition 7" * 61 Joan Ross - Band Of Gold / Midnight Sunshine 7" B Side - The Hammers * 62

- Hurt Me / Julia 7" * 63 Winston Groovy - I Like The Way / Tell Me Why 7" * 64 Winston Groovy - I've Got To Find A Way To Win Mary Back / Wanna Be There 7" * 65 Rip 'n' Lan - In The Ghetto / Something Sweet 7" * 66 The Invitations - Birmingham Cat / Now You're On Your Own 7" * 67

- Searching So Long / Drums Of Passion 7"

References

{{Authority control Defunct record labels of the United Kingdom Jamaican record labels Record labels established in 1968 Record labels disestablished in 1971 Reggae record labels 1968 establishments in the United Kingdom

Discography

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