Crab Records
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Crab Records was a reggae
label that issued releases from 1968 to 1971. Crab was a subsidiary of Pama Records
, who along with Trojan Records
, was one the major labels for reggae
music in the UK. Derrick Morgan
was the main artist featured on the label, which issued his self-produced records.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
label that issued releases from 1968 to 1971. Crab was a subsidiary of Pama Records
Pama Records
Pama records was a United Kingdom 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.-History:...
, who along with Trojan Records
Trojan Records
Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica...
, was one the major labels for reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
music in the UK. Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
was the main artist featured on the label, which issued his self-produced records.
Discography
Singles- 1 The VersatilesThe VersatilesThe Versatiles were a Jamaican reggae group, formed in 1967 by Junior Byles, Louie Davis and Dudley Earl. 1970 Byles left the group for a successful solo career....
- Children Get Ready / Someone To Love 7" - 2 The EthiopiansThe EthiopiansThe Ethiopians were a ska, rocksteady, and reggae vocal group, founded by Leonard Dillon , Stephen Taylor and Aston Morris.-History:...
- Fire A Muss Muss Tail / Blacker Black 7" - 3 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- River To The Bank / Reggae Limbo 7" B side - Peter King - 4 The EthiopiansThe EthiopiansThe Ethiopians were a ska, rocksteady, and reggae vocal group, founded by Leonard Dillon , Stephen Taylor and Aston Morris.-History:...
- Reggae Hit The Town / Ding Dong Bell 7" - 5 The Versatiles - Spread Your Bed / Worries A Yard 7"
- 6 Val BennettVal BennettVal Bennett 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:...
- Reggae City / Mellow Trumpet 7" B side - Cannon King - 7 The EthiopiansThe EthiopiansThe Ethiopians were a ska, rocksteady, and reggae vocal group, founded by Leonard Dillon , Stephen Taylor and Aston Morris.-History:...
- I'm A King / What A Big Surprise 7" - 8 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- 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 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- The First Taste Of Love / Dance All Night 7" - 12 The ViceroysThe ViceroysThe Viceroys, also known as The Voiceroys, The Interns, The Inturns, The Brothers, and The Hot Tops, are a reggae vocal group who first recorded in 1967. After releasing several albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s, they split up in the mid-1980s...
- Work It / You Mean So Much To Me 7" - 13 The ParagonsThe ParagonsThe Paragons were a rocksteady band from Kingston, Jamaica, active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was "The Tide Is High", written by band member, John Holt.-Career:...
- Take Your Hand From My Neck / Equality And Justice 7" - 14 The Caribbeans - Please Please / Destroyer 7" B Side - Matadors
- 15 The MelodiansThe MelodiansThe Melodians were a reggae band formed in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston, Jamaica in 1965, by Tony Brevett , Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton...
- When There Is You / My Woman's Love 7" B Side - Slim Smith & Uniques - 16 Vin Gordon - Walking By / Promises Promises 7" B Side - The Viceroys
- 17 Ernest WilsonErnest Wilson (singer)Ernest Wilson is a reggae singer who found fame as a member of The Clarendonians before working as a solo artist.-Biography:...
- Freedom Train / You Should Never Have To Come 7" B Side - Stranger ColeStranger ColeStranger Cole, also known as StrangeJah Cole is a Jamaican singer whose long recording career dates from the early days of ska in 1962 through to the 2000s.-Biography:... - 18 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- 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 & FreddieFreddie McGregorFreddie McGregor has been variously a singer, musician and producer. According to Allmusic he is one of reggae's most durable and soulful singers, with a steady career that started in the 1960s, when he was just seven years old.-Biography:In 1963 he joined with Ernest Wilson and Peter Austin to...
- Just Once In My Life / Mighty Organ 7" B side - Glen Adams - 22 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- Mek It Tan Deh / Gimme Back 7" - 23 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- Send Me Some Loving / Come What May 7" - 23 Duplicate (white label) issue Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- Send Me Some Loving / Gimme Back 7" - 24 Rudy Mills - A Heavy Load / Wholesale Love 7"
- 25 Theo BeckfordTheophilus BeckfordTheophilus Beckford , also known by the nickname "Snappin'", was a Jamaican pianist who was one of the pioneers of indigenous Jamaican music.-Biography:...
- Brother Ram Goat / What A Condition 7" B Side - Starlighters - 26 The TennorsThe TennorsThe Tennors were 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 film Broken Flowers.-History:...
- Baff Boom / Feel Bad 7" - 27 The Viceroys - Death A Come / The Sword 7" B Side - Matador All Stars
- 28 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- Hard Time / Death Rides A Horse 7" B Side - Roy Richards - 29 The TennorsThe TennorsThe Tennors were 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 film Broken Flowers.-History:...
- True Brothers / Sign Of The Times 7" - 30 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- Man Pon Moon / What A Thing 7" - 31 Bruce Ruffin - Long About Now / They Got To Move 7" B Side - Lloyd Robinson
- 32 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- 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 & 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 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- A Night At The Hop / Telephone 7" - 45 Ernest Wilson - Sentimental Man / It's A Lie 7"
- 46 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- 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 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- I Wish I Was An Apple / The Story 7" - 52 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
& Owen GrayOwen GrayOwen Gray also known as Owen Grey is one of Jamaica's 'Foundation' singers whose work spans the R&B, ska, rocksteady, and reggae eras of Jamaican music, and he has been credited as Jamaica's first home-grown singing star....
- 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 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- My Dickie / Brixton Hop 7" - 58 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- I Can't Stand It No Longer / Beyond The Wall 7" - 59 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- 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 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- Hurt Me / Julia 7" - 63 Winston GroovyWinston GroovyWinston Tucker , better known as Winston Groovy, is a Jamaican reggae singer best known for his recordings between the late 1960s and 1980s.-Biography:Tucker was born in the Waltham Park Road area of Kingston, Jamaica in 1946...
- 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 Derrick MorganDerrick MorganDerrick Morgan is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae.-Biography:In 1957 Morgan entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent...
- Searching So Long / Drums Of Passion 7"