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Island (pink label LPs)
Island Records is the largest independant record label in the history of recorded music. Started in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall, it initially specialized in reggae but after they moved to the UK in the early 60s the releases became more and more diverse, with various subsiduaries being set up such as Black Swan and Sue. The Island label itself moved more towards a progressive and folk based catalogue in the late 60s, and the LPs listed below appeared with one of three varieties of the famous pink label. The earliest had an orange and black "eye" logo on a pink background. A short mid-period (starting at 9100) featured a black letter "i" as a logo, and the last stage (9107 on) a white letter "i". Nearly all these titles are collectable with some items (such as the Nick Drake) fetching very high prices indeed. "ILP" releases are mono only unless stated, "ILPS" stereo only.
Albums
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| ILP 952 | Martyn, John | London Conversations | LP |
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| ILP 953 | Small, Millie | The Best Of... | LP |
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| ILP 955 | V/A | Derrick Harriott's Rock Steady Party | LP |
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| ILP 957 | Lewis, Hopeton | Take It Easy | LP |
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| ILP 958 | V/A | Duke Reid's Rock Steady | LP |
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| ILP 959 | Nirvana (UK) | The Story Of Simon Simopath | LP | Also stereo ILPS 9059 |
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| ILP 960 | Edwards, Jackie | Premature Golden Sands | LP | Also stereo ILPS 9060 |
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| ILP 961 | Traffic | Mr Fantasy | LP | Also stereo ILPS 9061 |
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| ILP 962 | Cliff, Jimmy | Hard Road To Travel | LP | Also stereo ILPS 9062 |
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| ILP 963 | Edwards, Jackie & Millie Small | The Best Of...Volume 2 | LP |
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| ILP 964 | V/A | Club Soul | LP |
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| ILP 965 | V/A | Club Rock Steady | LP |
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| ILP 966 | V/A | British Blue-Eyed Soul | LP | Also stereo ILPS 9066 |
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| ILP 967 | Art | Supernatural | LP |
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| ILP 968 | Bond, Joyce | Soul And Ska | LP |
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| ILP 969 | Taitt, Lyn & The Jets | Sounds Rocksteady | LP |
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| ILP 970 | Davis, Spencer | The Best Of... | LP | Also stereo ILPS 9070 |
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| ILP 971 | Williams, Granville | Hi-Life | LP |
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| ILP 972 | Burke, Sonny | The Sounds Of... | LP |
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| ILP 974 | Bland, Bobby | A Touch Of The Blues | LP |
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| ILP 975 | Wright, OV | 8 Men, 4 Women | LP |
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| ILP 976 | V/A | The Duke And The Peacock | LP |
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| ILP 977 | V/A | Guy Steven's Testament Of Rock And Roll | LP |
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| ILP 978 | V/A | Put It On, It's Rock Steady | LP |
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| ILP 979 | Spontaneous Music Ensemble | Karyobin...Are The Imaginary Birds Said To Live In Paradise | LP | Also stereo ILPS 9079 |
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| ILP 980 | Spooky Tooth | It's All About | LP | Also stereo ILPS 9080 |
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| ILPS 9081 | Traffic | Traffic | LP | ||
| ILP 982 | Frog, Wynder K | Out Of The Frying Pan | LP | Also stereo ILPS 9082 |
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| ILP 983 | Harriott, Derrick | The Best Of Derrick Harriott & The Chrystalites Vol 2 | LP |
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| ILP 984 | Merrymen | Caribbean Treasure Chest | LP |
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| ILP 985 | Jethro Tull | This Was | LP | Also stereo ILPS 9085 |
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| ILP 986 | V/A | Leaping With Mr Lee | LP |
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| ILPS 9087 | Nirvana (UK) | All Of Us | LP |
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| ILPS 9088 | Tramline | Somewhere Down The Line | LP |
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| ILPS 9089 | Free | Tons Of Sobs | LP |
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| ILP 990 | Morgan, Derrick | Derrick Morgan And Friends | LP |
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| ILPS 9091 | Martyn, John | The Tumbler | LP |
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| ILPS 9092 | Fairport Convention | What We Did On Our Holidays | LP |
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| ILPS 9093 | V/A | The Unfolding Of The Book Of Life Vol 1 | LP |
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| ILPS 9094 | V/A | The Unfolding Of The Book Of Life Vol 2 | LP |
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| ILPS 9095 | Tramline | Moves Of Vegetable Centuries | LP |
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| ILPS 9096 | Bama Winds | Windy | LP |
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| ILPS 9097 | Traffic | Last Exit | LP |
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| ILPS 9098 | Spooky Tooth | Spooky Two | LP |
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| ILPS 9099 | White Noise | An Electric Storm | LP | ||
| ILPS 9100 | Clouds | Scrapbook | LP |
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| ILPS 9101 | Blodwyn Pig | Ahead Rings Out | LP |
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| ILPS 9102 | Fairport Convention | Unhalfbricking | LP | ||
| ILPS 9103 | Jethro Tull | Stand Up | LP |
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| ILPS 9104 | Free | Free | LP |
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| ILPS 9105 | Drake, Nick | Five Leaves Left | LP |
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| ILPS 9106 | Doctor Strangely Strange | Kip Of The Serenes | LP |
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| ILPS 9107 | Spooky Tooth | Ceremony | LP |
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| ILPS 9108 | Mott The Hoople | Mott The Hoople | LP |
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| ILPS 9110 | Quintessence | In Blissful Company | LP |
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| ILPS 9111 | King Crimson | In The Court Of The Crimson King | LP |
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| ILPS 9112 | Traffic | The Best Of Traffic | LP |
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| ILPS 9113 | Martyn, John & Beverley | Stormbringer | LP |
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| ILPS 9114 | Renaissance | Renaissance | LP |
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| ILPS 9115 | Fairport Convention | Liege & Lief | LP |
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| ILPS 9116 | Traffic | John Barleycorn Must Die | LP |
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| ILPS 9117 | Spooky Tooth | The Last Puff | LP |
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| ILPS 9118 | Stevens, Cat | Mona Bone Jakon | LP |
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| ILPS 9119 | Mott The Hoople | Mad Shadow | LP |
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| ILPS 9120 | Free | Fire And Water | LP | ||
| ILPS 9122 | Blodwyn Pig | Getting To This | LP |
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| ILPS 9123 | Jethro Tull | Benefit | LP | ||
| ILPS 9124 | Bronco | Country Home | LP |
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| ILPS 9125 | Fotheringay | Fotheringay | LP | ||
| ILPS 9126 | McDonald & Giles | McDonald & Giles | LP |
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| ILPS 9127 | King Crimson | In The Wake Of Poseidon | LP |
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| ILPS 9128 | Quintessence | Open Up To You | LP |
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| ILPS 9129 | If | If | LP | ||
| ILPS 9130 | Fairport Convention | Full House | LP |
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| ILPS 9131 | Bown, Alan | Listen | LP | Suspected to be on pink, but never seen |
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| ILPS 9132 | ELP | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | LP |
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| ILPS 9133 | Martyn, John & Beverley | The Road To Ruin | LP |
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| ILPS 9134 | Drake, Nick | Bryter Layter | LP | Issued same day as other pink labels, but never seen...so thought not to exist. Be worth a few quid if you found one |
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| ILPS 9135 | Stevens, Cat | Tea For the Tillerman | LP |
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| IWPS 2 | V/A | You Can All Join In | LP | ||
| IWP 3 | V/A | This Is Sue! | LP | ||
| IWP 4 | Edwards, Jackie | Put Your Tears Away | LP | Also stereo IWPS 4 |
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| IWP 5 | V/A | This Is Blues | LP | ||
| IWPS 6 | V/A | Nice Enough To Eat | LP |
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| IDP 1 | V/A | Bumpers | LP | Double LP |
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