RECORDS
Record producer Siggy Jackson heard an acetate of the new Jamaican sound at a Jamaican party and was most impressed. There was no real name for this new and unique sound, but most Jamaicans called it Jamaican Blues. Siggy, who in those days ran a small record company in London, created a new label calling it Blue Beat. Blue Beat Records was a part of Emil Shallit's Melodisc label which was formed in London, England in 1947, with strong ties to the West Indies.The company formed a close working relationship with Prince Buster and released a great many of his productions between 1961 and the labels end in 1967.Following the winding up of Blue Beat, Melodisc continued to issue Jamaican product on their new FAB label and later on the Prince Buster label.The dark blue example shown above dates from 1963; later re-pressings came in different colours but seem to have kept the same catalogue numbers and dates on the labels. Thanks to Robert Lyons for some of the info. Manufactured And Distributed By Melodisc. Former Address Melodisc Records Ltd, 12 Earlham Street, Cambridge Circus, London W.C.2.
| 60 | Aitken Laurel | Boogie Rock | BLUE BEAT | B | 1 |
| 60 | Lee Byron | Dumplin | BLUE BEAT | B | 2 |
| 60 | Higgs & Wilson | Manny Oh | BLUE BEAT | B | 3 |
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF THE BB SERIES 1960-1967 CAN BE FOUND HERE
| 61 | Harris Wynonie | Battle Of The Blues | BLUE BEAT | BBEP | 301 |
| 61 | Millie And Blue Beat | Over & Over | BLUE BEAT | BBEP | 302 |
