A Reggae label. Prince Buster was owned by the artist of that name; it seems to have operated from 1970-c.76, issuing approximately sixty singles in the process. Catalogue numbering was in a PB-0 series and reached PB-66, but a lot of the numbers appear not to have been used - some seem only to exist as blank white labelled copies. PB-1, 'Big Five', by Price Buster, is dated 1967 but was actually released in 1970; it was reissued / re-pressed several times and can be found in a variety of label colours - the red-and-black label (5) appears to be from one of the re-pressings. The label kept to one basic design, which was usually coloured red-and-white, but some singles from 1972 can be found with red-and-yellow labels (3). A few of the later singles, such as PB-42, 48 and 66, had ber basic white typewritten labels (4). The first and fourth scans come by courtesy of Charlie Chalk of the 45cat site, and John Timmis kindly supplied the third, while the others, which look like Orlake pressings, appear by courtesy of Robert Bowes.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.