B. B. J.



A DIY label, from 1976.  The only B.B.J. record that I have been able to trace is the one shown above, a Reggae version of Yvonne Fair's 1976 hit 'It Should Have Been Me', by B. B. James (BBJ-1).  On several other Reggae records, 'B. B. James' was a pseudonym for the popular singer Busty Brown (born Clive Smith); this B. B. James, however, is a woman.  Presumably the label was hers.  The song is a pleasant piece of Lovers Rock, and it wouldn't have been out of place on a major label.  Pressing was by Lyntone, matrix numbers LYN-3583/4.




Copyright 2009 Robert Lyons.