DERRICK

    

Presumably another of the many small independent Reggae labels that came and went in the '70s.  The only Derrick record that googling reveals is the one shown above 'Babylon Trap Them'.  The record was actually by U.K. vocal group The Blackstones but at first it was credited to 'D. Brown', the record company apparently hoping to capitalize on the popularity of Dennis Brown by using that name.  After four thousand copies had been sold the group found out about the misnaming and complained; as a result subsequent pressings were correctly credited, to The Blackstones.  The catalogue number, DR-005, hints that there may be other Derricks out there, but numbering of Reggae records can be misleading; if they exist at all they may well be Jamaican rather than British.  There's no date on the label, but 1976 seems to be the consensus on the web.  Thanks to Sam Mauger for bringing the label to my attention and for supplying the scan; thanks also to Aeon23 of both Youtube and 45cat for the Blackstones information.




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