A Reggae label; initially part of the Trojan group. GG records featured the productions of Alvin Ranglin, and were issued from 1970 to 1973 in a GG-4500 series (1). The text 'Made in England' appeared on records from GG-4520 onwards (2), and towards the end of its time with Trojan its labels were plain red (3). Ranglin appears to have revived the label in 1976, as an independent concern; he put out at least one single using GG-3700 catalogue numbers and a plainer label design (4). The label was renamed as GG's (q.v.) in or around 1977, though a single with the Jamaican GG logo surfaced in that year (5). Manufacture during the Trojan era was probably by Orlake, which pressed a lot of Trojan's West Indian material; according to the Trade papers distribution was by a combination of Island, EMI and H.R. Taylor. Thanks to Robert Bowes for the third scan, and to Charlie Chalk of the 45cat site for the fifth.
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