A Reggae label, based in Shepherds Bush. Jessus was owned by Maurice Wellington, 'Blacka Morwell', in association with Sir Jessus, a record-shop owner and sound-system man from Shepherds Bush, and was closely associated with the pair's 'Sir Jessus' (q.v.) label. Jessus seems to have issued just the one single, Junior Byles's 'Know Where You're Going', which came out in 1976. The catalogue number, JI-006, followed on from the JES-000 series used by the Sir Jessus label, which had ended at JES-5. The only other single in the JI-000 series that I have been able to trace, 'Proverb' by Morwell Esquire (JI-009) came out on a new design of the Sir Jessus label - one which looked very like the label shown above, but which had a 'Sir' above the logo. Thanks to Mark Griffiths for the ownership information.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.