A Reggae label, owned by Rupert A. Coke and based in Stoke Newington. Magnet lasted from 1973-75, and issued approximately sixty singles during its first incarnation using several different-coloured labels in roughly the same design. The font used and the size of the logo changed around the time that MA-013 came out. Catalogue numbers were in an MA-000 series, though the first '0' was omitted from the number occasionally, and such famous names as Keith Hudson and Dennis Brown had singles on the label. Magnet had a subsidiary, Faith, and was also linked to the Dervla label (q.v. both). Under Rupert's son Newton, Magnet enjoyed a new lease of life in the early 2000s, with a new label design but with the numbering of the singles carrying on from where it had left off in 1975. The appearance of the scans that I've seen suggests that Orlake was responsible for many of the pressings. Thanks to John Timmis, who supplied scans 10 and 12, and to Robert Bowes, who supplied all the others except the fourth and thirteenth. Thanks also to Newton Coke for the ownership information. A few numbers are missing from the discography below, but they appear not have been used.
Copyright 2008 Robert Lyons.