A Reggae label, Jamaican in origin, owned by Winston Riley and thus a sister to Techniques (q.v.). Most of Wind's records seem to have been released only in its home land, but it issued several singles in Britain in the '70s. Numbering was in a W-0 series, each side having its own number. As can be seen, the label had a distinctly Jamaican appearance; but the (few!) of its Jamaican singles that I have seen have had no catalogue numbers showing. From 1970-74 a number of Riley's productions had been made available here via Trojan, on the Techniques label; I would guess that Wind was introduced after that arrangement expired. There are no dates on the labels, however, and the 45cat site suggests 1973 for all the U.K. Wind singles, which is the same year that several of them came out in Jamaica. The discography below lists the British 'Wind' singles that I have been able to trace; W-1/2 is unaccounted for, and may not exist. Thanks to Mark Griffiths for bringing the label to my attention, and to Charlie Chalk of the 45cat site for the use of his scan here.
Copyright 2012 Robert Lyons.