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                                                                        Island Records
 
The inspiration for this list started after two UK publications (Mojo & Word) celebrated the 50th anniversary of island records. It made me realise that most of my early record purchases and listening were from Island artists. One of the first albums I bought from my first pay packet was the Bumpers compilation. A double album that sold for less than one English pound! The diverse styles of post Beatles music contained within the record helped shape my musical interests to this day.

Over the years Island created and licensed labels to segregate their genres. Sue - UK black music outlet. Forth & Broadway - International non reggae black music. Ze - 80's international dance. Tough Gong - Bob Marley backed reggae outlet. Mango - UK reggae. Antilles - Jazz. and ZTT - The home of polished pop of the 80's.

The 100+ tracks starts form using tracks from the rather excellent Mojo Island Folk CD that came free with the June 2009 issue. The list is in chronological order and is culled from my iTunes library.

›› See Also: Mojo: 50 Greatest Island Albums



Bumpers                            Bob Marley


Artists - Title - Where To Find It (Album) - Original Year Of Issue

• Fairport Convention - Fotheringay - What We Did On Our Holidays - 1968
• Free - I'm a Mover - Tons Of Sobs - 1968
• Nirvana - Lonely Boy - MOJO - Island Folk - 1968
• King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man - In The Court Of The Crimson King - 1969
• Dr. Strangely Strange - Dark-Haired Lady - MOJO - Island Folk - 1969
• Fairport Convention - She Moves Through the Fair - MOJO - Island Folk - 1969
• Free - I'll Be Creepin' - Free - 1969
• Jethro Tull - We Used To Know - MOJO - Island Folk - 1969
• Quintessence - Pearl and Bird - MOJO - Island Folk - 1969
• Toots & The Maytals - Monkey Man - 20 Massive Hits - 1969
• White Noise - Love Without Sound - An Electric Storm - 1969
• Amazing Blondel - Willowood - MOJO - Island Folk - 1970
• Blodwyn Pig - Send your son to die - '70's Rear Groove Vinyl - 1970
• Cat Stevens - Maybe You're Right - Mona Bone Jakon - 1970
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Knife Edge - Emerson, Lake & Palmer [Remastered] - 1970
• Fairport Convention - Walk Awhile - Full House - 1970
• Fotheringay - The Sea - MOJO - Island Folk - 1970
• Free - Oh I Wept - Fire and Water [Bonus Tracks] - 1970
• Free - Mr. Big - Fire and Water [Bonus Tracks] - 1970
• Jethro Tull - Nothing To Say - Benefit - 1970
• John & Beverley Martyn - Primrose Hill - MOJO - Island Folk - 1970
• King Crimson - Cadence And Cascade - In the Wake of Poseidon [30th Anniversary Edition] - 1970
• Mott The Hoople - Thunderbuck Ram - The Best Of Mott The Hoople: The Island Years 1969-1972 - 1970
• Nick Drake - Hazey Jane I - Bryter Layter - 1970
• Quintessence - Jesus Buddha Moses Ga - '70's Rear Groove Vinyl - 1970
• Spooky Tooth - I Am The Walrus - A Tribute to John Lennon - 1970
• Traffic - Every Mothers Son - John Barleycorn Must Die - 1970
• The Upsetters - Clint Eastwood - The Ultimate Upsetter - CD1 - 1970
• Claire Hamill - Where Are Your Smiles At? - MOJO - Island Folk - 1971
• Incredible String Band - Red Hair - MOJO - Island Folk - 1971
• Roxy Music - Re-Make/Re-Model - Roxy Music - 1972
• Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop - The Harder They Come - 1972
• Bob Marley - Concrete Jungle - One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley (2 of 2) - 1973
• Brian Eno - Needles in the Camel's Eye - Here Come the Warm Jets - 1973
• Brian Eno - Baby's on Fire - Here Come the Warm Jets - 1973
• John Cale - Hanky Panky Nohow - Paris 1919 - 1973
• John Martyn - Go Down Easy - MOJO - Island Folk - 1973
• John Martyn - Solid Air - Solid Air - 1973
• Roxy Music - The Bogus Man - For Your Pleasure - 1973
• Toots & The Maytals - Redemption Song - Funky Kingston - 1973
• Richard & Linda Thompson - The End of the Rainbow - MOJO - Island Folk - 1974
• Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Kimono My House (21st Century Edition) - 1974
• Sparks - Amateur Hour - Kimono My House (21st Century Edition) - 1974
• Sparks - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth - Propaganda (21st Century Edition) - 1974
• Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry - Live! - 1975
• Brian Eno - St. Elmo's Fire - Another Green World - 1975
• Brian Eno - Another Green World - Another Green World - 1975
• Robert Palmer - Pressure Drop - Pressure Drop - 1975
• Robert Palmer - Fine Time - Pressure Drop - 1975
• Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man - Blackheart Man - 1976
• Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey - Marcus Garvey/ Garvey's Ghost 100th Anniversary - 1976
• Bob Marley - Punky Reggae Party - One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley (2 of 2) - 1977
• Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves - Police & Thieves - 1977
• Sandy Denny - No More Sad Refrains - MOJO - Island Folk - 1977
• Burning Spear - Social Living - Social Living [Bonus Tracks] - 1978
• Steel Pulse - Ku Klux Klan - Handsworth Revolution - 1978
• Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces Of Viktry - Forces Of Victory - 1979
• Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan - A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology [Disc 1] - 1979
• The Slits - Typical Girls - Cut [Bonus Tracks] - 1979
• Black Uhuru - World Is Africa - Sinsemilla - 1980
• Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla - Sinsemilla - 1980
• Grace Jones - The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game - Warm Leatherette - 1980
• Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Mister Softee - Off The Coast Of Me (Re-Mastered) - 1980
• Was (Not Was) - Wheel Me Out - Mutant Disco - 1980
• Aswad - Three Babylon - Showcase - 1981
• Aswad - Warrior Charge - Showcase - 1981
• Black Uhuru - Youth Of Eglington - Red - 1981
• Bunny Wailer - Hypocrite - Sings The Wailers - 1981
• Grace Jones - Walking in the Rain - Nightclubbing - 1981
• Gregory Isaacs - Hush Darling - More Gregory - 1981
• Gregory Isaacs - Oh What A Feeling - Sly And Robbie Present Taxi - 1981
• Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Going Places - Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places - 1981
• Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Dear Addy - Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places - 1981
• The Wailing Souls - Sweet Sugar Plum Plum - Sly And Robbie Present Taxi - 1981
• Was (Not Was) - Out Come The Freaks - Out Come The Freaks - 1981
• Grace Jones - The Apple Stretching - Living my life - 1982
• Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse - Night Nurse [Bonus Tracks] - 1982
• King Sunny Ade & His African Beats - Ja Funmi - Juju Music - 1982
• Tom Tom Club - Genius OF Love - Tom Tom Club - 1982
• King Sunny Ade - Synchro System - D' Africa Beats - 1983
• Tom Waits - In the Neighborhood - Swordfishtrombones - 1983
• Tom Waits - Soldier's Things - Swordfishtrombones - 1983
• The Art Of Noise - Moments In Love - The Best Of The Art Of Noise - 1984
• The Art Of Noise - Who's Afraid (Of The Art Of Noise) - (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise! - 1984
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax - Welcome To The Pleasuredome - 1984
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes - Welcome To The Pleasuredome - 1984
• Propaganda - Dream Within A Dream - A Secret Wish - 1985
• Propaganda - Jewel - A Secret Wish - 1985
• Tom Waits - Downtown Train - Rain Dogs - 1985
• Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul - Paid in Full - 1987
• Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full (Coldcut Mix) - Paid In Full - 12" Vinyl Collection - 1987
• Julian Cope - Spacehopper - Annexe - Eve's Volcano 'Covered In Sin' (Single) - 1987
• Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth - Saint Julian (uk) - 1987
• Sly & Robbie - Boops (Here to Go) - Rhythm Killers - 1987
• Trouble Funk - Trouble - Trouble Over Here, Trouble Over There - 1987
• U2 - With Or Without You - The Joshua Tree - 1987
• Womack & Womack - Teardrops - Conscience - 1988
• Julian Cope - Promised Land - Peggy Suicide - 1991
• U2 - One - Achtung Baby - 1991
• The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Television, the Drug of the Nation - Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury - 1992
• Stereo MC's - Ground Level - Connected - 1992
• PJ Harvey - 50ft Queenie - Rid of Me - 1993
• Pulp - Lipgloss - His 'N' Hers - 1994
• PJ Harvey - C'mon Billy - To Bring You My Love - 1995
• Pulp - Disco 2000 - Different Class - 1995
• Tricky - Black Steel - Maxinquaye - 1995
• Pulp - A Little Soul - This Is Hardcore - 1998
• Talvin Singh - Butterfly - OK - 1998
• PJ Harvey - This Is Love - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea - 2000
• U2 - Beautiful Day - Best of 1990-2000 (1 of 3) - 2000
• Charlatans - Try Again Today - Up At The Lake - 2004
• Keane - Bedshaped - Hopes and Fears - 2004
• Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - Back To Black - 2006
• The Fratellis - Chealsea Dagger - Costello Music - 2006
• Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning - Ladyhawke - 2008
• Paul Weller - All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You) - 22 Dreams - 2008
• Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Lungs - 2009
• Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man - Sigh No More - 2009
• U2 - Unknown Caller - No Line On The Horizon - 2009