Artist	Song
Clouds	Introduction-Scrapbook [Scrapbook]
Nirvana	Pentecost Hotel [The Story Of Simon Simopath]
Quintessence	Notting Hill gate [In Blissful Company]
King Crimson	Cat Food[In The wake Of Poseidon]
Spontaneous Music Ensemble	Karyobin pt2 (Karyobin Are The Imaginary Birds That Live In Paradise]
White Noise	Firebird [An Electric Storm]
Renaissance	Wanderer [Renaissance]
Wynder K Frogg	Hymn To Freedom [Out Of The Frying Pan]
Julian Covey & The Machine	Sweet Bacon [Single]
The Freaks Of Nature	People, Let's Freak Out [Single]
Tramline	Rock & Roll Woman [Somewhere Down The Line]
Mott The Hoople	Rock & Roll Queen [Mott the Hoople]
Traffic	Medicated Goo [Last Exit]
Bama Winds	Dealer [Windy]
Fairport Convention	Eastern Rain [What We Did On Our Hol;iday]
John Martyn	Sandy grey [ London Conversation]
Nick Drake	One Of these things First [Bryter Layter]
Art	Flying Anchors [Supernatural Fairy Tales]
Spooky Tooth	Hangman Hang My shell On a Tree [Spooky Two]
Free	Lying In the Sunshine [Free]
Bronco	Bumpers West [Country Home]

Comment:

The first record I bought with my own money was the Island Records compilation "Bumpers" .Ever since, the label has occupied a very special place in my affections.

The last coupla months I've been doing a lot of digging round the company's golden period: the era of the legendary "Pink Label" releases.

This was when Island forged it's identity as the definitive British indie, fit to be ranked along side Atlantic, Elektra, Blue Note, Stax & the other mavericks for whom artistic considerations took priority over balance sheets (at least in the beginning).

The surest indicator of its success back then was the speed with which the old skool industry biggies introduced their Island clones: Decca with Nova & Deram, Pye with Dawn, Philips with Vertigo & EMI with Harvest (watch this space) but though they all released many fine records, none were able to capture and reproduce the unique aura that clings to releases bearing the ILPS serial number prefix even now.

Although Chris Blackwell has turned out to be the label's public face, (and why not, it was his financial bollocks on the line), Guy Stevens, Joe Boyd with his Witchseason stable & Terry Ellis & Chris Wright's Chrysalis all made invaluable contributions in creating the Island mystique.

They all feature in one way or another here together with selections from some of the odder releases like the dabblings with free jazz (SME) & even easy listening (Bama Winds) -both of which were buggers to track down but well worth it- and a couple of one-off singles.

More volumes are in the pipeline. Be prepared...

Download here (2 parts)

http://rapidshare.com/files/90218476/Mr_Blackwell.zip.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/90224145/Mr_Blackwell_2.zip.html

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