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| From the first release in 1968, to the last in 1971,
Crab was the most consistent label for skinhead reggae. kicking off
with Children Get Ready by
the Versatiles, the pressure never slows down. The Versatiles had
a few more releases like Spread Your Bed,
I Am A King and Promises,
Promises before Derrick Morgan almost made the label
his own with about 18 releases.
Some of his Boss tunes released on Crab included: Make it Tand Deay, Send Me Some Loving Hard Time, Man Pon Moon, the great and original Moon Hop which became a British chart hit in 1970, The Story and Take a Letter Maria, along with many others. Sandwiched in between were recordings by Ernest Wilson, Private Number, Just Once In My Life and Freedom Train, The Uniques My Woman's Love, Rudy Mills Wholesale Love, The Tennors True Brothers, and others by Rupie Edwards, Eric Barnett, The Kingstonians and The Paragons. The killer track on CRAB for me though, is tucked away on the B-side of a G.G. Grossett number called Run Girl Run and is The Drifter by Dennis Walks. Miss this tune and be forever lacking in this life. Truly a Boss Sound from the Brothers Palmer. |
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Crab Discography |
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| Cat No | Title | Artist | ||||
| CRAB-1 | Children Get Ready/Someone To Love | The Versatiles | ||||
| CRAB-2 | Fire A Muss Muss Tail/Blacker Black | The Ethiopians | ||||
| CRAB-3 | River to The Bank/Reggae Limbo | Derrick Morgan/Peter King | ||||
| CRAB-4 | Reggae Hit The Town/Ding Dong Bell | The Ethiopians | ||||
| CRAB-5 | Spread Your Bed/Worries A Yard | The Versatiles | ||||
| CRAB-6 | Reggae City/Mellow Trumpet | Val Bennett/Cannon King | ||||
| CRAB-7 | I Am A King/What a Big Surprise | The Eathopians | ||||
| CRAB-8 | Seven Letters/Lonely Heartaches | Derrick Morgan/The Tartans | ||||
| CRAB-9 | Private Number/Another Chance | Ernest Wilson | ||||
| CRAB-10 | Run Girl Run/The Drifter | G G Grossett/Dennis Walks | ||||
| CRAB-11 | The First Taste Of Love/Dance All Night | Derrick Morgan/Tartons | ||||
| CRAB-12 | Work It/You Mean So Much To Me | The Viceroys | ||||
| CRAB-13 | Take Your Hand From My Neck/Equality And Justice | The Paragons | ||||
| CRAB-14 | Please Please/The Destroyer | The Caribbeans/The Matadors | ||||
| CRAB-15 | When There Is You/My Woman's Love | The Melodians/Slim Smith & The Uniques | ||||
| CRAB-16 | Walking By/Promises Promises | Vincent Gordon/The Viceroys | ||||
| CRAB-17 | Freedom Train/You Should Never Have To Come | Ernest Wilson/Stranger Cole | ||||
| CRAB-18 | Don't Play That Song/How Can I Forget You | Derrick Morgan | ||||
| CRAB-19 | Hold Down/Who Will She Be | The Kingstonians/Barry York | ||||
| CRAB-20 | Tears On My Pillow/I'm Trapped | Rudy Mills | ||||
| CRAB-21 | Just Once In My life/Mighty Organ | Ernest Wilson & Freddy/Glen Adams | ||||
| CRAB-22 | Mek It Tand Deay/Come What May | Derrick Morgan | ||||
| CRAB-23 | Send Me Some Loving/Give Me Back | Derrick Morgan | ||||
| CRAB-24 | A Heavy Load/Wholesale Love | Rudy Mills | ||||
| CRAB-25 | Brother Ram Goat/What A Condition | T Beckford/Starlighters | ||||
| CRAB-26 | Baff Boom/Feel Bad | Tennors | ||||
| CRAB-27 | Death A Come/The Sword | The Viceroys/Matador All Stars | ||||
| CRAB-28 | Hard Time/Death Rides A Horse | Derrick Morgan/Roy Richards | ||||
| CRAB-29 | True Brothers/Sign Of The Time | The Tennors | ||||
| CRAB-30 | Man Pon Moon/What A Thing | Derrick Morgan | ||||
| CRAB-31 | Long About Now/They Got To Move | Bruce Ruffin/Lloyd Robinson | ||||
| CRAB-32 | Moon Hop/Harris Wheel | Derrick Morgan/Reggaeites | ||||
| CRAB-33 | Greater Sounds/Live The Life I Love | GG Grosset | ||||
| CRAB-34 | Last Flight/Naturality | Rupie Martin | ||||
| CRAB-35 | Long Lost Love/Uncertain Love | Rupie Edwards | ||||
| CRAB-36 | I Want Everything/Cherry | The Tennors | ||||
| CRAB-37 | Quaker City/Double Up | Eric Barnett | ||||
| CRAB-38 | Devil Woman/Nobody Cares | The Tender Tones | ||||
| CRAB-39 | Without My Love/Here I Come Again | Little Roy/Winston Sammuels | ||||
| CRAB-40 | Big Thing/Exclusively Yours | Winston Blake/Rupie Edwards | ||||
| CRAB-41 | Sharp Pan Ya Machette/Redemption | Rupie Edwards All Stars | ||||
| CRAB-42 | Elusive Dream/Hi Cup | Ernest Wilson/Sir Harry | ||||
| CRAB-43 | Not Known | |||||
| CRAB-44 | A Night Of Sin/Telephone | Derrick Morgan | ||||
| CRAB-45 | Sentimental Man/It's A Lie | Ernest Wilson & Freddie | ||||
| CRAB-46 | Oh Baby/The Rat | Derrick Morgan/The Thunderbirds | ||||
| CRAB-47 | Need To Belong/Let's Have Some Fun | Derrick & Jennifer | ||||
| CRAB-48 | The Pill/Spring Fever | Bim & Bam/Tommy McCook | ||||
| CRAB-49 | Immigrant Flight/Bang Shangalang | Bim & Bam/Peter Austin & Hortense | ||||
| CRAB-50 | Thinking About My Baby/I Wonder | UB Barrett | ||||
| CRAB-51 | I Wish I Was An Apple/The Story | Derrick Morgan & The Mohawks | ||||
| CRAB-52 | Take A Letter Maria/Just A Little Loving | Derrick Morgan/Derrick Morgan | ||||
| CRAB-53 | Rain Is Going To Fall/This Game Ain´t Fair | Denzil Dennis | ||||
| CRAB-54 | Rocking Good Way/Wipe These Tears | Derrick & Jennifer | ||||
| CRAB-55 | Tennants/Western Standard Time | Jennifer Jones/Rico Rodriquez | ||||
| CRAB-56 | I Am Disgusted/Fire In Me Wire | Bim & Clover | ||||
| CRAB-57 | My Dickie/Brixton Hop | Derrick Morgan | ||||
| CRAB-58 | I Can't Stand It No Longer/Beyond The Wall | Derrick Morgan | ||||
| CRAB-59 | Endlessly/Who's Making Love | Derrick Morgan | ||||
| CRAB-60 | Having A Party/Man With Ambition | DD Dennis | ||||
| CRAB-61 | Band Of Gold/Midnight Sunshine | Joan Ross/The Hammers | ||||
| CRAB-62 | Hurt/Julia | Derrick Morgan | ||||
| CRAB-63 | I Like The Way/Tell Me Why | Winston Groovy | ||||
| CRAB-64 | I´ve Got To Find My Way To Win Mary Back/Wanna Be There | Winston Groovy | ||||
| CRAB-65 | In The Ghetto/Something Sweet | Rip & Law | ||||
| CRAB-66 | Birmingham Cat/Now Your On Your Own | The Invitations | ||||
| CRAB-67 | Searching So Long/Drums Of Passion | Derrick Morgan/Morgan All Stars |
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