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The Gas Label

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Starting with Gimme Little by Junior Smith, released in 1968, Gas released over 70 singles until the last in 1971. The label seemed to change from green to yellow sometimes, but maybe the record stamper was using up his ink!!!

Some classy releases on Gas included  Lester Sterling's Reggie In The Wind, The Uniques Too Proud To Beg, Roland Alphonso's 1,000 Tons Of Megaton, Tell Me Now by Marcia Griffiths, and Alton Ellis' Suzie, Diana followed by the immortal Back To Africa.

The real star of Gas though, was the great Pat Kelly, who released such gems as How Long Will It Take, Festival Time, If It Don't Work Out, Workman Song, Tell Me Now, Striving For The Right, Personally Speaking and Tammy. Some great rock steady as well as skinhead reggae make Gas a collectors item.

Gas Discography

Cat No Title Artist
GAS-100 The Horse/Action Line Eric Barnett/The Versatiles
GAS-101 Gimmi Little/Trip To Warland Junior Smith
GAS-102 Got To Play It Cool/Jezebel Fitzroy Sterling
GAS-103 Reggae In The Wind/Try Me One More Time Lester Sterling/The Soul Set
GAS-104 Long Life/Oh Tell Me Billy Gentle/The School Boys
GAS-105 Diana/English Talk Alton Ellis
GAS-106 Te Ta Toe/Lonely And Blue Eric Barnett/Milton Boothe
GAS-107 Pictures Of You/Searching For My Baby Nola Campbell
GAS-108 Ring Of Gold/You've Got It The Melodians
GAS-109 Choo Choo Train/The Load Soul Cats
GAS-110 Workman Song/Never Give Up Pat Kelly
GAS-111 Tell Me Now/The Weight Marcia Griffiths/Stan Hope
GAS-112 1,000 Tons Of Megaton/Musical Resurrection Roland Alphonso
GAS-113 Soul Call/Musical Gate Soul Rhythms
GAS-114 Walking Proud/Why Baby Martin Riley/Lloyd Charmers
GAS-115 How Long Will It Take/Try To Remember Pat Kelly
GAS-116 Personally Speaking/Trouble Trouble The Melodians/Lloyd Robinson
GAS-117 Too Proud To Beg/Love And Devotion The Uniques
GAS-118 Wanted/I'll Always Love You Baba Dise/The Sensations
GAS-119 Never Gonna Give You Up/Let Me Remind You The Shades
GAS-120 Throw Me Corn/Temptation R Williams/The Hippy Boys
GAS-121 Jane T/Believe Me Tony & The Hippy Boys
GAS-122 Phrases/Give Me Faith The Reggae Boys
GAS-123 Unchained Melody/You're My Girl Honeyboy Martin/Sammy Jones
GAS-124 Festival Time Parts 1 & 2 Pat Kelly
GAS-125 If It Don't Work Out/I Am Coming Home Pat Kelly
GAS-126 I Who Have Nothing/You Send Me Nellie
GAS-127 Not Known
GAS-128 Look What You Going To Do/Hold On To What You Got Vincent Brown
GAS-129 People Are Wondering/Long Time The Show Boys
GAS-130 Pink Shark/Swing Free Eric Barnett
GAS-131 When I Am Gone/She Brings Me Joy The Clarendonians
GAS-132 The Vow/Why Didn't You Say Slim Smith & Doreen/James Nephew
GAS-133 Stagger Back/The Creeper Cannon Ball King
GAS-134 Walking The Dead/Got What You Want Carl Bryan/Trevor & Keith
GAS-135 Ba Ba/Power Cut Reggae Boys/Glen Adams
GAS-136 Too Much Loving/Roaring Twenties Mood Reaction
GAS-137 King Kong/Please Stay The Desectors
GAS-138 Sail Away/Fight A Broke The Mavells
GAS-139 Some Day We'll Be Together/Instrumental The Marvels/Derrick Morgan
GAS-140 Not Known  
GAS-141 Leaving On A Jet Plane/Phrases Glen Adams/The Reggae Boys
GAS-142 Satan Girl/The Pum Ethiopians/The Matadors
GAS-143 Change Of Heart/Run Away Man Mood Reaction
GAS-144 Tammy/I Am Not Your Guy Pat Kelly
GAS-145 Striving For The Light/When A Boy Falls In Love Pat Kelly
GAS-146 Something Sweet The Lady/Love Letters Pete Western & His Orchestra/Bim, Bam & Clover
GAS-147 Bumper To Bumper/Fat Turkey Eric Barnett
GAS-148 Change/Runaway Man Mood Reaction
GAS-149 Not Known
GAS-150 What Kind Of Life/It's All In The Game Slim Smith/Martin Riley
GAS-151 Suzie/Denver Alton Ellis & The Flames
GAS-152 Lift Your Head Up High(Original)/Every Day Tomorrow(Version) Stranger Cole
GAS-153 So Alive/Mercy Mr DJ G G All Stars
GAS-154 I Love You Madly/Greates Love Busty Brown
GAS-155 Pipe Dream/Suck Suck Ranny Bop
GAS-156 Daddy, Daddy Don't Cry/I Like It Tony King
GAS-157 I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself/Whats He Got That I Aint Got Pat Kelly
GAS-158 Teach Me/Sea Breeze Pat/Rhythm Rulers
GAS-159 It's Christmas Time Again/If I Could See You Norman T Washington
GAS-160 To The Other Man/Raindrops Hortense Ellis/Music Blenders
GAS-161 Lord Deliver Us/Originator Alton Ellis/Neville Hinds & Matadors
GAS-162 Hotter Than Scorcher/Someday Could You See Hammers
GAS-163 Work Out/Too Long Donald Lee
GAS-164 Back To Africa/Delivered Alton Ellis/Neville Hinds
GAS-165 Greedy Boy/Please Stay Nora Dean/Keith (Slim Smith)
GAS-166 I Shall Sing/Stand By Your Man Hortense Ellis
GAS-167 Blood & Fire/33 66 Niney & The Destroyers/Roland Alphonso
GAS-168 What You Gonna Do About It/Halfway To Paradise Ernest Wilson & Freddie/Dobby Dobson
GAS-169 Give To Me/Why Ken Boothe
GAS-170 Not Known
GAS-171 Love/With All Your Heart Pat Kelly