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Island singles were released with prefix WI and numbers starting with 001. The Island label itself was white with red lettering and logotypes – for the first 100 releases it had a round "Flaming sun" logo on a white label, then and for reprints of the early issues a red strip across the centre of the label like a "bow tie".
Topics about Island Records albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories This category contains studio albums released on the Island Records label. Please move any non-studio albums to an appropriate subcategory per WikiProject Albums guidelines .
Beenie Man (Island Jamaica) Bernard Szajner; Bill Laswell (Axiom/Island) Bhundu Boys; Black Uhuru; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; Blancmange; Blessing Annatoria (Island UK) Bob Dylan (Island UK) Bob Marley (Tuff Gong/Island) Bomb the Bass (Quango/Island) Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. (4th & B'way/Island) Boukman Eksperyans (Mango/Island) Boy Kill Boy; Blue ...
In 2000, the label was re-modeled and renamed to Island Remasters. While the packaging of the Island Masters of the 1980s and 1990s was simple the newer Island Remaster followed a trend to a better packaging with higher print quality of the cover, additional slip cases, booklets, addition tracks and label prints using the label of the original ...
Island Records is a Jamaican multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group.It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, [1] and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989.
Island of the Dead (Sopor Aeternus and The Ensemble of Shadows album) Isle of the Dead, a series of paintings drawn between 1880-1901 by Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin; Hart Island (Bronx), site of public cemetery, nicknamed by New York City locals as "The island of the dead" Kangaroo Island, known in Australian Aboriginal folklore as Karta, the ...
Harder Than the Best (1979), Island; Reggae Greats: Best of Island years 1975-1978 (1985), Island; 100th Anniversary: Marcus Garvey/Garvey's Ghost (1987) The Fittest Selection: Greatest hits of 1980-1983 (1987), EMI; Keep the Spear Burning (1989), Island; The Original (1992), Sonic Sounds; Chant Down Babylon The Island Anthology (1996), Island
Lyrically the album is mainly about the band's environment, living in London in the mid-1970s, with lyricist John Foxx being heavily influenced by the writings of J. G. Ballard. [1] " Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)" pointedly criticizes the hugely popular 'dinosaur' bands of the past, namely The Rolling Stones ...