HAWK
RECORDS
Independent Reggae label: Hawk Records was owned by
Raymond Morrison. Hawk operated out of premises at 243 Finchley Road,
London NW3. There don't seem to be any dates on the labels of its records
but HSP-001, 'Here I Am' by Ram & Tam, is mentioned in Billboard of the 11th
of March 1978 as a new release, which gives us some information about when the
label started up. Elsewhere HSP-022, Owen Grey's 'This Is Reggae' is also
said to date from in 1978, while some of the singles in between have been
tentatively dated to 1979. Catalogue numbers were in the HSP-000 or
HSP-0s; they reached HSP-022, but a lot of them seem either to have not been
used or to have been used for HLP-prefixed 12" singles such as Ram & Tam's
'Hawk In Flight' (HLP-002; 1978). Distributed By Hawk Records. Thanks to
Robert Lyons For The Info.
77
Ram & Tam
Here I Am
HAWK
HSP
001
78
Ram & Tam
Hawk In Flight (12")
HAWK
HLP
002
77
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HAWK
HSP
003
77
Heptones & Lee Perry
Crying Over
You
HAWK
HSP
004
77
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HAWK
HSP
005
77
Ram &
Tam
Miss Goose
HAWK
HSP
006
77
Tam
I
Want You To Love Me
HAWK
HSP
007
77
Ram &
Tam
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
HAWK
HSP
008
77
Ram Tam & Jo
I Need You
HAWK
HSP
009
77
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HAWK
HSP
010
77
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HAWK
HSP
011
79
Roy Shirley
Diamond Ring
HAWK
HSP
012
77
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HAWK
HSP
013
77
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HAWK
HSP
014
77
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HAWK
HSP
015
77
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HAWK
HSP
016
77
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HAWK
HSP
017
77
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HAWK
HSP
018
77
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HAWK
HSP
019
77
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HAWK
HSP
020
78
Count Prince Miller & Tamashante
Red Red
Wine
HAWK
HSP
021
78
Owen Grey
This Is
Reggae
HAWK
HSP
022