RECORDS
Independent label: Ice Records was One of musician / producer Eddy Grant's labels (see also 'Torpedo'). Grant set up Coach House Studios in the mid '70s after recovering from a severe illness. He began issuing records on the Ice label in June 1977, and in the Autumn of that year ran into a legal challenge from Anchor records over who had the rights to the 'Ice' name. Anchor had started legal procedings but had failed to carry them through; their Ice label was discontinued - see Ice (Anchor) - leaving the field clear for this one. Initially singles used an ICE-0 numerical series and were distributed by RCA. The numbering soon changed to a GUYANA-0 after a change of distributor. The 'ICE-0' singles appear to have been reissued with 'GUYANA-0' catalogue numbers. Some of the records were reissued with the new prefixes but with their old numbers: thus The Mexicano's 'First Of May' can be found as ICE-4 and GUYANA-4. Another change of prefix and distributor followed in short order; the new numbers were in the GUY-0s, and the records were handled by Pye - that company's name appeared on the label. Again it seems that some of the old singles received new prefixes: Eddie Grant's 'Hello Africa', which was initially ICE-1, can be found with a 'GUY-1' sticker over the old number. Just to add to the confusion, the single which logically ought have been GUY-8 came out as GUYANA-8, and can be found with '1977' and '1978' on the label. Ice was to change distributors at least twice more before the end of the decade: GUY-18 and several subsequent singles have 'Distributed by Ice Records' at the bottom of the label; some of these were distributed by Lugton. Then towards the end of 1979 Ice linked up with Virgin, and the Virgin logo appeared at the bottom of the label; along with the rest of Virgin's product, Ice was handled by CBS as it entered the '80s. Happily, there was no change of numbering at these points. Chart success for the label came in the late '70s and early '80s, when it licensed some of its product to Ensign Records. Around that time Grant built another studio, in Barbados, and shifted Ice's centre of operations to that country. It is still in business there today, mainly working in the field of Calypso music. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 77 | Grant Eddy | Hello Africa | ICE | ICE | 1 |
| 77 | Grant Eddy | Curfew | ICE | ICE | 2 |
| 77 | The Coachouse Rhythm Section | Nobody's Got Time | ICE | ICE | 3 |
| 77 | Mexicano | First Of May | ICE | ICE | 4 |
| 78 | Equals | Red Dog | ICE | GUY | 5 |
| 78 | Mexicano | Move Up Starsky | ICE | GUY | 6 |
| 78 | Lord Kitchener | Sugar Bum Bum | ICE | GUY | 7 |
| 78 | Mexicano | Lover'S Conversation | ICE | GUYANA | 8 |
| 78 | Grant Eddy | Say I Love You | ICE | GUY | 9 |
| 78 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 10 | |
| 78 | Morgan Tony | Black Skinned Blue-Eyed Boy | ICE | GUY | 11 |
| 78 | Senyah | You'Re The One | ICE | GUY | 12 |
| 78 | Ace Richard | Julie | ICE | GUY | 13 |
| 78 | Pioneers | My Good Friend James | ICE | GUY | 14 |
| 78 | Mexicano | Annie'S Song | ICE | GUY | 15 |
| 78 | Mighty Sparrow | King Kong (12") | ICE | GUY | 16 12 |
| 78 | Calypso Rose | Come Leh We Jam (12") | ICE | GUY | 17 12 |
| 79 | Mexicano | Treasure The Moment | ICE | GUY | 18 |
| 79 | Shaun | Freedom | ICE | GUY | 19 |
| 79 | Latter Gene | Rock Your Boat | ICE | GUY | 20 |
| 79 | Worms | London Bus | ICE | GUY | 21 |
| 79 | Holder Mark | Sometimes When We Touch | ICE | GUY | 22 |
| 79 | Jackie Robinson | Jamaican Child (12") | ICE | GUY | 23 12 |
| 79 | Grant Eddie | Walking On Sun Shine | ICE | GUY | 24 |
| 79 | Pioneers | Your Leaving Is Something Else | ICE | GUY | 25 |
| 79 | Diane | Got To Give Away (12") | ICE | GUY | 26 12 |
| 79 | Grant Eddie | Walking On Sunshine | ICE | GUY | 27 |
| 79 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 28 | |
| 79 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 29 | |
| 79 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 30 | |
| 79 | Mexicano | Move Up Starsky | ICE | GUY | 31 |
| 79 | Grant Eddy | Grandma | ICE | GUY | 32 |
| 80 | Atlantis People | Stormy Weather | ICE | GUY | 33 |
| 80 | Javelins | You'Re No Hustler | ICE | GUY | 34 |
| 80 | Mexicano | Israelites Come Dance Some More | ICE | GUY | 35 |
| 80 | Robinson Jackie | Better Love Next Time | ICE | GUY | 36 |
| 80 | Grant Eddy | My Turn To Love | ICE | GUY | 37 |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 38 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 39 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 40 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 41 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 42 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 43 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 44 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 45 | |
| 80 | The Antilles | I've Got To Have You | ICE | ICE | 46 |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 47 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 48 | |
| 80 | Not Traced | ICE | GUY | 49 | |
| 81 | Front Line Orchestra | Don'T Turn Your Back On Me | ICE | ICE | 50 |
| 81 | Rudy Grant | Woman | ICE | ICE | 51 |
| 81 | Grant Eddie | Time To Let Go | ICE | ICE | 52 |
| 82 | Antilles | Lets Shake | ICE | ICE | 53 |
| 82 | Rudy Grant | Funny Girl | ICE | ICE | 54 |
| 82 | Rudy Grant | Without You | ICE | ICE | 55 |
| 82 | Grant Eddie | I Don'T Wanna Dance | ICE | ICE | 56 |
| 83 | Grant Eddie | Electric Avenue | ICE | ICE | 57 |
| 83 | Grant Eddie | War Party | ICE | ICE | 58 |
| 83 | Mighty Gabby | Jack | ICE | ICE | 59 |
| 83 | Grant Eddie | Till I Can'T Take Love No More | ICE | ICE | 60 |
| 84 | Grant Eddie | Romancing The Stone | ICE | ICE | 61 |
| 84 | Grant Eddie | Boys In The Street | ICE | ICE | 62 |
| 85 | Grant Eddie | Baby Come Back | ICE | ICE | 63 |
| 86 | Grant Eddie | Dance Party | ICE | ICE | 64 |
| 77 | Grant Eddy | Hello Africa | ICE | GUYANA | 1 |
| 78 | Grant Eddy | Jamaican Child | ICE | GUYANA | 2 |
| 78 | Coach House Rhythm Section | Nobody'S Got Time | ICE | GUYANA | 3 |
| 78 | Mexicano | First Of May | ICE | GUYANA | 4 |
