PEOPLE
RECORDS

Independent label: People Records was a subsidiary of Trojan.  People was aimed at the Soul / Funk audience rather than Trojan's usual Reggae buyers, and the majority of its material seems to have been licensed from American companies. Don Downing's, 'Lonely Day, Lonely Nights' (PEO-102; 1973) almost made it into the Top 30, but that proved to be the label's only success, despite the fact that there were several (past or future) hit-makers in the catalogue - Della Reese, Doris Troy, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and Donna Summer.  People bit the dust when its parent company ran into terminal financial difficulties, in the summer of 1975.  Manufacture was by EMI, as the EMI-style demo indicates.  The sleeve shown above seems to have been shared by a number of B&C / Trojan labels. Distributed By B&C / Trojan Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

   

73	Edmonds Noel	Introduction To People Label	PEOPLE	PEO	100
73	Gardner Don & Baby Wasington	Forever	PEOPLE	PEO	101
73	Downing Don	Lonely Days Lonely Nights	PEOPLE	PEO	102
73	Gentle Persuasion	Dynamite Explodes	PEOPLE	PEO	103
73	Wee Three	Get On Board	PEOPLE	PEO	104
73	Washington Baby	Just Can'T Get You Out Of My Mind	PEOPLE	PEO	105
74	Reese Della	Who Is She And What Is She To You	PEOPLE	PEO	106
74	Washington Baby	I'Ve Got To Break Away	PEOPLE	PEO	107
74	Downing Don	Dream World	PEOPLE	PEO	108
74	Wilson Reuben	I'Ll Take You There	PEOPLE	PEO	109
74	K Krissie	Stick Up	PEOPLE	PEO	110
74	Westside	Running In And Out Of My Life	PEOPLE	PEO	111
74	Troy Doris	Stretching Out	PEOPLE	PEO	112
74	Kelly J & Prehiers	She Calls Me Baby	PEOPLE	PEO	113
74	Smith Barry	Hold On To It	PEOPLE	PEO	114
74	Summer Donna	The Hostage	PEOPLE	PEO	115
74	Wee Willie & Winners	I Don'T Know What You Got But I Know	PEOPLE	PEO	116
74	James Jimmy	Hel Yourself	PEOPLE	PEO	117
75	Brothers	In The Pocket	PEOPLE	PEO	118
75	Smith Barry	Hold On To It	PEOPLE	PEO	119