SPECIAL AGENT
RECORDS

Independent label: Special Agent Records was a label owned by prominent Soul music dealer Garry J. Cope, and a stablemate to his 'Hit And Run' records. Both labels were divisions of Black Grape, which operated out of premises in 26 Bond Street, Wakefield.  As was the case with the Hit And Run, Special Agent records featured Soul tracks licensed from sources in the USA.  As can be seen by close inspection of the scan shown, Special Agent's first release, 'Overflowing (For You) by Jewell Bass (SPY-9001), had a date of 1976 on the label, but the matrix number, LYN-7176/77, indicates a Lyntone product from sometime around the middle of 1979 - presumably the '1976' refers to the year in which the track was issued in the USA.  Numbering was in a SPY-9000 series.  The highest number traced is 9018, which suggests that there should be a lot more Special Agents around. Distributed By Black Grape Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

 

79	Jewel Bass	Overflowing (For You)	SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9001
79	Ohio Players	Bad Bargain	SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9002
79	Herman Hitson	You Are Too Much For The Human Heart	SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9003
79	Johnny Adams	Stairway To Heaven	SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9004
79	Charles Brimmer	I Stand Accused	SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9005
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9006
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9007
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9008
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9009
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9010
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9011
79	Percy Milem	Crying Baby Baby Baby / I Don't Know What You Got	SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9012
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9013
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9014
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9015
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9016
79	Not Traced		SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9017
79	Spencer Wiggins	Cry To Me / The Power Of A Woman	SPECIAL AGENT	SPY	9018