TOPS
RECORDS
Independent Reggae label: Tops Records was owned by Glen
Darby and run from his record shop in Acre Lane, Brixton. Tops issued at
least nine singles, in a TOPS-000 series. There's no date on the label of
the singles shown, the company's period of operation as 1976-78. After the
first nine issues the company abandoned 7" issues and concentrated on the
increasingly popular 12" single format, as did several other Reggae
labels. As can be seen, there were several different label designs: the
label of the very first release resembled that of the second scan shown but
without the blue border. Distributed By Tops Records. Top Records Former
address: 120 Acre Lane, London SW2. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The
Info.
79
Delroy Wilson
I'Ve Been In
Love
TOPS
TOPS
001
79
Twinkle Brothers
Don'T Let
It End
TOPS
TOPS
002
79
Ethiopians
I Need Someone
TOPS
TOPS
003
79
C Stewart
Babylon A Turn Them Back
TOPS
TOPS
004
79
Sharron Black
Struggling
TOPS
TOPS
005
79
Sharron Black
Troubled Times
TOPS
TOPS
006
79
Horace Andy
My Soul
TOPS
TOPS
007
79
Winston Samuels
Licket Forward
TOPS
TOPS
008
79
Jah-Lites
The Messiah
TOPS
TOPS
009