CAESARS RECORD PALACE

   

Apparently a one-off concern, the 'one' in question being the single pictured above, Anthony Dee's 'Sunshine Day' (CRP-001).  There's no date on the label, but as the Valdene Productions mentioned on the label were associated with Webster Shrowder and the Jamaica Sounds and Cancer labels around 1977-79 it seems reasonable to guess that Caesars Record Palace dates from that period and was from the same stable.  'Sunshine Day' has been described in various quarters as 'Soca / Calypso' and 'Reggae'; never having heard it, I'm not qualified to venture an opinion, but the fact that the 'B' side was entitled 'Version' suggests the latter.  Thanks to Sam Mauger for bringing the label to my attention and for supplying the scan.




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