A Reggae label, owned by Adrian Sherwood and Chips Richards. Carib Gems came on the scene in 1976, and specialised in material licensed from West Indian companies; it seems to have been been dormant during 1978-79 but it came back to life in the early '80s. Most of its singles in the latter period appear to have been 12" only. The company used one design in several different colours for its label in the '70s. Catalogue numbers were in a CG-000 series. Mark Griffiths, who kindly supplied the ownership information, writes that the label was distributed by Angstar and J & A Distribution. Thanks to Robert Bowes for all of the scans except the third.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.