An obscure label from 1978-79. A website run by Roger Mealey and Patrick Costello states that Gaslight - or possibly Gas Light - was owned by London Weekend Television, and that in 1978 LWT picked up on a Reggae-flavoured demo of a song called 'The Yob' which the pair had recorded in 1969 and released it as GAS-005. There were at least six other singles, which are listed below. Numbering was in the GAS-000s and one label design served throughout; the labels of the first two singles stated that manufacture and distribution were by President. The Knuckle Dusters' maxi-single and the Occult Punk Band's 'Happy With My Life' b/w 'Black Mass' (GAS-001; 11/78) are both very collectable nowadays and command three-figure sums. Thanks to Sam Mauger for bringing the label to my attention.
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