GAYFEET

 

A Reggae label; part of the Trojan group.  Gayfeet was intended for Sylvia Pottinger productions, as was its sister-label High Note (q.v.).  It issued twelve singles, the first seven from 1969-70, the last five when the label was revived briefly in 1973.   Numbering was in a GS-200 series; for some reason a couple of the numbers, GS-207 and GS-208, were used twice, once in 1970 and once in 1973.  Two kinds of label were used: a plain one dark-red one with silver printing and the name in italics at the top for the first five releases, and one with a footprint design for the later ones.   Judy Mowatt's 'Emergency Call (GS-207; 1973) can also be found with labels in one of Trojan's cut-price basic-looking black-printing-on-white-formats.  The text 'Made in England' appeared on records from  the 1973 revival.  Manufacture seems to have been generally by Orlake, as it was for most of Trojan's products at the time.  Thanks to Charlie Chalk of the 45cat site for the scan of the red label.




Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.