A Reggae label, owned by Buster Pearson 'K & B' started out in 1974 issuing singles in a KB-5510 series which reached KB-5541 in 1977. It used four different basic label designs during its lifetime. These designs came in a variety of colours, some of which are not very legible. The blue 'grid' design (1) was used for the first three singles; it turned yellow (2) for the next three. A boxed logo followed, in grey-blue on white (3) for KB-5517 and 5518, and in pink-on-white thereafter (4). The inverted triangle logo seems to have made its first appearance with KB-5521 (5) and, in silver on various shades of blue or green, lasted until KB-5528, when the font used in it changed (8). For KBs 5533 to 5539 the colours switched to purple-on-pale-fawn and the credits migrated to different positions on the label (10). Lastly, for the final two releases, the titles joined the artists at 9 o'clock and the catalogue numbers migrated to 2 o'clock, a more logical arrangement than the previous one. Some singles, presumably popular ones, can be found with different types of labels because of re-pressings. The few K&B singles that I have seen in the vinyl were manufactured by Lyntone, Orlake or Linguaphone; distribution was by Black Wax for at least part of the label's existence. Every scan except the first, fourth, fifth and seventh appears by courtesy of Robert Bowes.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.