A Reggae label, active from c.1973-c.1975, owned by Eric Scott ('Lord Koos') and operated out of premises in Harlesden, London NW-10. Lord Koos singles started out being numbered in the KOO-000s but the first '0' came and went before finally disappearing after KOO-024. Catalogue numbers suggest that there should be forty-nine singles in the series but not all the numbers seem to have been issued. To add to the complications two numbers were used twice (KOO-023 and 024) and KOO-027 and 028 appear to have been the same record with the 'B' side credited to different artists. There was also a short-lived BL-0 series, which was reserved for Bunny Lee productions (6); to complicate matters further there wasn't a 'BL-1 A' as such, but 'BL-1 B' was the 'B' side of KOO-29. Finally, to that you can add the fact that three KOO numbers (two of them duplicates) were used for records on the Sir Christopher label. As can be seen, the label came in a variety of colours and three designs. Numbers up to and including KOO-021 had rather spindly palm trees on them (1, 2, 3); from then to KOO-26 a plain light blue label was used (4). The remaining labels had healthier-looking palm trees (5). Thanks to Robert Bowes for every scan except the fourth, which comes by courtesy of Nicholas Hough. Mark Griffiths supplied the address and ownership details.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.