A Reggae label, owned by Glen Darby and run from his record shop in Acre Lane, Brixton. Tops issued at least nine singles, in a TOPS-000 series. There's no date on the label of the singles shown above, but Mark Griffiths gives the company's period of operation as 1976-78. Mark also supplied the ownership details. After the first nine issues the company abandoned 7" issues and concentrated on the increasingly popular 12" single format, as did several other Reggae labels. As can be seen, there were several different label designs: the label of the very first release resembled that of the second scan shown above but without the blue border. Thanks to Robert Bowes for the first, second and fourth scans.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.