A Reggae label, attached to Empire (q.v.). Jungle Beat managed just three 7" singles, all of them in 1976, but it turned its attention to 12" singles in 1977 - the bigger format was becoming very popular in Reggae circles around that time - and it continued to release them into 1981. As can be seen from the scans which Charlie Chalk of the 45Cat site has kindly allowed me to use here, two designs were used for the 7" records; the more colourful one was used for most of the 12" ones. Presumably in order to make the 7" singles look Jamaican they had their centres dinked.
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