First look at The Island Book of Records 1959-68
For months, we have been writing and designing the pages of the first book in "The Island Book of Records." and when you look at the pages on a screen…
1000 Certificates of Authenticity for The Island Book of Records
It's been a team effort today. Neil stopped pounding the keyboard and was joined by his French kitten KellyKat, who - because he was born with a curiosity gene - …
Signed certificate – when ordering direct from Manchester University Press
Exciting news!! Forget Hackney Diamonds for a minute…. Manchester University Press have announced that a Certificate of Authenticity will accompany The Island Book of Records 1959-68.... ONLY when the edition…
More clues to what’s inside The Island Book of Records
As you can imagine, everyone is getting a wee bit excited as The Island Book of Records is getting printed as we speak. Here's a little publicity design to illustrate…
Barney Hoskyns of RocksBackPages lets the cat out of the bag
If you haven't heard of Rocks Back Pages, give yourself a treat - its the worlds largest archive of music journalism. PHWOAR! If you register, you get access to 500…
The results of the Spooky Tooth Christmas Card competition 1968
We managed to get our hands on a draft copy of the Spooky Tooth 1968 Fan Club Newsletter that is faithfully reprinted in our #IBoR volume 1. What fun. The…
Bobby Bland – Touch of Blues
Island Records released the UK version of Bobby Bland's USA album in March 1968. Lovely stuff. Utterly timeless.
Duke Reid’s ROCK STEADY
One of the albums featured in the Island Book of Records is Duke Reid Rock's Steady. Its a compilation album of Treasure Isle tracks from 1967. (There's a great story…
We’re in the Bookseller
When you’ve been working in the music industry, you are used to reading music news on music industry websites. Google alerts was yelling at me in my inbox today, as…
Is that really an Island Records label?
Featured in the #IBoR book – for the first time ever – is a full listing of the 45’s or singles that Island Records released. It’s down to Neil Storey…
Windrush, Sonny Roberts and #IBoR
There's some remarkable stories from ex-Island Records staffers in this book. Bob Bell has written a wonderful piece on Jamaican music pioneer, Sonny Roberts. It explains a lot about about…
