The Island Book of Records Volume I

Neil Storey has spent almost fifty years at the heart of the music industry. He joined the Island sales force in 1974 before going on to co-run the press office into the mid-1980s. With long experience as an editorial and events consultant, he researched and wrote The Island Book of Posters (edited by Tim Clark) and founded bespoke re-issue label HiddenMasters in 2008. -- .

Preface – Genesis & Revelations
Escaping Torquemada & Harrow on the Hill – tracing Island founder Chris Blackwell’s roots
Boogie in my Bones via Half Moon Bay – Chris Blackwell’s first productions and the first Jamaica–only LPs
Underneath the Mango Tree – Chris Blackwell and Jamaican music’s role in the first James Bond movie, Dr. No
London Calling, from Rutland Gate Mews to Cambridge Road – the early growth of the label
Did you ever wonder why all those early 45s were faded at 2’50”? Graeme Goodall on engineering early recordings
Too Much, Too Young – the Spencer Davis Group’s split and the formation of Traffic
Miles From Nowhere – Traffic’s famed Berkshire Cottage
How’s yer arse since the pig bit ya? – Albert Heaton, Island’s first super–roadie by Spooky Tooth’s drummer
Going Up, Second Floor – 155 Oxford Street and the creative hub which ushers in the pink (label) revolution
There are only two Phil Spectors and I’m one of them – Guy Stevens, from the Scene Club to the Sue label and beyond
North London to the world – the move to the scout hut on Neasden Lane
Season of the Witch – the formation of Joe Boyd’s production company
Withering Tree – Traffic grinds to a halt
Prefix and suffix – the most comprehensive listing of all Island and sub–label 45s and EPs from this era.
El Pea – every Island album issued between 1959/1968 as well as those known and/or scheduled but not released including subsidiary labels (Surprise, Big Shot, Studio One etc) -- .