One Heart / Alvin Reid

[Jackie Pablo]

Here's hoping someone knows a thing or two about Alvin Reid, producer / owner ? of the label 'One Heart'

I can't trace any info on this man or the label except four 7" singles came out at the same time years back on re-release, 'Evil People' - Bob Clarke / 'Version' - Peter Tosh and one other single plus the two listed below.

(A) I'll Take Your Hand - Alton Ellis
(B) I'll Take Your Hand Version

(A) Orthodox Rock - I Roy
(B) Orthodox Drums - Bongo Herman

(both these singles sound like they are based on Alton's Studio 1 gem 'Almost Anything')

Apart from that there seems to be no other details.

[mike turner]

here's what we show:

Bobby Melody Warrior One Heart DSR 9053-A

Bongo Herman Orthodox Drums One Heart FAR 7821-B

Burning Soul Bad Boys One Heart DSR 63-A Side

Clarke, Bob Evil People One Heart

Ellis, Alton I'll Take Your Hand One Heart FAR 8015-A

I Roy Orthodox Rock One Heart FAR 7821-A

Jah Boom Liberation Time One Heart AR 0012-A

Jah Boom Suh Boom Seh One Heart

Llewelyn, Barry Heptones Take A Look At The Ghetto One Heart

White, Joe General Amin One Heart AR 2396-A RRS
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RKR

[Jackie Pablo]

Thanks for the info Mike.

I've double checked the matrix numbers and what you have down as FAR should be 7 AR. The number 7 has been mistaken for the letter f.

The full matrix numbers on the two I've got are

(A) I'll Take Your Hand - Alton Ellis = 7 AR 8015 A FRM
(B) I'll Take Your Hand Version = 7 AR 8015 B FRM

(A) Orthodox Rock - I Roy = 7 AR 7821 A FRM
(B) Orthodox Drums - Bongo Herman = 7 AR 7821 B FRM

I find it strange that there is nothing in print about Alvin Reid, especially as he was involved with artists the like Alton, P Tosh, Bongo Herman etc.

[tim p]

Are you sure about that Jackie? It may look like a 7 but I'd imagine it probably is an F.

The F= Federal where the record would have been pressed Dynamics always having Dyna and DSR (Dynamic Sound Recording).

[Anonymous]

i picked up that 'evil people' 7 a few months back, pretty unremarkable. don't know what tosh's connection to it is, maybe he played instrument on the flip side.

[Jackie Pablo]

I know what mean Tim but I'm positive about the 7.

This is a 7 with a horizontal line through it to help distinguish it from a 1 (one). I've since been informed it's called a continental 7

Under a magnifier this is plan to see. Also the F in FRM is nothing like the 7 before the AR !