On air Listen

The Chris Evans Breakfast Show

Sorry, you need to enable Javascript to view this content

The Best Of Island Records' Album Artwork

Don Letts presents Island 50

Don Letts

Don Letts tells the story of how Island Records, founded by Chris Blackwell fifty years ago in Kingston, Jamaica, grew into one of the biggest and most exciting independent labels in the world.

Island Records Slideshow

The Island Records Slideshow (image: Bob Marley)

Watch the history of the label with archive interviews, images and music to tell the Island story.

bbc.co.uk navigation

BBC © 2012

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.