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Thanks to both of you for your helpful comments above, I like a good mystery and this one is still not completely solved. The blank label/test pressing format for local DJ hype makes a lot of sense, but none of the Leroy's recordings available via streaming sound quite like the vocals on the 45 single in question. I love that the community has answered my question! I did list this on eBay with provenance unknown basically! Something about a reggae beat I find so soothing... yet dynamic... Cheers!

Thanks so much for your reply, I accidentally left out the title: "It's Impossible" by LeRoy Smart, but my question is a general one because I do not understand the blank label or pre-release (without a label/artist/title) concept. Or is it some kind of bootleg where the buyer writes in the artist and title to get around anti-bootleg laws? Was/is this type of record release normal? And why would 50+ copies end up in a Brooklyn record shop in the '70 or '80s?

Greetings, I hope this is the correct forum for my question: This record was pat of a bulk purchase from a Brooklyn, NY record shop that went out of business in the '80s, which featured a cool collection of soul and reggae 45 singles that I've been selling on eBay in recent years. This particular title is unsellable, but I'm really curious as to its provenance as a former record shop person! Sound quality is just OK and the singer sounds like a very young LeRoy Smart, not the wonderful voice you'll hear on YouTube or Spotify or the streamer of your choice. Shazam worked really hard (coughed & sputtered) to identified the singer & title, in fact I was surprised at the legitimate result, thus spiking my curiosity. Typical rough edges for Jamaican pressings of that era with absolutely no identification front or back, on any of the 50 examples that were included in the sale. Maybe it was pressed in Brooklyn? Among the 3,000 plus 45s I picked up and frankly forgot about while in storage, this was the most bizarre title, if you can call it that since it does not have a printed title. Please help me figure out who pressed this record and why? How was it marketed and was this a typical ploy to get around licensing issues!? Thanks for any help me sleuth this out, a non-spectacular find but a challenge nonetheless. Cheers!