If you were a mod who really knew his music then you must have had a record on the SUE label     Formed in 1963 as a subsidiary of Island records it was intended to cater for West Indian music, which was the main output at the time.

The owner was Chris Blackwell, who had completed a distribution deal with the US Sue and Symbol label owner Juggy Murray and issued the labels first single in December 1963 which was "Mockingbird" by Inez and Charlie Foxx, . Guy Stevens, who was a DJ at the Scene Club in London's Soho managed the label for Chris and when he played this the dance floor was packed.
The Scene was an all nighter club which was THE club of the mods the West Indian youth. The sounds that were played was loud dance music, a mix of Ska, Blue Beat, Rhythm and Blues and up to the minute Soul, played until the early dawn, usually with the help of a pill or two.
The SUE label also reissued many great records from previous UK labels, such as London, Top Rank and Parlophone. After it stopped releasing direct from the US Sue catalogue, other records were picked up from American labels such as Modern, Duke / Peacock, V-Tone, Kent, Fury and Ace.

The'300'Series of singles ran from December 1963 to January 1966 and the '4000' Series ran from February 1966 until June 1968 and the labels last release was the classic "Girls are out to get you" by the Fascinations, reissued from London and Stateside records

The American SUE label was formed by Henry "Juggy" Murray and Bobby Robinson in New York in January 1957, and they were the two most successful black record label proprietors in that city. American Sue had its first regional hit in 1957 with "Vengeance" by The Matadors and the following year the label had two more hits: "I Feel Like a Million," by Mamie Bradley and "Itchy Twitchy Feeling," by Bobby Hendricks, which made the top 25 on the national pop charts.
It was this label that established Ike and Tina Turner when in 1960, they hit the pop charts with "A Fool In Love" , and within two years had added five more national hits: "I Idolise You " , "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "Poor Fool" , "Tra La La La La" ], and "You Should'a Treated Me Right .
In the summer of 1963 Sue had the biggest hit yet, "Mockingbird" ( which went to number 7) by Inez Foxx and her guitarist brother Charlie which became popular with the Mods and brought the English Sue label to the attention of the London ravers. Other "Mod" hits followed such as The Soul Sisters with "I Can't Stand It" and "So Far Away" by Hank Jacobs. None of these records were played or probably known about by people at the BBC.

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