Early Shots Vol 3

Probably the last post of this year, its Early Shots Vol 3 another selection of Foundation Toasters

1 sir collins special - lloyd charmers
2 erotic touch of hot skin - dennis alcapone
3 dunce cap - herman
4 out of this world - u roy jnr
5 hit me jack - lloyd young
6 s 90 red skank - bongo herman
7 playing on strong - sir harry
8 girl called clover - young alcapone
9 pepperpot - count machouki
10 channel 7 - prince williams
11 train to soulsville - count sticky
12 engine 54 - lloyd the matador
13 shock attack - u roy
14 cn express - clancy all stars
15 ishan version - prince buster
16 dj special - king sporty
17 short story - scotty
18 musical shower - tony binns
19 sea of love - jah fender

20 double attack - delroy jones

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Presenting Joe Jackson

Joe started out "Little" & ended up "Ranking" but still made some excellent tunes here's a selection

1 GUN COURT ----------------------------------AS LITTLE JOE
2 PSALM 54 -------------------------------------- AS LITTLE JOE
3 750 FOUR -------------------------------------- AS LITTLE JOE
4 Z FE DREAD ---------------------------------- AS LITTLE JOE
5 DREAD LOCKS PARTY -------------------- AS LITTLE JOE
6 DON’T GIVE UP ----------------------------- AS LITTLE JOE
7 NATTY BMW ---------------------------------AS LITTLE JOE
8 BAG O WIRE --------------------------------- AS LITTLE JOE
9 ASK ME NO QUESTION ------------------ AS RANKING JOE
10 PEACE TALK ------------------------------ AS RANKING JOE
11 DUB IT SISTER DUB IT ----------------- AS RANKING JOE
12 NINE MONTHS BELLY ----------------- AS RANKING JOE
13 SHINE EYE GIRL ------------------------- AS RANKING JOE
14 DRUNKEN MASTER--------------------- AS RANKING JOE
15 CAN’T STOP THE DREAD-------------- AS RANKING JOE
16 THEM GONE BACK STABBING ------ AS RANKING JOE
17 STOP YOU COMING AND COME----- AS RANKING JOE
18 STEEL THE SHOW ------------------------ AS RANKING JOE
19 UP THE BIG HILL-------------------------- AS RANKING JOE

20 LOVING FEELING ------------------------- AS RANKING JOE

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The Truth

A collection of "Roots" tunes from the 70's .Both "Jeruselem" & "Get Together" have since I compiled this been released on Cd so if you do like them I urge you to purchase the relevant CD and listen to some more

1 JAH JAH NO PARTIAL – HOT ROCKS & JAH LOCKSLEY
2 THE LORD IS MY LIGHT – ROD TAYLOR
3 ONE GOD ONE AIM – MOODIE
4 JAH IS MY SAVIOR – PAUL SINCLAIR
5 FORTUNE- AUGUSTUS THOMAS
6 RUN AWAY – WINSTON JARRETT
7 MIGRATE – EARTH & STONE
8 DRAGON SNAKE & SPIDER - JAH STITCH
9 NO MORE TRIBAL WAR – JAH LLOYD
10 THE TRUTH – SIDNEY MANKIND
11 BABYLONIAN- VINCENT TAYLOR
12 GIMME – ERROL HOLT
13 ZION CALL – PRINCE FAR I
14 BABYLON A FIGHT RASTAMAN- ALLA
15 JERUSALEM – DEVON IRONS
16 GET TOGETHER – KEITH POPPIN
17 SAKE A BABYLON – JAH BERRY
18 BACK WEH BALD HEAD – DILLINGER

19 I AM A LEVI – I JAHMAN LEVI

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Chief In Town - Sir Harry

As with U Roy Jnr ,Sir Harry is one of those Toasters who seems to have been overlooked & as far as I Know never had a LP issued ,contrast that with some artists who release Albums at a rate of 3-4 a year .Anyway this comp should go some way to balance that up and hopefully will give some people a chance to appreciate Mr Cooper a little more

01 HEE CUP
02 MOVIES VERSION
03 LAST CALL
04 QUAKER
05 APPLES TO APPLES
06 MEET THE BOSS
07 MUSICAL RIGHT
08 MUSICAL BROOM
09 SOUND NUMBER ONE
10 APOLLO 17
11 DANDY MITE
12 HOT IRON
13 SLIP AND SLIDE
14 TOWN WITHOUT PITY
15 PLAYING ON STRONG
16WAYDOWN WEST ( With Jah Woosh)
17 CORNER MACKA
18 THE CHALICE
19 LIVE FOREVER
20 CHIEF IN TOWN

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Orange Street Shuffle - U Roy Jnr

1 I don’t know his real name
2 I don’t know what he looks like
3 I don’t think he’s had a CD collection released

1 I do like his tunes
2 I do have a CDR full of his music

3 I do recommend you listen to it

01 SHARPER THAN A RAZOR
02 LOVE NO DOCTOR CAN CURE
03 KING OF THE ROAD
04 TWO TON GULLETTO
05 HEAVIER THAN LEAD
06 GIVE AND YOU WILL GET
07 BURNING FIRE VERSION
08 RHYTHM SHACK
09 LOVE IS WHAT I BRING
10 FULL MOON
11 LIVE IT UP
12 LETS MAKE LOVE
13 REPATRIATION VERSION
14 DR RUN COME QUICK
15 AUNT KEREBA
16 BUTTO VERSION
17 ORANGE STREET SHUFFLE
18 A PEPPER
19 WHO CARES (VERSION)
20 POPACITO

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Hot Dubwise

Dub Albums!! very rarely do they feature the work of more than one producer ,I've tried to re drees the balance with this compilation which features the fruits of many producers labours ,this gives the Cd an overall feel of freshness as the next tune is not just a filler pushed in there to complete the LP

THE DUB IS MY LIGHT – KING CULTURE TEAM
BLOOD DUB – SOUL SYNDICATE
EXIT – AUGUSTUS PABLO
BE GOOD – WACKIES RHYTHM FORCE
FALL FORWARD – BLACK DISCIPLES
HOT DUBWISE – N.Y.R.S.
BABYLONIAN VERSION – DYNAMITES
DUB ON THE MOVE – REDEMPTION SOUNDS
NO WATER – TOMMY McCOOK & BOBBY ELLIS
NICE UP THE SESSION VERSION – CULTURE DUB
MOVIE DUB – COUSINS ALL STARS
VAMPIRE – BLACK ART
WE A ROCKERS VERSION – INNER CIRCLE
IF YOU DUB TO ME – ROOTS RADICS
JAH MUSIC DUB – VIBES
BIG FIGHT DUB – CHANNEL ONE ALL STARS
OBSERVER MIX VERSION – SIR NINEY
ORTHDOX DRUMS – BONGO HERMAN
MOSIAH DUB – FOX ALL STARS
DUB AGGRESSOR – SONS OF NEGUS
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Island 45's Vol 3

Island records of course were a pioneering label in the UK and these Red & White labels were sought after by all the early collectors so here's a sample of what you might hear. JA music purists may point out that track 15 from Earl Bostic was not a JA tune but I've included it in here because the first 2 volumes of this series included a few non JA cuts so I just followed suit ,on saying that its still a great tune


1 IT’S ALRIGHT --------------------------------------DERRICK MORGAN
2 KILLER DILLER -------------------------------------JACKIE MITTOO
3 YOU ARE NOT TO BLAME -----------------------ALTON ELLIS
4 COME BAIL ME -------------------------------------JUSTIN HINDS
5 PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME -------------ERIC MORRIS
6 BITTER ROSE ----------------------------------------SHENLEY DUFFUS
7 BEHOLD -----------------------------------------------BLUESBUSTERS
8 TURN DOWN DATE -----------------------------CORNEL CAMPBELL
9 I SHALL WEAR A CROWN --------------------RICHARDS BROS
10 BOAT RIDE ------------------------------------------BABA BROOKS
11 COME DOWN ---------------------------------------LORD TANAMO
12 LOVE YOU THE MOST ------------------------------LLOYD CLARKE
13 TILL MY DYING DAYS -----------------------------STRANGER COLE
14 WHAT CAN I DO ---------------------------------DERRICK HARRIOTT
15 HONEY MOON NIGHT -------------------------------EARL BOSTIC
16 DON’T TAKE AWAY YOUR LOVE -------------JACKIE OPEL
17 I’LL NEVER CHANGE ------------------------------CLARENDONIANS
18 ROCK STEADY --------------------------------------HOPETON LEWIS
19 A LONG STORY -------------------------------------RUDY MILLS
20 WHAT A FOOL ------------------------------------SILVERTONES

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End Of A Decade

Another retrospective compilation of the sounds we used to listen to at the end of the sixties.

This is another of the volumes I compiled for my school friend ,still to come 1971

1 Promise Land -----------------------Shine & Bagga
2 Prophesy Fulfilling ------------------Roy Shirley
3 Someone To Love ------------------Ken Parker
4 Bangarang –---------------------- Stranger Cole & Leter Stirling
5 Midnight Spin –-------------------- Val Bennett
6 Life Is Not The Same Anymore –---- T T Ross
7 My Woman’s Love – ---------------The Uniques
8 Death Rides A Horse –------------- Roy Richards
9 Lonely Heartaches - ----------------The Tartans
10 Just One Smile ------------------The Techniques
11 Lu Lu Bell ------------------------The Versatiles
12 Pleading -------------------------Ken Boothe
13 Call 1143 –----------------------Sound Dimension
14 The Scorcher –------------------Prince Buster
15 It Aint –------------------------Lloyd And Randolph
16 Without My Love –------------- Little Roy
17 Just Be Alone –----------------- Harry & Radcliffe
18 Oh Tell Me –--------------------The Schoolboys
19 Without You -------------------- Donnie Elbert
20 Pressure Drops –-----------------The Maytals
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Black Swan 45's Vol 2

I contributed this Volume after Gabriel Hirsch compiled the first volume and he kindly designed this cover for me (that's why it looks so professional!!!) some cracking tunes on this Island subsisuary label

1 Dreadnaught - Baba Brooks
2 Be Wise - Duke White
3 Sweeter Than Cherry Pie - The Cherry Pies
4 Spider - Baba Brooks
5 Street Girl - Derrick Morgan
6 Go On - Vinley Gayle
7 Take Five - Baba Brooks
8 Gather Them In - Shenley Duffus
9 Spit In The Sky - Delroy Wilson
10 I am In Love - The Maytals
11 Soloman Gundie - Eric Morris
12 Key To The City - Baba Brooks
13 Jericho - Bobby Aitken
14 Looks Is Deceiving - The Playgirls
15 Spitfire - Don Drummond
16 Supper In The Gutter - Eric Morris
17 Melody Jamboree - Baba Brooks
18 Dracula - Desmond Dekker
19 Lunch Time - Lester Sterling
20 River Come Down - Eric Morris
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Early Shots Vol 2

The second volume of the "Early Shots" series ,once again highlighting the First Generation Toasters & the contribution they made to JA music at the time

1 Double Heavy - Dave Barker
2 Musical Excursion - Lizzy
3 Musical Hop - Delroy Jones
4 Let Me Go - I Roy
5 Sprinkle Some Water - Shorty Perry
6 Music Alone - Kieth Cole
7 Love I Tender - U Roy
8 Movie Man - Big Youth
9 L L Rock - C Walker
10 Love Is What I Bring - U Roy Jnr
11 Book Of Books - Charlie Ace
12 Zaka Zaka - Dennis Alcapone
13 Feel Good All Over - King Sporty
14 Hit Me Back - Prince Buster
15 Rhythm Rebellion - Sir Lord Comic
16 Still Waters - Lizzy
17 Sweet Like Candy - Jeff Barnes
18 Like It Like This - Johnnie Lover
19 Dee's Special - Count Sticky

20 Cool Cool Rocksteady – Don Tony Lee

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Dignity & Principle - Big Joe

Big Joe ,a big DJ with quite a career to contend with ,I've included cuts he made with a variety of the top producers of the day inc lloyd Daley C.S. Dodd & Harry Mudie to name just 3 here's the track list

01 SWEET MELODY
02 KISSING VERSION
03 NANNY VERSION SKANK
04 SET YOUR FACE AT EASE
05 JAH GUIDE
06 SOFT ANSWER
07 QUATTIE BUY TROUBLE
08 GET OUT BALDHEAD
09 DRIFTERS ON THE BALL
10 SELASSIE SKANK
11 MR WICKED
12 WEED SPECIALIST
13 RIGHTS OF VERSION
14 JAH JAH HELP US
15 LICK THEM FACE
16 DOWN SANTIC WAY
17 MAS GAN
18 BLACK STICK ROCK
19 LEGGO NATTY CALE
20 DUBBING THE BUMP
21 JAH JAH FORGIVE YOU
22 DIGNITY & PRINCIPLE
23 UP PARK RANKING

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Pure Niceness

This compilation can't really be called "Lover's Rock" but it's my slant on it 20 tunes filled with Pure Niceness

01 TREAT ME NICE – LLOYD ATKINSON
02 TEAR DROPS – FREDDIE MCKAY
03 LOVE ME GIRL – MIGHTY DIAMONDS & I ROY
04 BEWILDERED – NEVILLE GRANT
05 SOME LOVING – MILL HENRY
06 MARRIAGE LICENCE – DR ALIMANTADO
07 LOVE WON’T COME EASY – HEPTONES
08 LETTER TO MYSELF – ERROL DUNKLEY
09 I’M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU – SOUL REBELS
10 YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME – SAMMY DREAD
11 WHY GIRL – EARTH & STONE
12 FOREVER LOVE – AUGUSTUS PABLO
13 I’LL NEVER HURT YOU – DELROY WILSON
14 WHAT GOOD AM I – JIMMY LONDON
15 LOVE WITHOUT FEELING – BOBBY FLOYD
16 I’M SO IN LOVE WITH YOU – PAT KELLY & TRINITY
17 MISS ATTRACTIVE – VICTOR ROMERO EVANS
18 DON’T BREAK YOUR PROMISE – CHOSEN FEW
19 ONE WOMAN – BOB ANDY

20 DUBBING ME SOFTLY – MR CHIN
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The 70's Continue Here

Hold tight for another compilation from 1970 tunes we bought wherever we could at second hand stalls as there was very little chance of buying this music in mainstream shops

01 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME – WINSTON FRANCIS
02 BABY – RUPIE EDWAERS ALL STARS
03 CAN’T DO WITHOUT IT – SLIM SMITH
04 JEFF BARNES THING – JEFF BARNES
05 OLD FASHIONED WAY – KEN BOOTHE
06 SUSPENCE – MARTIN RILEY
07 TENNANTS – JENNIFER JONES
08 BITTERNESS OF LIFE – BRUCE RUFFIN
09 FREEDOM BLUES – ROY RICHARDS
10 ORIGINATOR – NEVILLE HINDS
11 YOU MAKE ME SO HAPPY – ALTON ELLIS
12 BATTLE OF THE GIANTS – THE PIONEERS
13 MONEY RAPER – THE DESTROYERS
14 MUN DUN GU – THE SOUND DIMENSION
15 BE A MAN – THE HEPTONES
16 MUSICALLY RED – THE RHYTHM RULERS
17 MUSIC KEEP ON PLAYING – CORNELL CAMPBELL
18 WALKING ALONG – JOHN HOLT
19 I DON’T LIKE TO INTERFERE – THE MAYTONES
20 LEAVING ROME – JO JO BENNETT
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The 70's Start Here

Continuing with the CDs I compiled for my school friend here's the next volume ,we're into the 70's now


01 I’ll Be Waiting – Alton Ellis
02 Gold On Your Dress – The Slickers
03 Scrooge – Little Roy
04 Young Generation – The Heptones
05 Everybody Needs Love – Maxine
06 Your New Love – Neville Hinds
07 Handicap - Rupie Edwards
08 Touch Of Fire – The Upsetters
09 Gold Digger – The Wailing Souls
10 Feeling Good – The Freedom Singers
11 Music Street – The Harmonians
12 A Little Tear – John Holt
13 Gave You My Love – Delroy Wilson
14 Try To Be Happy – The Clarendonians
15 Too Late – Gregory Isaacs
16 Danzella – Nicky Thomas
17 Hopeful Village – The Tennors
18 Kingston Town – Lord Creator
19 Ooh Child – Bruce Ruffin
20 Honey Don’t – Fire Session

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Shelly Reggae Rock

Count Shelly Sound System owner and one of the UK's early record label pioneers .Just as Trojan's dominance was waning the Count was releasing some fine tunes on his own label and as a soundman was well placed to know what the people wanted so here's the results all released in the early 70's

01 Rasta Saw Them Coming – Horace Andy
02 My Baby Is Gone – Errol Dunkley
03 Never Give Up – Delroy Wilson
04 La Fud Del Skank – Fud Del All Stars
05 Plait Skank – Dillinger
06 No Potion A Gal – Sang Hugh
07 I’m The One Who Loves You – The Soul Rebels
08 The Way To Reason – Delroy Washington
09 Shelly Reggae Rock – Errol Dunkley
10 Problem Of Life – I Roy
11 Feel No Pain – Jackie Brown
12 War Zone – I Roy
13 Step Forward Youth – Prince Jazzbo
14 Baby Don’t Go – Osbourne Graham
15 Don’t Give Up The Fight – Stranger & Gladdy
16 Feeling Good – The Saints
17 Salvation Train – Scotty
18 Youth In Service – Prince Jazzbo
19 San San – The Upsetters
20 Rasta Na Born Yah – Sang Hugh
21 Licking Stick ( Proud Black) – I Roy
22 How Long – The Saints
23 Lonely Street – Delroy Washington
24 Green Hills – Earl George
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Lest We Forget - Roy Richards

Unfortunetly Roy left us this year and as a tribute I put together this compilation which (I hope) shows he was not only a great harmonica player but also an accomplished vocalist ,whether as a solo artist ,with his bother (Winston) as the Richards Brothers or with a couple of female partners.Roy's carrer started in the Ska era so there's lots to listen to

01 Can't Go On

02 I Shall Wear a Crown (Richards Brothers)

03 Hopeful Village Ska

04 Western Standard Time

05 You Must Be Sorry

06 Vietnam

07 Since You're Gone (with Paulette)

08 Rubber Dub

09 He'll Have To Go (with Enid)

10 Reggae Children

11 Death Rides A Horse

12 Ghetto Guns

13 Dead And Wake

14 Frredom Blues

15 Jamaican Memories

16 Double Trouble

17 Green Collie

18 Port O Jam

19 Honky Panky

20 Reggae For Days (with Enid)

21 Rocking Time (with Enid)

22 Lost And Found

23 Reggae Monica

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Reggae Matic - Errol Scorcher

Errol is the most recent DJ I have a significant collection of so lets hear a fairly "Modern" toasting style

01 ENGINNERS AFFAIR
02 FORK HEAD
03 REGGAE MATIC
04 DANCE ALL STYLE
05 ROACH IN DE CORNER
06 ROPE IN
07 SISTER PAT
08 RUB A DUB STYLE
09 FLORA LEE
10 FROG INA WATER
11 PEACE TRUCE
12 RUKUMBINE GIRL
13 CARPENTER VERSION
14 ROCK IT NATTY
15 NATION CONNECTION
16 SCORCHER POSSE
17 CAN’T KEEP HIM DOWN
18 JOLLY BUS TING
19 WIFE AND SWEETHEART

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Early Shots Vol 1

For fans of the early DJ style this is the first of 4 volumes of "Early Shots"showcasing a whole host of Toasting tunes recorded before 1973,also I can promise more single DJ sets from the likes of Big Joe ,U roy Jnr , Dennis Alcapone ,Big Youth ,Sir Harry & more SO STAY TUNED!!!

Musical Recipe - Andy Capp
For Our Desire - King Sporty
Number One Version - Tony
Leap Year - Philip Samuels
Gift Of God - U Roy
Peyton Place - D Tony Lee
Siver & Gold - Charlie Ace
What a Lalla - Lizzy
Bigger Boss - Count Sticky
Donkey Skank - Delroy Jones
Old Kent Road Version - Jah Fender
New Kent Road -Johnny Lover
Rock My Soul - Great Aces
Warfare - Count Machouki
Crazy Baby - U Roy Jnr
Skankee - Leroy Wallace
Fugitive - Lloyd The Matador
King Boxer - Duke Larry
Upsetter Version - Dennis Alcapone

Freedom Version - Jeff Dixon

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'69 Style Vol 2

The companion volume to the last post sees a few more faves from my early record collecting times,stiil to come in this series another few from 1970 & 1971 SO STAY TUNED !!!


01 Soulful I –The Upsetters
02 Lovers Train – The Freedom Singers
03 Surfin’ – Ernest Ranglin
04 Clap Your Hands – The Ethiopians
05 Mix Up Girl – The Creations
06 Lennox Mood – Lennox Brown
07 Why Didn’t You Say – James Nephew
08 Slip Away – Slim Smith
09 Daydream – Bunny Lee All Stars
10 Long Time – The Showboys
11 Fatty – Bim & Bam
12 The Return Of Al Capone – Peter Tosh
13 Musical Gate – The Soul Rhythms
14 Jamaica – Alton Ellis
15 Bluebird – The Silvertones
16 What Am I To Do – Tony Scott
17 Oh Lord Why Lord – The Itals
18 How Long Will It Take – Pat Kelly
19 Honky - Joe’s All Stars
20 Devotion – Tony King

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'69 Style Vol 1

Some time ago I met an old school friend,conversation quickly turned to the music we used to listen to and my friend said he had not kept his old records,luckily I have & offered to compile a few CDs comprising music we used to listen to here is the first of 2 from 1969

0 1 tribute to a king ---------------busty brown
02 ease me up officer --------------winston Jarrett
03 black coffee -------------------winston wright
04 donkey man --------------------laurel aitken
05 machukies cooking --------------count machuki
06 my heartaches -----------------vic taylor
07 in times like these --------------silhouettes
08 please be true ------------------alexander henry
09 soul special --------------------king cannon
10 lala always stay ----------------glen & dave
11 little girl ----------------------winston groovy
12 tell me now--------------------marcia griffiths
13 cool down ----------------------winston hines
14 please please -------------------caribbeans
15 heart don’t leap ----------------dennis walks
16 i need your loving ---------------concords
17 freedom train ------------------ernest wilson
18 be yourself ---------------------ken boothe
19 devil’s disciple ------------------lester stirling

20 whip cracker -------------------don d junior

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Girls Rush - Lloyd Clarke

To my knowledge Lloyd Clarke did not release any LPs of his work so here is a unique opportunity to hear one of the foundation artists of JA music.

Here’s a compilation I’ve been meaning to do for a long time & finally got round to it.
“Girls Rush” featuring one of my favourite Ska Stars Lloyd Clarke, of course I don’t have a picture of Lloyd nor hardly any info about him .In Dave Katz’ “Solid Foundation” the only mention of Lloyd is in relation to Lester Sterling’s first foray into Studio One where he thinks a vocal was being put down by Lloyd, but to my knowledge Lloyd didn’t record for Dodd .No mention in “Rough Guide” or “People Funny Boy” so the only other piece of info I have comes from the sleeve notes of “Trench Town Ska” in which its noted that Lloyd used to stay with Theo Beckford & didn’t have a day job because he only liked to sing ,well I for one am glad about that because I think he has a very distinctive voice

01 LOVE YOU THE MOST
02 PARAPINTO BOOGIE
03 PENITENTIARY SHUFFLE
04BAD WEED
05 SERPENT SHUFFLE
06FACE MAN
07 BEST THINGS IN LIFE
08 FELLOW JAMAICAN
09 GIRLS RUSH
10 SHIRLEY IS DEAD
11 HE’S COMING
12 JAPANESE GIRL
13 IT TAKES A FRIEND
14 NOW I KNOW THE REASON
15 YOU’RE A CHEAT
16 SUMMERTIME
17 FOOLS DAY
18 LOVE YOU (with YVONNE)
19 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
20 GOOD MORNING
21 THREE MEN
22 YOUNG LOVE
23 LIVING AMONG THE DEAD
24 SUMMERTIME (ROCKSTEADY CUT)
25 PARRO SAW THE LIGHT
26 LOVE YOU THE MOST (ROCKSTEADY CUT)

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DJ Relay

Here’s a different idea Take a DJ, give him a Rhythm then after doing his thing on it hand it to the next DJ for his take on that same Rhythm
Starting with my favourite DJ I Roy on a Bunny Lee produced cut of Delroy Wilson’s version of “Can I Change My Mind” then pass it on to Big Joe for his version , then pick another Rhythm to pass on to the next DJ until we return to I Roy so 12 DJs & 12 different Rhythms

1 ROSE OF SHERON ------------I ROY
2 QUATTIE BUY TROUBLE ----BIG JOE
3 KISSING VERSION -----------BIG JOE
4 KISS ME VERSION - ----------DELROY JONES
5 ZION TRAIN ------------------DELROY JONES
6 COLLEGE GIRL ---------------DENNIS ALCAPONE
7 ITAL GIRL --------------------DENNIS ALCAPONE
8 QUICK AND SLICK -----------WINSTON SCOTLAND
9 MY LITTLE FILLY -----------WINSTON SCOTLAND
10 GOD IS STANDING BY ------DILLINGER
11 SLIPE PEN ROAD BLOCK ----DILLINGER
12 HOW LONG JAH JAH --------JAH STITCH
13 DANGER ZONE CHAPTER 3 -JAH STITCH
14 DANGER ZONE CHAPTER 4 -SHORTY THE PRESIDENT
15 BEAST FROM THE EAST ----SHORTY THE PRESIDENT
16 HIGH EXPLOSION ----------LLOYD YOUNG
17 HIT ME JACK ---------------LLOYD YOUNG
18 NOT LONG AGO ------------BIG YOUTH
19 I PRAY THEE CONTINUALLY --BIG YOUTH
20 TOWN WITOUT PITY ----------SIR HARRY
21 PLAYING ON STRONG ---------SIR HARRY
22 FREE FROM CHAINS -----------PRINCE JAZZBO
23 STEP FORWARD YOUTH -------PRINCE JAZZBO
24 FORWARD I MAN BACK A YARD -I ROY

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The Kong Konnection

Leslie Kong seems to have been one of the better JA producers to work with, it's rumoured he paid ontime & at a good rate so he was favoured by consistantly good performances for his unusually loyal artists these included Derrick Morgan, Desmond Dekker & The Maytals to name a few ,all the tunes on this compilation were released in the UK on the Pyramid label which had no JA counterpart.Leslie only released tunes on the Beverley's label in JA unlike his counterparts who released tunes on a variety of their own labels.

Beverley's originally operated from a Kingston ice cream parlour so "Stop Me & Listen To This"

1 DENHAM TOWN – WINSTON & GEORGE
2 MIDDLE EAST – ROLAND ALPHONSO
3 EL TORO – ROLAND ALPHONSO
4 SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME – NORMAN GRANT
5 JUNGLE BIT – ROLAND ALPHONSO
6 TOUGHER THAN TOUGH – DERRICK MORGAN
7 SONG FOR MY FATHER – ROLAND ALPHONSO
8 FINE FINE FINE – FREDDIE MCLEAN
9 COURT DISMISS – DERRICK MORGAN
10 PRETTY AFRICAN – DESMOND DEKKER
11 GOVERN YOUR MOUTH – GEORGE DEKKER
12 ETERNAL LOVE – AUSTIN FAITHFUL
13 GOODNIGHT MY LOVE – ROLAND ALPHONSO
14 YOU’RE TREATING ME BAD – GEORGE DEKKER
15 PEACE AND LOVE – ROLAND ALPHONSO
16 STRUGGLE – MAYTALS
17 STREAM OF LIFE – ROLAND ALPHONSO
18 REBORN – MAYTALS
19 PEE PEE CLUCK – PIONEERS

20 PRESSURE DROPS – MAYTALS

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Swing A Ling - Charley Ace

I've always been fascinated by Toasters a uniquely JA phenomenon and Charley is one of the originals, probably better known for his Swing A Ling Van he's recorded some fine tunes have a listen to these

· CREATION VERSION
· MUSICAL CHALICE
· SILVER & GOLD
· NEED NO WHIP
· LOVERS AFFAIR
· GRINE GRINE
· DO SOMETHING
· BOOKS OF BOOKS
· HARDER THEY COME
· HOT NUMBER
· ONTARIUS VERSION
· SHOCK & SHAKE
· MAIL MAN
· MUSICAL COMBINATION
· COUNTRY BOY
· COW THIEF SKANK
· BIG TONGUE BUSTER
· 10 COMMANDMENTS OF JOSHUA
· MAKE IT LOVE
· REAL RED
GUN COURT AFFAIR

 Re Upped 24-5-12

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Jamaican Serenades Vol 15

I contributed a few times to this series of Jamaican Instrumentals so I'll be uploading a few more later but here is the first one I compiled with tunes from the early Ska days to the Mid 70's

merry twist - derrick morgan
vat 7 - beverley's all stars
going west - buster's all stars
thunderball - bobby aitken's group
peace & love - r alphonso
the brush - lyn tait
patricia - ike bennett
soul glide - neville hinds
bumble bee - crystalites
tribute to sir alex - johnny moore
soul trombone - sound dimension
lovers mood - lenox brown
dark of the moon - jackie mittoo
strings & things - tommy mccook
castle rock - richard ace
drummer roach - gladstone anderson
school days - augustus pablo
eviction in trenchtown - jah maker
sitting by the wayside - tony washington
lava - soul syndicate

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Grandad's Grooves

Maybe if you had a "Groovy Grandad" these are the tunes he would have listened to in his heyday!

01 Little Princess – Lord Creator
02 Away From It All – Don Drummond
03 What’ll I Do – Bobby Aitken & Tince
04 Don’t Come Back – Karl Walker
05 Come On Baby- Owen Gray
06 Bellylick – Orville Alphonso
07 Senorita – Senoir Pablo
08 I’m A Warrior – Theophilus Beckford & Lloyd Clarke
09 Gujara Ska – The Soul Brothers
10 The Blues Have Got Me Down – Lord Tanamo
11 Beggars Are no Choosers – Prince Buster
12 Petty Baby – Higgs & Wilson
13 A Thousand Teardrops – The Rhythm Aces
14 Downbeat Special – Roland Alphonso
15 Dig My Jive – Duke White
16 Musical Sermon – Baba Brooks
17 It Makes Me Mad – Keith & George
18 Crown Me – Stranger Cole
19 Hometown – Laurel Aitken
20 Darling – Girl Satchmo
21 Gonna Look For My Girl – Dee’s Group
22 One Night Baby – Basil Gabbidon
23 Backbeat - Roland Alphonso
24 Tell Me Darling – Wilfred Edwards
25 Yours – Alton & Eddy
26 Ska All Over The World – Jimmy Cliff
27 Give To Get – Shenley Duffus

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Listening Is Not A Gamble

1 LOVE IS NOT A GAMBLE – TECHNIQUES & RANKING TREVOR
2 NATTY DON’T MAKE WAR – LITTLE JOE
3 IMMIGRATION – EARL SIXTEEN
4 MOUTH OF THE WICKED – DENNIS PEART
5 SAVE THE CHILDREN – VOICE OF THE TRINITY
6 JAH STATION – JOHNNY LOVER
7 HARD LUCK STORY – ERROL DUNKLEY & JAH STITCH
8 BACKRA MASSA – CLAUDIUS LINTON
9 JAH JAH DELIVER US – KEITH GOODE
10 JAH MAN OF CALVARY – MICHEAL RAS STAR
11 BLACK SKIN – SONNY WASHINGTON
12 RASTA SPIRIT – ALTON ELLIS
13 GOLDEN STOOL – BIM SHERMAN
14 SHOW A LITTLE LOVE – DILLINGER
15 RESCUE JAH CHILDREN – JUNIOR MURVIN
16 COMING OF JAH – HERBERT CHANG
17 THAT’S PROPHESY – I ROY
18 I’VE MADE UP MY MIND – ENOS MCLEOD
19 JAH SAY LOVE – TWO PLUS ONE
20 GATES OF ZION – WELL PLEASED AND SATISFIED

A Collection of 70's style tunes and as the title says well worth a gamble to download & listen
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Oswald “Baba” Brooks
In my opinion one of the Great JA Hornsmen alongside Tommy McCook & Roland Alphonso but unlike Roland & Tommy a little overlooked ,I know of no LP credited solely to Baba .He is credited on Prince Buster’s “What A Hard Man Fe Dead” LP & I have heard the Prince rate Baba in an interview so I guess he could be featured on any number of “Prince Buster All Stars” singles , he also features on The Techniques “Little Did You Know “ LP ,and I think he was Duke Reid’s arranger until The Skatalites split &Tommy McCook came over to Treasure Isle, from there he moved over to work with Sonia Pottinger at “Gayfeet” continuing to cut some great tunes into the Rocksteady Period , so here’s a taster

01 Open The Door
02 Musical Sermon
03 Catch A Fire
04 Boat Ride
05 Teenage Ska
06 Cast Off
07 Musical Communion
08 Take Five
09 Workshop
10 Spider
11 Girls Town Ska
12 Virginia Ska
13 Melody Jamboree
14 Greenfield Ska
15 Dreadnaught
16 Independence Ska
17 Portrait Of My Love
18 Vitamin A
19 The Mood I'm In
20 Cocktails For Two
21 Key To The City
22 Jelly Bean
23 Faberge
24 Special Event
25 Smokin' Ska
26 Deadfall
27 Nightmare

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as always I’ve included a cover & tracklist

Doctor Bird

Lets kick off with a compilation I did some time ago , focusing on the "Doctor Bird" label operated in the 1960's by Graeme Goodall which released some fabulous singles between 1966 & 1969 there seems to have been a connection with Sonia Pottinger's "Gayfeet" label in JA as her productions make up the bulk of the releases but with a few Studio One & Treasure Isle as well as a few smaller labels in the mix it's a cracking label

FIRST SESSION – BABA BROOKS

SUFFERER'S CHOICE – ROLAND ALPHONSO

SKA-ING WEST – SIR LORD COMIC

HEARTACHES – NORMA FRAZER

IT'S REAL – SILVERTONES

NOTHING SWEETER – ALTON & THE FLAMES

HIGHER THE MONKEY CLIMBS – JUSTIN HINDS

IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU – ERIC MORRIS

JEZEBEL – LLOYD & GLEN

LET THEM HAVE A HOME – UPSETTERS

YOU TOOK MY LOVE – PATSY

I'M THE WINNER – ROY SHIRLEY

A THING CALLED SOUL – SENSATIONS

NYAH BONGO –COUNT OSSIE

LONESOME LOVER – AL & THE VIBRATORS

REVELATION – ALVA LEWIS

COOL NIGHT – JAMAICANS

COOL IT – DERMOT LYNCH

I NEED YOUR LOVING – GAYLADS

CRIME DON'T PAY – KINGSTONIANS

YOU ARE MY ONLY LOVE – MELODIANS

I'M NOT LOSING YOU – ETHIOPIANS

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Here's the link http://www.mediafire.com/?bk5kycv6ehdps5s

As a life long fan of Jamaican Music I thought I would use this site to share some of the highlights of my collecting ,this will usually consist of a compilation CD of some of my collection which consists mainly of 7" singles ,the very lifeblood of JA music.

I hope this will give other people an opportunity to hear some great music that they would not hear otherwise