Quality '71 Vol 2

For those who can't wait for another Quality comp here's the next one

1 Mount Zion - Elijah
2 Back To Africe Pt2 – Count Ossie
3 Hard Fighter – Little Roy
4 Don’t Get Weary – Tont Brevett
5 Crying Every Night – Stranger Cole
6 Oh No Not My Baby – The Diamonds
7 I Love You Madly – Delroy Wilson
8 3 In 1 – Errol Dunkley
9 Reggae In The Fields – Augustus Pablo
10 A Little Love – Jimmy London
11 Out Of Love – Dave Barker
12 Stars – Lloyd Parks
13 Baby Don’t Do It – Dennis Brown
14 Walk Walk Walk – The Wailing Souls
15 Save Me – Bob Andy
16 Picture On The Wall – Freddie McKay
17 True Born African – Alton Ellis
18 Lion’s Den – The Kingstonians
19 Walk A Little Prouder – Carl Dawkins
20 Freedom Train – The Gladiators

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Quality '71 Reggae

Another "year" compilation of music I listened to in 1971 ,not always what was most popular but more what I could get hold of at the time

1 Lot’s Wife – The Ethiopians
2 Slave – Derrick Harriott
3 Out Of One People Many – Dandy
4 Geronimo – The Pyramids
5 Wah No Dead – The Maytones
6 Bongo Man – Jimmy Cliff
7 Now I Know – Ken Boothe
8 Keep Walking – Slim Smith
9 Born To Lose – Lloyd & Joy
10 Shelly Belly – Roland Alphonso
11 Penny For Your Song – Scotty
12 Grooving Out On Life – Hopeton Lewis
13 It’s You - The Maytals
14 Teardrops Wil Fall – The Silvertones
15 Lick Samba – The Wailers
16 What A Confusion – Dave Barker
17 Police Trim Rasta – Prince Buster
18 Better Love – Keith Hudson
19 Love In Our Nation – Dudley Sibley
20 Guilty - Tiger

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Jamaican Serenades Vol 21

Another selection of instrumentals from the early Ska of Bells Orchestra to the mid '70s sounds of Matumbi

01 cable & wireless - bell's orchestra
02 dee's special - lloyd & cecil
03 one minute to zero - karl walker
04 wayward ska - lloyd brevett
05 naked city - tommy mccook
06 soul voyage - lester sterling
07 julie on my mind - lyn tait
08 heartbeat - ernest ranglin
09 hidden treasure - ronnie & hippy boys
10 soul movement - winston wright
11 more ball - impact all stars
12 soul fight - mediators
13 my sugar ain't sweet - jumbo sterling
14 melodies of war - family man
15 i care - ron wilson
16 south african reggae pt2 - cedric brooks
17 black sunday - buggis
18 midnight organ - jackie taylor
19 anti aparthied - peter tosh
20 rock pt 2 – matumbi

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Doctor Bird 45's Vol 2

Another treat for Rocksteady fans ,Vol 2 from the legendary Doctor Bird label



01 The Lecture - The Fugitives

02 Stop Them - Hazel & The Jolly Boys

03 A Man Is Two Faced - Patsy Todd

04 Born To Love You - The Sensations

05 Faberge - Baba Brooks

06 Don't Stay Away - Phyllis Dillon

07 Feel The Rhythm - Clancy Eccles

08 Pure Soul - Lennie Hibbert

09 Fun Galore - The Kingstonians

10 People Funny Boy - Lee Perry

11 Storm Warning - Lyn Tait & The Boys

12 More Love - Tommy McCook

13 Tender Loving Care - Lyn Tait & The Comets

14 I've Got A Date - Alton & The Flames

15 Play It Cool - Eric Morris

16 Whip Cracker - Don D Jnr

17 Do You Really Love Me - Stranger & Gladdy

18 That's Life - Delano Stewart

19 Soul Voyage - Lester Sterling

20 Wonderful World - The Kilowatts

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Best In The Country - Big Youth

Presenting A Big Youth Extravaganza I've called it "Best In The Country" after a 7" single he recorded onJA Wildflower & it's included here as part of the "Really Together" 12"Big Youth is of course well served by Compilations,the superb "Natty Universal Dread" from BAF, Trojan's "Ride Like Lightning" & "Everyday Skank" & Heartbeats "Some Great Big Youth" so I've tried to select some items not included in these compilations ,however I can't say if there are some included in Various Artist compilations

01 IN HIS OWN WAY - DENNIS BROWN & BIG YOUTH

02 REVOLUTION ROCK - BIG YOUTH

03 NATTY WARNING - BIG YOUTH

04 COME INTO MY PARLOUR - BIG YOUTH

05 CASSAVA ROCK - BIG YOUTH

06 INSTANT COMA - BIG YOUTH

07 REALLY TOGETHER - JACKIE PARIS, PAM HALL & BIG YOUTH

08 NOTTY NO JESTER - BIG YOUTH

09 LOVE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD - BIG YOUTH

10 JAH JAH LOVE THEM - BIG YOUTH

11 THE BIG FIGHT - BIG YOUTH

12 ALL NATIONS - BIG YOUTH

13 TOWN WITHOUT PITY - BIG YOUTH

14 MOVIE MAN - BIG YOUTH

15 BIG YOUTH DREAD (YABBY YOUTH) - BIG YOUTH

16 LEAVE YOUR SKENG - BIG YOUTH

17 LOVE JAH JAH CHILDREN - BIG YOUTH

18 DO GOOD - BIG YOUTH

19 JA TO UK - BIG YOUTH

20 RUNNING UP AND DOWN - DENNIS BROWN & BIG YOUTH

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Night Owl And More - Various DJs

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Toasters and so this compilation gives me chance to showcase some lesser know exponents of the art of chatting

01 YUH WAN TAN STYLE – RAS I
02 CRIPPLE SKANK – BONGO HERMAN & BINGY BUNNY
03 DOUBLE ATTACK – LIZZY
04 BIG TV LITTLE TV – UNITY UNLIMITED
05 NIGHT OWL – PRINCE JAZZBO
06 SPEAK NO EVIL – PRINCE TONY
07 FITTEST OF THE FITTEST – BACCA
08 ROCK UP ZION- BIG JOE
09 TELL ME THE TRUTH – JAH THOMAS
10 KEEP ON KNOCKING – WILDMAN JOHNSON
11 ROLLINGTON TOWN SKANK – SKANKEE BOO
12 YOU MUST BELIVE – DENNIS ALCAPONE
13 LOVE ME GIRL – DEL,OWEN & NEWTS
14 DREAD COME OVER – LITTLE BOP
15 WHEREIT’S AT – KEN QUATTY
16 CHASE THEM – JAH BANNA
17 JUVENILE ROCK – NIGGER CHARLEY
18 CARELESS COMPANY – PRINCE PAMPADOO
19 RUB A DUB SESSION – RANKING DEVON
20 WORLD CLASS – JAH WOOSH
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Rio Viente

Twenty Tracks from the legendary RIO label featuring productions from C.S.Dodd,J.J.Johnson ,Caltone and Prince Buster to name a few




01 BLAZING FIRE - DERRICK MORGAN R1
02 YOU CAME LATE - ALAN MARTIN R6
03 LIFE - LAUREL AITKEN R13
04 HALF AS MUCH - LLOYD CLARKE R16
05 GARDEN OF EDEN - BOBBY AITKEN R40
06 GOT YOU ON MY MIND - DOUGLAS BROTHERS R43
07 MUSICAL TRAIN - LITTLE LUNAN R44
08 SOMETHING ON MY MIND - SHENLEY & LUNAN R52
09 MUSICAL FIGHT - KARL WALKER R79
10 GOOD NANNIE - PIONEERS R102
11 RIVERTON CITY - TOMMY McCOOK R104
12 I WOULDN'T BABY - SHARKS R110
13 BE BOP BOY - CLARENDONIANS R112
14 LONG DAYS SHORT NIGHTS - DAWN PENN R113
15 I AM WHAT I AM - JACKIE OPEL R117
16 RUDIE GET WISE - SOUL BOYS R120
17 DUN DEAD A'READY - ETHIOPIANS R126
18 WELL COVERED - RULERS R135
19 ALL OF A SUDDEN - CARL DAWKINS R136
20 I DON'T CARE - KINGSTONIANS R140

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