This Tropical Land

A selection of tunes from 1972

01 - The Melodians - This Tropical Land
02 - Joe White - Loving You
03 - The Maytals - It Was Written Down
04 - Alton Ellis - I'm Trying
05 - Delroy Wilson - Diamomd Ring
06 - Ron Wilson - Official Trombone
07 - Fabulous Five - Come Back And Stay
08 - Derrick Harriott - Let Me Down Easy
09 - Ken Boothe - Tears From My Eyes
10 - Eric Donaldson - Blue Boot
11 - Winston Jarrett & The Flames - True Born African
12 - Audley Rollins - What's Your Name
13 - Tony Brevett - So Ashamed
14 - The Ethiopians - You Are For Me
15 - Jackie Barnard - Rising Of Another
16 - Roman Stewart - Never Too Young
17 - Slim Smith - Turning Point
18 - The Stingers - Forward Up
19 - The Heptones - Hypocrite
20 - Lennox Brown - High School Serenade


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Bits And Pieces

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If You Can't Beat Them

01 - Rupie Edwards - If You Can't Beat Them
02 - The Imperials - Always With Me
03 – The Hippy Boys - What’s Your Excuse
04 - The Silvertones - Intensified Change
05 - Lloyd Willis - Reggae Fever
06 - Symarip - Must Catch A Train
07 - Glen Adams - Power Cut
08 - The Heptones - Darling I Love You
09 - The Clarendonians - When I Am Gone
10 - George Lee - Burial Of Longshot 2
11 - The Conquerors - If You Can't Beat Them Join Them
12 - The Inspirations - You Know What I Mean
13 - Derrick Morgan - Hard Time
14 - Fitzroy Long - Got A New Girl
15 - Winston Groovy - I Can't Stand It
16 -The Tennors -Festival Knocks
17 - Gene Rondo - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
18 - Big L - Music Box
19 - Seven Letters - Please Stay
20 - The Gaylads - Last Time

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1966

1966 seems to have been a good year for Jamaica, with the state Visit of Haile Selassie in April & The Commonwealth Games in August but for me the most important event musically was the slow change from Ska to Rocksteady and I hope you can hear the subtle changes in the Music




01 - You Promised Love - Joey & Butch

02 - Lay It On - The Melodians

03 - The Teaser - Herman Marquis

04 - Live & Let Others Live - Glen & Lloyd

05 - Under Arrest - Prince Buster

06 - Stop Making love - The Gaylads

07 - Don't Be A Rude Boy - The Rulers

08 - You Won't See Me - The Clarendonians

09 - Tonight - Stranger & Patsy

10 - Don't Trouble People - Alton & The Flames

11 - Are You There - Dawn Penn

12 - Sound One - Soul Brothers

13 - See That Man - David Isaacs

14 - Mama Told Me - Justin Hinds

15 - Riverton City - Tommy McCook

16 - I Want To Take A Chance - The Slickers

17 - Look Who's Back Again - Slim & Delroy

18 - You're No Good - Ken Boothe

19 - Bam Bam - The Maytals

20 - Chelip Chelip - The Originators

21 - Rinky Dink (So Good) - Roland Alphonso

22 - You're Gonna Need Me - The Saints

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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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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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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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'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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