The Wailers - Singles & Rarities Collection 1970 - 1972 (The Breakthrough Years)

This is the second part of the epic singles and rarities collection which began with "The Early Years 1962 - 1970" available on this blog. If you have not already checked it out it is highly recommended.

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This one kicks off right where the previous volume ended, after The Wailers (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston) had worked with producer Ted Pounder the group began a brief spell with Leslie Kong.

It's funny that the first volume kicked off with Bob's debut single "Judge Not" which was cut for Leslie Kong's 'Beverleys' label back in 1962 and now, some 8 years later, it is Kong that produced the first few sides featured on this set.

The Wailers were down on their luck by 1970, their singles were not selling well and Leslie Kong was the only producer that would have them at this point. The material they cut with Kong would eventually become classics including "Soul Shakedown Party", "Caution", "Cheer Up" and "Soul Captives" but at the time of release in Jamaica they made little waves on the music scene and sold poorly.

The group had become outcasts, their rough and raw sound didn't seem to fit in with what was popular at the time and so the group headed over to see a man at the forefront of the latest crazes, Lee "Scratch" Perry.

The Wailers work with Lee Perry and his house band The Upsetters is often credited as being the finest material the group would ever release. Perry seemed to get the best out of The Wailers, bringing the groups harmonies together tighter and reigning in Bob's wild leads. The hits came thick and fast and in no time at all The Wailers were once again a major force on the Jamaican music scene.

This volume goes on to showcase the work released on The Wailers own 'Wail'n Soul'm' label including the massive hits "Trenchtown Rock" and "Lively Up Yourself" before the band went on to sign with JAD records.

It includes some of the demo recordings made by Bob during his trip to Sweden with label chief Danny Sims and Johnny Nash, as well as the rock-inspired material released by CBS including "Reggae On Broadway".

By the end of this volume we have reached the point in which The Wailers would sign for Island Records and begin their international journey with their label debut album "Catch A Fire".

To be continued....

Enjoy!  : ) 

 
The Wailers Singles & Rarities 1970 - 1972 (The Breakthrough Years)
  

1) Soul Shakedown Party
2) Soul Shakedown Party (Version)
3) Caution
4) Soul Captives
5) Soul Captives (Version)
6) Stop The Train
7) Cheer Up
8) Cheer Up (Version)
9) Soon Come
10) Soon Come (Version)
11) Go Tell It On The Mountain
12) Can't You See
13) Back Out
14) Do It Twice
15) Mr. Chatterbox
16) Mr. Chatterbox (Version)
17) Mr. Talkative
18) My Cup
19) Version Of Cup
20) Try Me
21) Try Me (Version)
22) Man To Man
23) Nicoteen (Man To Man Version)
24) Man To Man (Dub Plate Mix)
25) Small Axe
26) Battle Axe
27) The Axe Man
28) More Axe
29) More More Axe
30) Shocks '71 {Dave Barker & Charlie Ace}
31) Duppy Conqueror
32) Zig Zag (Duppy Conqueror Version)
33) The Upsetting Station {Dave Barker & The Upsetters}
34) Soul Rebel
35) Soul Rebel (Version)
36) Soul Rebel (Alternative Take)
37) Rebel Version {Glen Adams & The Upsetters}
38) Run For Cover
39) It's Alright
40) It's Alright (Version)
41) It's Alright (Alternative Take)
42) No Water (Can Quench My Thirst)
43) No Water (Version)
44) Four Hundred Years
45) My Sympathy (400 Years Version)
46) Corner Stone
47) Corner Stone (Version)
48) Rebel's Hop (a.k.a Walk The Proud Land)
49) Rebel's Hop (Version)
50) Reaction
51) Reaction (Version)
52) Soul Almighty
53) Soul Almighty (Version)
54) Shocks Of Mighty {With Lee "Scratch" Perry}
55) Shocks Of Mighty (Version)
56) Jah Is Mighty
57) No Sympathy
58) No Sympathy (Version)
59) Long Long Winter
60) Long Long Winter (Version)
61) Kaya
62) Kaya (Version)
63) Kaya (Alternative Take)
64) Put It On
65) Put It On (Version)
66) All In One (Medley Part I & II) {With Lee "Scratch" Perry}
67) Copasetic (All In One Version)
68) Brand New Second Hand
69) Brand New Second Hand (Version)
70) Brand New Second Hand (Alternative Take)
71) Down Presser Man
72) Down Presser Man (Version)
73) Mr. Brown
74) Dracula (Mr. Brown Version)
75) Fussing And Fighting
76) Fussing And Fighting (Version)
77) Stand Alone
78) Stand Alone (Version)
79) Riding High
80) Riding High (Version)
81) Brain Washing
82) Brain Washing (Version)
83) Memphis
84) Memphis (Version)
85) Keep On Moving
86) Keep On Moving (Version)
87) Keep On Moving (Alternative Take)
88) Moving On {Big Youth}
89) Keep On Moving {Augustus Pablo}
90) African Herbsman
91) African Herbsman (Version)
92) Dreamland
93) Dreamland (Version)
94) Send Me That Love
95) Love Light
96) Love Light (Version)
97) Love Light (Alternative Take)
98) Don't Rock My Boat
99) Don't Rock My Boat (Version)
100) Rock My Boat (Alternative Take)
101) I Like It Like This {Johnny Lover & The Wailers}
102) Sun Is Shining
103) Sun Is Shining (Version)
104) Heathen's Rage {Johnny Lover & The Wailers}
105) In The Iaah {Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Wailers}
106) Never Had A Dream Come True {Glen Adams & The Wailers}
107) Never Had A Dream Come True (Version)
108) Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying {Dave Barker & The Wailers}
109) Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Version)
110) What A Confusion {Dave Barker & The Wailers}
111) What A Confusion (Version)
112) Earthquake {U-Roy}
113) Earthquake (Version) {Winston Wright & The Upsetters}
114) Picture On The Wall {Carl Dawkins & The Wailers}
115) Picture On The Wall (Version)
116) True Love {Carl Dawkins & The Wailers}
117) Cloud Nine {Carl Dawkins & The Wailers}
118) Why Oh Why {Carl Dawkins & The Wailers}
119) Why Oh Why (Version)
120) Got The Tip {Junior Byles & The Wailers}
121) Pour Down The Sunshine Of Your Love
122) Bob's Acoustic Medley
123) Redder Than Red
124) Redder Than Red (Version)
125) Trench Town Rock
126) Grooving Kingston 12
127) Kingston 12 {U-Roy & The Wailers}
128) Kingston 12 Shuffle {U-Roy & The Wailers}
129) Screw Face
130) Faceman (Screw Face Version)
131) Screw Face (Alternative Take)
132) This Train
133) Concrete Jungle
134) Ammunition (Concrete Jungle Version)
135) Concrete Jungle (Alternative Take)
136) Guava Jelly
137) Guava Jelly (Version)
138) Guava Jelly (Alternative Take)
139) Guava Jelly (Alternative Version)
140) Lively Up Yourself
141) Live (Lively Up Yourself Version)
142) Craven Choke Puppy
143) Craven Choke Puppy (Version)
144) Do Good {Big Youth & The Wailers}
145) Satisfy My Soul (Jah Jah)
146) Satisfy My Soul (Jah Jah) (Version)
147) Satisfy My Soul (Babe)
148) Satisfy My Soul (Babe) (Version)
149) Satisfied Version
150) Rhapsody {Rita Marley & The Wailers}
151) Lick Samba
152) Lick Samba (Version)
153) Why Should I?
154) Why Should I? (Version)
155) Pass It On
156) Pass It On (Version)
157) Maga Dog
158) Bull Dog (Maga Dog Version)
159) Skanky Dog {Winston Scotland}
160) Boney Dog {Love Generation}
161) Maingy Dog {Johnny Lover}
162) Fat Dog {Love Generation}
163) Them A Fi Get A Beatin'
164) Them A Fi Get A Beatin' (Version)
165) White Liver Mabel {Mr. X & Sweety}
166) White Liver Mabel (Version)
167) Rude Boy Medley
168) Rude Boy Medley (Version)
169) Black Dignity
170) Leave My Business
171) Business Man
172) Arise Blackman
173) Arise Blackman (Version)
174) Here Comes The Judge
175) Rebelution {Winston Wright}
176) Ah-So
177) If Ah-So
178) We Can Make It (Uptight) {Peter Tosh & Pat Satchmo}
179) Dog Teeth
180) Once Bitten
181) Once Bitten (Version)
182) Lion
183) Lion (Version)
184) Here Comes The Sun
185) Here Comes The Sun (Version)
186) No Mercy
187) No Mercy (Version)
188) You Can't Blame The Youth
189) You Can't Blame The Youth (Version)
190) Dance (Do The Reggae)
191) Oh Lord I Got To Get There
192) Lonesome Feeling
193) All It Takes {Rita Marley & The Wailers}
194) Stay With Me
195) Music Gonna Teach Them A Lesson
196) Reggae On Broadway
197) Reggae On Broadway (7'' Single)
198) I'm Gonna Get You
199) I'm Gonna Get You (Alternative Mix)
200) I'm Hurting Inside
201) Lion Of Judah (Live)


The Breakthrough Years 1970 - 1972:

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The Groove Master - Prince Tony Robinson Productions

An awesome selection on offer here as we present this collection of Prince Tony Robinson productions. We received a number of requests for this one and here it is.

Tony Robinson was based on Slipe Road, just off Orange Street, in Kingston, Jamaica and began producing in the very late 1960's. His early years and just how he got involved in the Reggae scene is pretty sketchy and much of his biography remains rather unclear.

Robinson's debut production is widely regarded as being "Casa Boo Boo" by Count Sticky who introduces the 'Prince' at the start of the song. How he acquired this royal title is again unclear.

Robinson would release a heavy output of DJ material during his career, it was obviously an area of Reggae music he favoured and would promote the toasters on a-side singles as well as albums before many of Jamaica's other producers.

Robinson created a number of labels for his productions including High School, TR Groovemaster, State Line, Jam Rock and Front Line. His dub sides were credited to the Prince Tony All-Stars, again it's unclear who made up this band but it's likely to have predominantly been the Skin, Flesh & Bones group with occassional variations. The majority of Robinson's productions were recorded at Joe Gibbs' and Harry J's studios. Front Line became the output label for his international productions when it was picked up by major label Virgin Records after they signed the roots group The Gladiators.

The Gladiators, made up of Albert Griffiths, Tony Fearon and Gallimore Sutherland, had some early success recording for Joe Gibbs and Lee Perry but it was after linking with Robinson that the group really took off.

Robinson produced the groups incredible debut album "Trenchtown Mix Up" in 1976 and when released via Front Line and Virgin Records it went on to become a roots classic. The group and producer would work together on follow up albums including "Proverbial Reggae" in 1977, "Naturality" in 1978, "Reggae To Bone" in 1979 and the fantastic "Babylon Street" released in 1982.

Tony Robinson also produced classic mid to late seventies albums by Big Youth ("Dreadlocks Dread" - 1975), U-Roy ("Dread In Babylon" - 1975 & "Rasta Ambassador" - 1976) and Barry Brown ("Mafia" - 1980) as well as fine material with future Reggae legends including Gregory Isaacs, Ken Boothe, John Holt, The Heptones, Delroy Wilson and Linval Thompson.

Robinson was highly influenced by the roots sound of the mid to late seventies, especially the style created by Lee Perry at his Black Ark studio and Robinson's productions are full of the atmospheric, dubbiness that made Perry's productions stand out, albeit Robinson had access to much more advanced recording studios.

Another artist who frequently appears on Robinson's productions is (the Ken Boothe sound-a-like) Barrington Spence. Also Roman Stewart, Dillinger, Owen Gray, The Clarendonians and Richard Ace make regular appearances.

Richard Ace cut his debut, self titled, album with Robinson in 1979 and it contained a number of fine cover versions of Disco and Funk tunes including "You Are The One I Want" and "Stayin' Alive".

Another set of covers had been recorded by Robinson back in 1975 by the group The Chosen Few who's album "Everybody Plays The Fool" sold well after the single "Tears Of A Clown" became an international hit.

By the 1980's Robinson's production output slowed down as roots reggae was slowly being edged out by the digital scene and the popular dancehall artists that were emerging.

He recorded the album "Reggae In The City" with Tony Tuff in 1981 and the album "Nice Time", a collaboration LP between Tristan Palmer and Toyan, in 1982.

He also recorded with albino duo Yellowman and Mellow Yellow in the mid-80's before heading to the US.

Robinson had some slight involvement on the US Hip-Hop scene and eventually settled in Miami where he set up a number of small businesses.

In the late 1990's, and heavily throughout the 2000's, Virgin Records began remastering and re-releasing Robinson's productions on the Front Line label, this remains ongoing to the present.

This collection gathers up singles, b-sides and album cuts from the late 1960's right up to the mid 1980's, covering every aspect of Robinson's incredible, and often hard to find, production work.


Enjoy!  : )

The Groove Master - Prince Tony Robinson Productions

Disc One

1) Count Sticky - Casa Boo Boo
2) Delroy Wilson - Here Comes The Heartache
3) Jackie Brown - Living In Sweet Jamaica
4) Norman Brown - La La La At The End
5) Barrington Spence - Bleaching Cream
6) Lloyd Parks - You Don't Care
7) Ronald Wilson - I Care
8) U-Roy - Natty Don't Fear
9) Winston Scotland - Butter Cup
10) Ranking Joe - A You Mr. Fenniegan
11) The Gladiators - Pocket Money
12) Prince Tony All-Stars - Pocket Money Dub
13) U-Roy - Evil Doers
14) Bunny Brown - My Little Girl
15) Winston Scotland - My Little Filly
16) Dillinger - My Girl
17) Noel Brown - After Laughter
18) Barrington Spence - Get It On
19) Prince Tony All-Stars - Get It On Dub
20) The Gladiators - Thief In The Night
21) U-Roy - Runaway Girl
22) The Chosen Few - Tears Of A Clown

Disc Two

1) Big Youth - Natty Dread She Want
2) Max Brown - Any Man Can Be A Fool
3) Desmond Irie - Babylon Must Fall (Extended Mix)
4) Naggo Morris & U-Roy - Say You (Extended Mix)
5) Prince Tony All-Stars - Zambia Connection
6) Ranking Joe - John Never See Them A Come
7) George Nooks - Burn It In The Palace
8)  Barrington Spence - Jah Jah Train
9) Skin, Flesh & Bones - Move Yah
10) Big Youth - Train To Rhodesia
11) The Gladiators & Trinity - Jah O Jah O (Extended Mix)
12) The Heptones - We Got To Be Free (Extended Mix)
13) Delroy Wilson - Keep On Running
14) Ranking Joe - Steal The Show
15) Gregory Isaacs - Fly Little Silver Bird
16) U-Roy - Silver Bird
17) Ranking Joe - Navel String Cutter (Extended Mix)
18) Richard Ace - Ghetto Nation
19) Tony Tuff - For Every Man There Is A Woman (Extended Mix)
20) Roman Stewart - Daughter Like It Hot
21) The Gladiators - Hearsay
22) Barrington Spence - Children Don't You Cry

Disc Three

1) The Clarendonians - High School Dance (Extended Mix)
2) Brad Lundey - I Feel Sorry (Extended Mix)
3) Owen Gray - Dread Up In A Shanty Town
4) Toney & The Sweet Bunch - Fly Robin Fly
5) John Holt & U-Roy - Wear You To The Ball
6) The Gladiators - Marvel Not
7) Ranking Joe - The Loving Feeling
8) Prince Jazzbo - Free From Chains
9) Keith Poppin - Kick The Bucket
10) Barrington Spence - Let Locks Grow
11) Big Youth - House Of Dread Locks
12) Naggo Morris - Come Home Little Girl
13) Dillinger - Fat Beef Skank
14) Tony Tuff - Hope It's True (Extended Mix)
15) Delroy Wilson - I've Been In Love (Extended Mix)
16) Junior Brown & Ranking Reuben - Jah Find Babylon Guilty (Extended Mix)
17) The Gladiators - Struggle
18) The Morwells - Africa Is Calling (Extended Mix)
19) Bunny Brown - Queen Majesty
20) U-Roy - Chalice In The Palace
21) Dennis Alcapone - Majesty In Bed
22) Winston Scotland - Quick & Slick

Disc Four

1) Brent Dowe & U-Roy - Rivers Of Babylon (Extended Mix)
2) Jackie Brown - Tug-A-War A Yard (Extended Mix)
3) Richard Ace - You're The One That I Want
4) Prince Tony All-Stars - You're The One That I Want Dub
5) The Gladiators - Mix Up
6) Barrington Spence - Burr Head Rasta (Extended Mix)
7) Lennox Brown - High School Serenade
8) Dennis Alcapone - Rub Up A Daughter (Extended Mix)
9) Keith Poppin - I'm A Man Of My Word
10) Carlene Davis - Let Me Be There
11) Big Youth - Dread Locks Festival
12) The Clarendonians - Night Owl (Extended Mix)
13) Dennis Alcapone - Fine Style
14) Linval Thompson & Trinity - Love In The Ghetto (Extended Mix)
15) Gregory Isaacs - The Tide Is High
16) Barrington Spence - Darling Dry Your Eyes
17) The Gladiators - Soul Rebel
18) U-Roy - Natty Rebel
19) Dave Barker - It's Alright
20) Barry Brown - Mafia (Extended Mix)
21) Nicodemus -  Natty Sell A Million
22) Ken Boothe & The Prince Tony All-Stars - Now You Come Running Back (Extended Mix)

Disc Five

1) The Morwells - Reggae Party
2) Winston Scotland - On The Track
3) The Gladiators - Dreadlocks The Time Is Now
4) Brent Dowe - Same Song Everyday

5) Barrington Spence - Getti Getti No Want It
6) Trinity - Walky Talky
7) Pat Satchmo - What's Going On?
8) The Gladiators - Ship With A Captain
9) Jackie Brown - Lion Head (Extended Mix)
10) Winston Scotland - Power Skank
11) Barrington Spence - Speak Softly
12) Jah Lloyd - This Ya Sound
13) Tristan Palmer - Fussing & Fighting
14) Toyan - Irie Feeling
15) The Gladiators - Write To Me
16) Lloyd & Carey - Tubby's In Full Swing
17) Jah Lloyd - Upful Rasta Man
18) George Nooks - You're Too Greedy
19) Barrington Spence - Use Chiney Brush
20) The Gladiators - A Prayer To Jah
21) Tony Tuff - Tired Of This Life I Am Living
22) Richard Ace - If I Can't Have You (Extended Mix)

Disc Six

1) Yellowman - Lover's Take Over
2) Dillinger - I Man A Nyah (Extended Mix)
3) Linval Thompson & Trinity - Natty Roots (Extended Mix)
4) The Heptones - Sea Of Love
5) Dennis Alcapone - You Are Old
6) Delroy Wilson - Sweets For My Sweet (Extended Mix)
7) Keith Poppin - Take It Easy With Six
8) The Gladiators - Fussing And Fighting
9) Barrington Spence - Go Deh Natty
10) Richard Ace - She's Gone
11) Lloyd Parks - Trench Town Girl (Extended Mix)
12) Mellow Yellow - Me Hard
13) U-Roy - Jah Jah
14) Toyan - Radics Connection
15) Barrington Spence - Jah For All
16) Tony Tuff - Roots Man
17) Lloyd Parks - Strike Strike Strike
18) Triston Palmer - Walk Out On Me
19) Earl Sixteen - Super Duper
20) Jah Earl Locks - Trials And Tribulation (Extended Mix)
21) Owen Gray - Turning Point (Extended Mix)
22) The Gladiators - The Music Makers From Jamaica

Please be aware that all download links are currently unavailable as of January 2023

For further listening I would highly recommend the Prince Tony produced albums listed below:

The Gladiators    - Trenchtown Mix Up - (1976)
                              - Proverbial Reggae - (1977)
                              - Naturality - (1978)
                              - Reggae To Bone - (1979)
                              - Babylon Street - (1982)

U-Roy   - Dread In Babylon - (1975)
              - Rasta Ambassador - (1976)
              - Natty Rebel - (1977)
              - Jah Son Of Africa - (1978)

Big Youth - Dreadlocks Dread - (1975)

The Chosen Few - Everybody Plays The Fool - (1975)

Tony Tuff - Reggae In The City - (1981)

Richard Ace - Richard Ace - (1979)

Tristan Palmer & Toyan - Nice Time - (1982)

Barry Brown - Mafia - (1980)

King Yellowman Meets Mellow Yellow - (1982)

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The Wailers - Singles & Rarities Collection 1962 - 1970 (The EarlyYears)

A real treat on offer right here, this is an excellent collection of The Wailers earliest recordings. From Robert Marley's debut studio single "Judge Not" of 1962, through the early formation of The Wailing Wailers and their phenomenal Ska work at Studio One, right up to the groups late '60's, early reggae material.

The vast majority of tracks here are directly cut from original 7 inch singles and the sound quality is rather good considering the age of this material. There are rarities galore covering all of the groups recordings from the Ska and Rocksteady period of Jamaican music and it's also fasinating just how many R'n'B and Gospel tracks the group cut along the way.

I doubt that this collection is complete, I'm sure there are a number of tracks missing (notably the heavily rumoured "Terror"), but this album covers pretty much everything of worth by The Wailers during the 1960's. The hardcore Marley fans would probably have most of this material, others may have a few compilations covering this era such as "The Wailing Wailers At Studio One", "Climb The Ladder", "Destiny" and "The Birth Of A Legend" ect.., but this 155 song set covering the entire 1960's period is the most extensive we have come across.


The album ends around 1970 with the groups work with producer Ted Pounder, just before the golden period of the early 1970's and The Wailers incredible collaborations with the legendary Lee "Scratch" Perry.

That period is covered in the next set "Singles And Rarities 1970 - 1972 - The Breakthrough Years" which we are also hoping to make available on Sweet Rare Reggae Music, soon come ; )

There maybe some people out there who only know Bob Marley And The Wailers for their releases on Island records in the 1970's, the big hitters such as "Jamming", "One Love", "Buffalo Soldier" and the greatest hits album "Legend", but the history of The Wailers goes right back to the beginnings of Jamaican music, long before Reggae and Rastafari. A time when American R'n'B influenced the people on the small island of Jamaica to create their own sound, Ska Music, and Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston would first enter the scene.

These are the songs of three young, teenage Jamaicans apsiring to greatness.

Enjoy!  : )

  
The Wailers - Singles & Rarities 1962 - 1970 (The Early Years)  

Robert Marley Solo Singles:
  
1) Robert Marley - Judge Not (7'' Single)
2) Robert Marley - One Cup Of Coffee (7'' Single)
3) Robert Marley - Do You Still Love Me (7'' Single)

The Wailers:
  
4) Simmer Down (7'' Single)
5) I Don't Need Your Love (7'' Single)
6) I Don't Need Your Love (Alternative 7'' Single)
7) It Hurts To Be Alone (7'' Single - 1966)
8) Mr. Talkative (7'' Single - 1966)
9) Playboy (7'' Single)
10) I Am Going Home (7'' Single)
11) Do You Remember? (7'' Single - 1966)
12) Destiny (7'' Single)
13) Straight And Narrow Way (7'' Single)
14) Climb The Ladder (7'' Single)
15) Donna (7'' Single)
16) Donna (Alternative 7'' Single)
17) Tell Them Lord (7'' Single)
18) Hoot Nanny Hoot (7'' Single)
19) Go Jimmy Go (7'' Single)
20) Hand To Hand (7'' Single) {Lee Perry & The Wailers}
21) There She Goes (7'' Single - 1966) {With The Vikings}
22) Lonesome Feeling (7'' Single - 1966) {With The Vikings}
23) Hooligan (7'' Single)
24) Maga Dog (7'' Single - 1966)
25) Dance With Me (7'' Single)
26) Habits (7'' Single)
27) Amen (7'' Single)
28) Wings Of A Dove (7'' Single)
29) Nobody Knows (7'' Single)
30) Don't Ever Leave Me (7'' Single)
31) I've Made A Mistake (7'' Single)
32) Where's The Girl For Me? (7'' Single)
33) The Vow (7'' Single)
34) Diamond Baby (7'' Single)
35) Jumbie Jamboree (7'' Single)
36) Love And Affection (7'' Single)
37) Do You Feel The Same Way (7'' Single)
38) Teenager In Love (7'' Single)
39) True Confession (7'' Single)
40) Oh My Darling (7'' Single) {With Marcia Griffiths}
41) Shame And Scandal (7'' Single)
42) And I Love Her (7'' Single)
43) I Need You (7'' Single)
44) Ska Jerk (7'' Single)
45) What's New Pussycat? (7'' Single)
46) Do It Right (7'' Single)
47) One Love (7'' Single - 1966)
48) Where Will I Find (7'' Single)
49) Rude Boy (7'' Single - 1966)
50) I'm Still Waiting (7'' Single - 1966)
51) White Christmas (7'' Single)
52) Sound The Trumpet (7'' Single)
53) Let The Lord Be Seen In You (7'' Single)
54) Another Dance (7'' Single)
55) Somewhere To Lay My Head (7'' Single)
56) Where Is My Mother? (7'' Single)
57) This Train (Acoustic Rehearsal)
58) Wages Of Love (Acoustic Rehearsal)
59) Wages Of Love (7'' Single)
60) I Left My Sins (7'' Single)
61) Just In Time (7'' Single)
62) Lonesome Track (7'' Single)
63) Like A Rolling Stone (7'' Single)
64) I'm Gonna Put It On (7''Single - 1966)
65) Ten Commandments Of Love (7'' Single)
66) Ten Commandments Of Love (Alternative 7'' Single)
67) Cry To Me (7'' Single - 1966)
68) Sinner Man (7'' Single - 1966)
69) Love Won't Be Mine This Way (7'' Singles)
70) Jailhouse (Good Good Rudie) (7'' Single - 1966)
71) Rasta Shook Them Up (7'' Single)
72) Let Him Go (7'' Single)
73) I'm The Toughest (7'' Single - 1966)
74) Sunday Morning (7'' Single - 1966)
75) Who Feels It (Knows It) (7'' Single - 1966)
76) Bless You (7'' Single)
77) Jerk In Time (7'' Single)
78) Rock Sweet Rock (7'' Single - 1966)
79) Dancing Shoes (7'' Single - 1966)
80) Don't Look Back (7'' Single - 1966)
81) When Your Well Runs Dry (7'' Single - 1966)
82) Making Love (7'' Single)
83) It's Only Time (7'' Single)
84) Lemon Tree (7'' Single)
85) Treat Me Good (7'' Single)
86) What Am I Supposed To Do? (7'' Single)
87) Can't You See (7'' Single - 1966)
88) I Stand Predominate (7'' Single - 1966)
89) Dream Land (7'' Single - 1966)
90) Freedom Time (7'' Single)
91) Bend Down Low (7'' Single - 1966)
92) Hypocrites (7'' Single)
93) Simpleton (7'' Single)
94) Nice Time (7'' Single - 1967)
95) Mellow Mood (7'' Single - 1967)
96) Thank You Lord (7'' Single - 1967)
97) Bus Dem Shut (7'' Single)
98) Stir It Up (7'' Single - 1967)
99) Lyrical Satirical (7'' Single)
100) Pound Get A Blow (7'' Single)
101) Stepping Razor (7'' Single - 1967)
102) I'm Hurting Inside (7'' Single - 1967)
103) This Train (7'' Single - 1967)
104) Funeral (7'' Single - 1967)
105) Them A Fe Get A Beatin' (7'' Single - 1967)
106) Fire Fire (7'' Single)
107) Chances Are (7'' Single - 1967)
108) Splish For My Splash (Rehearsal)
109) Stranger On The Shore (Rehearsal)
110) One Love True Love (Rehearsal)
111) Fallin' In And Out Of Love (Rehearsal)
112) Lord Will Make A Way Somehow (7'' Single)
113) Rock To The Rock (7'' Single - 1967)
114) What Goes Around Comes Around (7'' Single)
115) Selassie Is The Chapel (7'' Single)
116) Love (7'' Single)
117) Rocking Steady (7'' Single)
118) Bend Down Low (7'' Single - 1968)
119) There She Goes (7'' Single - 1968)
120) Hold On To This Feeling (7'' Single)
121) Hold On To This Feeling (Version)
122) Chances Are (Rehearsal)
123) Nice Time (Rehearsal)
124) Nice Time (7'' Single - 1968)
125) Nice Time (Version - 1968)
126) Put It On (7'' Single - 1968)
127) How Many Times (7'' Single - 1968)
128) Chances Are (7'' Single - 1968)
129) The World Is Changing (7'' Single)
130) Hammer (7'' Single - 1968)
131) Rock My Boat (7'' Single - 1968)
132) Soul Rebel (7'' Single - 1968)
133) Touch Me (7'' Single)
134) Treat You Right (7'' Single)
135) Milkshake And Potato Chips (7'' Single)
136) It Hurts To Be Alone (7'' Single - 1968)
137) You Can't Fool Me Again (7'' Single)
138) Apollo 11 (Man's Greatest Adventure) (7'' Single)
139) Little Green Apples (7'' Single)
140) Feel Alright (7'' Single)
141) Trouble On The Road Again (7'' Single)
142) Tread Along (7'' Single)
143) Tread Along (Version)
144) Comma Comma (7'' Single)
145) Black Progress (7'' Single)
146) Sugar Sugar (7'' Single)
147) Rhythm (7'' Single)
148) Give Me A Ticket (7'' Single)
149) Give Me A Ticket (7'' Single) {Rita Marley & The Wailers}
150) Play Play Play (7'' Single) {Rita Marley & The Wailers}
151) Oppressor Man (7'' Single - 1969)
152) Oppressor Man (Version - 1969)
153) Adam And Eve (7'' Single)
154) Wisdom (7'' Single - 1970)
155) Thank You Lord (7'' Single - 1970)

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Native - Rockstone (Original Full Album) (1978)

A great album on showcase here today, originally recorded in late 1977 it wasn't released until 2007 when the wonderful Pressure Sounds label finally made it available. This edition features extra tracks that didn't make the official release.

Native (aka Wayne Jobson) was born in Jamaica in 1954, a man of European and Jamaican parentage, he grew up in the Saint Ann district, not far from future reggae legends Bob Marley and Winston Rodney. His cousin Dickie Jobson had started Island Records alongside Chris Blackwell and would later go on to manage The Wailers during their time with the label. Another cousin, Diane Jobson, would become Bob Marley's family attorney. With close ties to the Jamaican music industry it would only be a matter of time before Wayne himself would become involved.

After graduating high school in Jamaica, Wayne went on to study law at King's College in London, England. Returning to Jamaica in the 1970's he soon had aspirations to become a reggae artist, first starting the band Little Madness and later Native.

In August 1977 Boris Gardiner, the resident bass player at the Black Ark studio, took the young Wayne Jobson to meet producer Lee "Scratch" Perry at the studio, arriving as Perry was recording British rock singer Robert Palmer who was cutting tracks for his forthcoming album for Island records.

After watching with amazement the workings of the studio and the manic producer (Jobson later referred to the studio as a medieval space station) Jobson plucked up the courage to ask Perry if he could record an album and after performing a short acoustic set Perry agreed, adding it was because Jobson was an "Arawak Indian" (the original inhabitants of Jamaica before colonisation) and Jobson should return in a few days.

Wayne Jobson returned with the nucleus of his band Native which consisted of Sydney Bennett on bass, keyboardist Peter Couch and drummer Ray Levy. Singer/Producer Joe Gibbs was also present at the session and provided percussion. The group recorded a handful of tracks, all original material, having that typical late Black Ark sound as Perry and his studio descended into chaos. It could be said that the album was produced by Pipecock Jackxon (Perry's alter-ego at this time) rather than by the Scratch of old.

Jobson was due to leave for England the following day to spend a year completing his law degree and so Perry worked through the night, mixing the session, so that Jobson could take the material with him as a demo for record labels.

The demo did indeed do the job, after playing the material to Vivian Goldman, writer for Sounds magazine, he was tipped as the 'next big thing' in Reggae and, after being spotted by the legendary Clive Davis in late 1978, Jobson became the first Reggae artist signed by Arista records.

Returning to Jamaica in early 1979 with intentions to record his major label debut, Jobson gathered his band Native and after a few months rehearsals in Ocho Rios they headed back to Lee Perry at the Black Ark but they found the place (and the man) had changed drastically.

The studio was a mess and most of the equipment had become damaged, tape reels were lying around unprotected on the floor and Perry was rambling like a madman possessed. All the musicians, singers and dreadlocked Rastamen that had been frequent, everyday, visitors since the very early 1970's had long vacated the premises.

Lee Perry once again agreed to work with Native and told Jobson that he was currently doing business with some people from Holland who were coming to refurbish the studio and that the group should come back when the work was complete. Jobson would return to the studio every couple of weeks to check on the progress but found the studio and Perry's situation only getting worse each time and eventually decided to record the new material at other studio's including Dynamics, Randy's and Channel One, working with producers Jack Ruby, Errol T and the Hookim brothers.

Wayne Jobson would later go on to release albums for major labels including RCA, A&M, and MCA. He opened concerts for Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. In fact he wrote and produced the Peter Tosh documentary "Stepping Razor - Red X". He became a very popular radio DJ and in the early 1990's he had a hand in the music score for Disney's hit movie "Cool Runnings". He was also involved in country music star Willie Nelson's reggae album "Countryman".

The album "Rockstone - Adventures with Lee Perry at the Black Ark" was released on the Pressure Sounds label in 2007. Although it is essentially the demo recordings for which Native secured their record deal, it is a very interesting piece that showcases not only Wayne Jobson's song-writing ability and haunting vocals, but also gives us a peek into the dark latter days of the Black Ark studio.

This edition of the album rounds up a couple of missing cuts including the song "Mother Country" recorded as Little Madness and a few dub mixes produced by Lee Perry.

Enjoy!  : )

Native - Rockstone (Original Full Album) 1978

1) Rockstone

2) Rockstone (Version)
3) Black Tracks
4) Black Tracks (Version)
5) Great God Over Zion (With Boston Jack)
6) In A Strange Land

7) In A Strange Land (Version)
8) Late September In May
9) Late September In May (Version)
10) King Solomon's Mines
11) In The Land Of Make Believe

12) In The Land Of Make Believe (Version)
13) Mother Country (With Little Madness)
14) Mother Country (Version)
15) Meet Mr. Nobody
16) Meet Mr. Nobody (Version)

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Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man (Original Jamaican Album) (1976)

Another classic reggae album in it's original Jamaican form. This time Bunny Wailer's epic debut solo record.

Bunny Wailer (born Neville Livingston, Kingston 1947) made the decision to leave The Wailers in 1974, along with bandmate Peter Tosh, and he set up his own label, Solomonic Records, to release his solo recordings in Jamaica. For his international releases he remained signed with Island records alongside Bob Marley and his new Wailers line-up.

Bunny's debut solo album "Blackheart Man" is essentially an album by Bunny Wailer & The Wailers, featuring all of The Wailers line-up including Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and the Barrett brothers.
Recorded at the Aquarius studio "Blackheart Man" was released originally on Bunny's own Solomonic label in 1976, the same year Marley released "Rastaman Vibration" and Tosh released "Legalize It". It was later mixed again by Island records for it's international release.

It's a highly regarded reggae album and easily Bunny's finest musical creation, boasting such wonderful songs as "Fighting Against Convictions", "Rasta Man", "Armagiddeon Time" and "This Train".

This original Jamaican release is a slightly longer album and doesn't contain the overdubbed extras Island records insisted on adding to their version of the album. A classic in every sense of the word.

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Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man (Original Jamaican Album)

1) Blackheart Man
2) Fighting Against Convictions (aka Battering Down Sentence)
3) The Oppressed Song
4) Fig Tree
5) Dream Land
6) Rasta Man
7) Reincarnated Souls
8) Armagiddeon
9) Bide Up
10) This Train

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Mikey Dread Presents The Reel To Reel (Dub Mobile) - (1986)

Another interesting album here from the late great Mikey Dread, aka Dread At The Controls, who's work in the late 70's and early 80's made him a well known and much loved singer, producer and radio DJ.

Although this one seems to fall into the "bootleg" category from the information we gathered it was an album recorded but never released, it's still an interesting piece from Mikey and showcases his production credits during his time in the UK in the mid 80's.

Mikey Dread was born Michael Campbell in Port Antonio, Jamaica in 1954. After leaving college he began working for Jamaican radio station JBC eventually hosting his own show entitled Dread At The Controls.

It was a very popular broadcast and one of the first all reggae shows on the station but after a clash with the management he quit.

By the mid to late 70's Mikey Dread began recording his own material collaborating with Lee "Scratch" Perry, King Tubby and Carlton Patterson along the way.

By the early 1980's he left Jamaica for the UK and began working with British punk band The Clash on their album "Sandinista!". Dread also joined the group for their US tour gaining a fan base in the states.

Upon his return to England he began working with producer Adrian Sherwood and his On-U Sound label with whom he released some excellent material.

By the mid-80's Mikey Dread also collaborated with a number of Birmingham based reggae artists including UB40 and Pato Banton. He partly recorded his album "Pave The Way" at UB40's DEP International studio and also produced the UB40 single "I've Got Mine" b/w "Dub Mobile" and plans for a collaboration album were discussed and although a number of tracks were cut, including "Mekyarok" and "One-A-Penny", it seems the project was left unfinished.

This album, entitled "Mikey Dread Presents The Reel To Reel (Dub Mobile)", is essentially made up of the tracks Dread cut with UB40 that were released as singles and b-sides. It also includes tracks cut whilst in Birmingham with Pato Banton, Daddy Tick and the little known Nya And Natty.

This may not be the project it had intended to be and this is essentially a bootleg compilation but it does contain some excellent material and offers an insight into Dread's productions of the mid-80's.

Enjoy!  : )

Mikey Dread Presents The Reel To Reel (Dub Mobile)

1) Roots & Culture {Mikey Dread}
2) Mekyarok {UB40}
3) Jungle Reel {Dread At The Control}
4) Dub Mobile {UB40}
5) Nice Up The Session {Pato Banton}
6) Sufferin' {Nya & Natty}
7) I've Got Mine {UB40}
8) Walk Pon The Spot {Daddy Tick & Pato Banton}
9) One-A-Penny {UB40}
10) The Reel To Reel {Dread At The Control}

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