Brixton Cat | Expanded 3CD Edition out soon on Doctor Bird
- Includes many of the most collectable recordings of the boss reggae era.
- Comprehensive anthology of the Joe Mansano’s early productions.
- Many recordings new to CD.
After moving to London from his native Trinidad in 1963, Joe Mansano quickly made his mark as one of the UK’s leading West Indian music salesmen. Within five years, his reputation had grown to such an extent that he was head-hunted by Trojan Records to manage one of their key record shops.
Joe’s Records shop in Brixton soon became the place to buy reggae music in the capital and with his finger firmly on the country’s musical pulse, allied to a keen ear for sound, his move into record production seemed a natural progression.
In the studio, Joe’s music-making skills equalled, if not surpassed his talents as a salesman and from late 1968 to 1970 his productions - issued on the Trojan’ Blue Cat, Duke and Joe subsidiaries - proved particularly popular among the country’s skinhead fans. Since then, his work has become highly regarded among aficionados of the UK boss reggae sound, with his releases from this time fetching significant sums on today’s collector’s market.
This 3CD box set comprises the entirety of Joe’s productions from this golden age of reggae, including his seminal 1969 ‘Brixton Cat’ album, and features numerous skinhead classics along with tracks that have remained unissued for well over half a century!
DISC ONE BRIXTON CAT 1 Since I Met You, Baby - Joe’s All Stars 2 Reggae On The Shore - Joe’s All Stars 3 The Judge – Dice The Boss 4 But Officer - Dice The Boss 5 The Bullet - Rico & Joe’s All Stars 6 The Proud One – Rico & Joe’s All Stars 7 Friendly Persuasion – Rico & Joe’s All Stars 8 Sugar Serenade - Joe’s All Stars 9 Hey Jude - Joe’s All Stars 10 Brixton Cat - Dice The Boss 11 Snake Poison – Rico & Joe’s All Stars 12 Funky Reggae (Part 1) – Rico & Joe’s All Stars 13 Reco’s Torpedo - Rico & Joe’s All Stars 14 Honky - Rico & Joe’s All Stars BONUS TRACKS 15 Return Of The Bullet - Rico & The Rhythm Aces 16 Read The News - Tito Simon 17 Z.Z. Beat - Rico & The Rhythm Aces 18 Life On Reggae Planet - Joe The Boss 19 Rhythm In - Rico & The Rhythm Aces 20 Friends And Lovers - Patti La Donne 21 The Accused - Joe The Boss & Rico |
DISC TWO 1 Hot Line – Rico’s & Joe’s All Stars 2 Lash Them - Joe’s All Stars 3 Musical Feet - Pama Dice 4 Battle Cry Of Biafra - Pama Dice 5 Funky Reggae, Part 2 - Joe’s All Stars 6 Dracula, Prince Of Darkness - King Horror 7 Soul Of Joel - Ron & Joe’s All Stars 8 African Meeting - Girlie & Junior 9 Higher And Higher - Josh & Joe’s All Stars 10 Solitude - Joe’s All Stars 11 Gun The Man Down - Dice The Boss 12 The Thief - Joe The Boss 13 Your Boss D.J. - Dice The Boss 14 Behold - The Critics 15 Tea, Patty, Sex & Ganja - Sexy Frankie 16 Since I Met You, Baby (vocal) - Paula Dean 17 Jughead - Paula Dean 18 Teahouse From Emperor Rosko - Joe The Boss 19 She Caught The Train - Ray Martell 20 Tony B’s Theme - Joe’s All Stars 21 Skinhead Revolt – Joe The Boss |
DISC THREE 1 Trial Of Pama Dice - Lloyd, Pama Dice & Girlie 2 Jughead Returns Version 1 - Nyah Shuffle 3 Son Of Al Capone - Joe The Boss 4 All My Enemies Beware - Joe The Boss 5 Small Change - Girlie 6 Mind Your Business - Girlie 7 People Are Running - Pamela Brown 8 Schooldays – The Critics 9 Don’t Play That Song - Delroy Williams 10 Appeal Of Pama Dice - Lloyd, Girlie & Joe 11 Young And Strong Version 2 - The Boss All Stars 12 The Informer - Dice The Boss 13 Cool It - Dice The Boss 14 Tea House – The Opening 15 Brixton Fight – Pama Dice 16 Brixton Fight Part 2 – The Opening 17 Brixton Pum Pum Wrecker – Pama Dice 18 Bad Day At Black Rock – The Cimaron Kid 19 Fragile – The Cimarons 20 Take Good Care Of My Baby – Clive Williams 21 In Loving Memory – Dice, Rico & The Heat Wave |