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Hits Of ’77: Various Artists, 2CD

• 39 tracks new to CD!
• CD debut of “Hits Of ’77”
• Features major numerous roots reggae hits

Debut CD release of the popular Sonia Pottinger-produced long-player showcasing the island’s biggest reggae hits of 1977, performed by some of Kingston’s finest talents.

The original 10-track album is further bolstered by an additional 34 bonus tracks from the celebrated producer’s catalogue, all of which first saw issue in Jamaica from the same year as the LP’s release or the 12 months that preceded it.

Included are many of the finest roots reggae recordings ever to see issue, performed by some of the greats of the era, backed by leading session crews, the Revolutionaries and the Soul Syndicate.

Of the 44 tracks, 39 have been unavailable on any format since the Seventies, with the remaining five tracks unissued since the 1990s.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE: HITS OF ’77 – Various Artists
1. UP PARK CAMP – Turnel McCormack & The Cordells*
2. WITHOUT LOVE – Hell & Fire*
3. GIRL I LOVE YOU – Turnel McCormack & The Cordells*
4. I’M STILL IN LOVE – Maureen Pearson*
5. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE – Earth & Stone*
6. JAH JAH SEE DEM A COME – Earth & Stone*
7. ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO – Calman Scott*
8. GHETTO GIRL – The Fantells*
9. BALLISTIC AFFAIR – Ronnie Davis*
10. THINGS AND TIME – The Itals*
BONUS TRACKS
11. PICKNEY HAVE A PICKNEY – Well Pleased & Satisfied*
12. NATTY DUB IT IN A DREAMLAND – Mr Bojangles
13. WHERE IS THAT LOVE – Hell & Fire
14. JEREMIAH – The Prince Brothers*
15. STORMY WEATHER – Bobby Ellis & The Revolutionaries
16. SITTING HERE IN LIMBO – Al Brown*
17. AFRICAN BOOK – King Vupp*
18. HOLD THEM – Astley Bennett*
19. SWEETIE COME FROM AMERICA – Well Pleased & Satisfied*
20. MIND YOU BUSINESS – The Mellow Lads*
21. MERRY GO ROUND – U Roy*
22. IF WE HAD LOVE – Eric Tello*

DISC TWO: HITS OF ’76 & ’77 – Various Artists
1. NO TIME TO LOSE – Earth & Stone*
2. CHAT CHAT – Well Pleased & Satisfied
3. FIG ROOT – Reggae George
4. SHANK I SHECK – Bobby Ellis & The Revolutionaries*
5. SHINE EYE GAL – Ranking Joe*
6. RAM JAM – The Prince Brothers*
7. MAKING LOVE – Enos McLeod*
8. CONFERENCE TABLE – Delroy Wilson*
9. MARRIED WOMAN – David Apple*
10. GIVE ME SOME MORE – Jimmy Riley*
11. RUCUMBINE – King Vupp*
12. EL BAMBA – The Revolutionaries*
13. WAKE UP EVERYBODY – O.C. Roberts*
14. AN AIM IN VIEW – Roman Stewart*
15. LIVE OUT THE 70S – The Survivors*
16. PARTY TONIGHT – Country Joe*
17. REGGAE FEELING – The Puzzle People*
18. ELECTION DERBY – Mr Bojangles*
19. WHERE IT’S AT – Ken Quatty
20. LAVA – The Soul Syndicate*
21. THE CHILDREN A CRY – Owen Gray*
22. WHEN A CHILD IS BORN – Eric Tello*

* tracks new to CD

Clancy Eccles & The Dynamites: Freedom / Fire Corner, 2CD

• “Freedom” makes its CD debut
• Includes some of biggest Jamaican hits of the late 1960s
• Numerous tracks unavailable on CD for decades

The dawning of the rock steady sound, late in 1966, eliminated the need for record producers to employ horn sections, a consequence of which was to significantly reduce studio costs. The development enabled a new generation of young, dynamic music makers to make a mark upon Jamaica’s recording industry and of these, few proved more successful or influential than Clancy Eccles.

By the late Sixties, Eccles had become firmly established as one of the island’s premiere producers, having been a pivotal figure in the development of reggae during the latter half of 1968. The following year he scored his biggest hit, the rambunctious ‘Fattie Fattie’, which sold in huge amounts both at home and the UK, where a chart placing for the disc was only denied by the lack of recognition of sales from Jamaican music retailers.

The single’s popularity prompted Trojan Records to issue Eccles’s debut long-player, “Freedom”, which gathered the best of his self-produced recordings as a singer. The album’s release coincided with a second LP of his work that showcased his most recent instrumental productions with top session crew, the Dynamites, along with a trio of tracks featuring pioneering DJ toaster, King Stitt, whose ground-breaking hit, ‘Fire Corner’, provided the collection’s title.

Both of these seminal boss reggae sets feature on this essential 2CD compilation, which is further enhanced by 13 additional vocal sides from the late Sixties along with the remaining recorded works of both King Stitt and the Dynamites, from 1969: the year reggae went outernational.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE: FREEDOM – Clancy Eccles
1. FREEDOM – Clancy Eccles
2. WHAT WILL YOUR MOTHER SAY – Clancy Eccles
3. TWO OF A KIND – Clancy & Cynthia
4. THE WORLD NEEDS LOVING – Clancy Eccles
5. DOLLAR TRAIN – Clancy Eccles
6. CONSTANTINOPLE – Clancy Eccles
7. FATTIE FATTIE – Clancy Eccles
8. AUNTIE LULU – Clancy Eccles
9. SHU BE DU – Clancy Eccles
10. MY GIRL – Clancy Eccles
11. I NEED YOU – Clancy Eccles
12. MOUNT ZION – Clancy & Scully
BONUS TRACKS
13. OPEN UP – Clancy Eccles
14. DARLING DON’T DO THAT – Clancy Eccles
15. FESTIVAL ’68 – Clancy Eccles
16. THE REVENGE – Clancy Eccles
17. BANGARANG CRASH – Clancy Eccles
18. THE BIG FIGHT – Clancy Eccles
19. DON’T BRAG DON’T BOAST – Clancy Eccles
20. DEACON DON – Clancy Eccles
21. GREAT (BEAT) – Clancy Eccles
22. CHINAMAN – Clancy Eccles
23. OH MY LOVER – Clancy & Cynthia
24. DANCE BEAT (VERSION I) – Clancy & Stitt
25. FATTIE FATTIE (ALT. VERSION) – Clancy Eccles

DISC TWO: FIRE CORNER The Dynamites
1. ETERNALLY – The Dynamites
2. SAM-FIE – The Dynamites
3. I DID IT – Winston Wright & The Dynamites
4. THIS IS THE NIGHT – Winston Wright
5. ONE WAY STREET – Winston Wright
6. JOHN PUBLIC – The Dynamites
7. MR MIDNIGHT – The Dynamites
8. SOUL LANGUAGE – King Stitt
9. SAY WHAT YOU SAY – Winston Wright
10. VIGORTON 2 – King Stitt
11. NEXT CORNER – The Dynamites
12. FIRE CORNER – King Stitt
BONUS TRACKS
13. RATHID – The Dynamites
14. WHO YEA – King Stitt
15. CITY DEMONSTRATION – Val Bennett
16. ON THE STREET – King Stitt
17. MERCILINA – The Dynamites
18. SILBERT DRAGON – Winston Wright
19. LICK IT BACK – King Stitt
20. LAST CALL – The Dynamites
21. ROUGH ROAD – Winston Wright
22. I FOR I – King Stitt
23. SWEET AFRICA – Val Bennett
24. THE LION WAKES – Winston Wright
25. DANCE BEAT (VERSION II) – Clancy & Stitt

DOCTOR BIRD| Find out more about two new reggae gems heading your way this Friday!