Dennis Bovell: The 4th Street Orchestra Collection, 2CD

• Four of the finest roots albums ever to see issue.

• Includes tracks new to CD.

• Performed and produced by one of British music’s greatest talents.

By the mid-1970s, having made his name as one of Britain’s most gifted and versatile musical talents with leading UK reggae outfit Matumbi, Dennis ‘Blackbeard’ Bovell sought to expand his horizons further by creating new material away from the confines of the group.

Arguably his most impressive works from this time were four albums released under the nom-de-plume of the 4th Street Orchestra. Released between 1976 and 1978, each set comprised a mixture of high-quality roots and dub, with their sound so authentic, reggae connoisseurs were convinced the music had to be of Jamaican origin.

Today, these seminal – and now hugely collectable - LPs are widely regarded by music fans to be among the finest British produced reggae music ever to see issue during the roots era.

Now, at long last, they are brought together for this essential set, with a further eight Dennis Bovell-produced bonus tracks from the period making this 2CD even more compelling.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
AH WHO SEH? GO-DEH!
1 Ah Who Seh
2 Za-Ion
3 Jah Chase Dem
4 Half Way To Za-Ion
5 Run Dem Out
6 Out-A-Order
7 Sing-A-Man
8 Go Deh
9 Rite Dem
10 Raw Kut
LEGGO! AH-FE-WE-DIS
11 Back-Weh-Babylon
12 Wells Street Skank aka Entebee
13 None Ah Jah Children
14 Skatter Skatter
15 Uganda Crisis aka Tribute To Idi Amin
16 Ah Fi We Dis
17 Sure Shot
18 Younger Generation
19 Bounty Hunter (Sign Off)
20 North Parade aka Theme From A Summer Place
Bonus tracks
21 Run Rasta, Run
22 Run Rasta, Run (Version)
23 Come With Me – Dennis Bovell as Dennis Curtis
24 Come With Me Version – Dennis Bovell as Dennis Curtis
25 Raindrops – Dennis Bovell as Dennis Matumbi
26 Eye Water aka Raindrops Version – Dennis Bovell as Dennis Matumbi

DISC TWO
SCIENTIFIC, HIGHER RANKING DUBB
1 Higher Ranking
2 One Life To Live
3 Still In Dub
4 Scientific
5 Higking Ranher
6 Hosaso (One Life To Live instrumental)
7 Rainy (Organ)
8 Hurting Me (Give It Up)
9 Take Five aka Kunta Klap
10 Oh Lawd (My Sweet Lord instrumental)
11 Exodus
YUH LEARN!
12 The Grunwick Affair
13 Rowing Down The River aka Row Row Row
14 Take Your Pick
15 Blue Moon
16 Front Line
17 Don't Boost Dem Up
18 Forever Missing You
19 New Kent Road
Bonus tracks
20 Blood A Go Run
21 Run Dem aka Blood A Go Run