Fire! The Federal musical director walks it like he talks it. Blazing horns and jazzy brilliance all round.
This beautiful acoustic cut is previously unissued. Raw soulful lovers, with close-harmony backing, and double bass and guitar as irresistible as Egyptian Reggae. Terrific.
Opportunity knocking once. Mid-tempo doowop-ska. On the flip, the Sneer Towners, hardly a household name themselves.
Three chilled, heavy dubplates deployed by Junjo’s Volcano and Hyman Wright’s Jah Life soundsystems, back in the day, on John Holt’s Chanting rhythm.
A deadly rocksteady version of the ska tune they’d already cut for Duke Reid.
Dapper 1967 rocksteady, previously unreleased. Eddie also recorded as a duo with Alton Ellis — Alton And Eddy.
Winston Matthews, Lloyd McDonald and George Haye — Wailing Souls to be. From 1966, this is classic vocal rocksteady, one of the certified gems in the Merritone catalogue. Backed with unreleased ska.
Unmistakable themes from the TV series soundtrack, in party-rocking style, with biff-boof organ.
Evergreen Dennis, with a brilliant Tommy McCook.
Killer deep ska, superbly led by Roland A. Backed with the Black Brothers’ rude boy anthem, Born To Rule.
Stalag excursion.
His first run-out on the rhythm he later cut for Chopper — another Digikiller reissue.
On a bubblers rework of Mudie’s Love Without Feeling.