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.
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.
Deadly, hip-hop-inflected, soundboy version of Skylarking. Nasty bass.
On a Jimmy London; with a Peter Tosh melodica version.
Perfectly irresistible, bumptious girl-pop from Judy Mowatt’s group.
The Tartans — Prince Lincoln, Cedric Myton, Devon Russell and Berg Lewis.
Sweet, uptempo rock steady from Henry Buckley, in 1968, with backing from The Gaylettes. A more rootsy, Biblical edge to the B-side, which was originally coupled with Roland Alphonso’s How Soon.