20.Jan.2010 Derrick Harriott – Been So Long B/W Another Lonely Night
Derrick Harriott – Been So Long (Crystal Blank, FDH 7578, 1969)
Derrick Harriott – Another Lonely Night (Crystal Blank,DH 21, 69)
09.Jan.2010 Derrick Harriott – Sitting On Top B/W You Were Meant For Me
Derrick Harriott – Sitting On Top (Of The World)
Derrick Harriott – You Were Meant For Me
07.Jan.2010 Keith And Tex – Tighten You Gird B/W Look To The Sky
Keith And Tex – Tighten You Gird (Explosion EX- 2008 A, 69)
Keith And Tex – Look To The Sky (Explosion EX- 2008 B, 69)
06.Jan.2010 Derrick Harriott – Riding For A Fall B/W I’m Not Begging
Derrick Harriott – Riding For A Fall (Song Bird SB 1013 A, 69)
Derrick Harriott – I’m Not Begging (Song Bird SB 1013 B, 69)
02.Jan.2010 Kingstonians – Hold Down B/W Barry York – Who Will She Be
Kingstonians – Hold Down
Barry York – Who Will She Be
01.Jan.2010 Kingstonians – Sufferer B/W Kiss A Finger
Kingstonians – Sufferer
Kingstonians – Kiss A Finger
29.Aug.2009 Johnny Moore (as Lloyd’s All Stars) – Love Kiss Blue (Matador Blank 1969)
Love Kiss Blue
Lovely instrumental version of the 1968 Hamlins’ tune “I Don’t Care at All.” The UK issue of the Johnny Moore version is on Doctor Bird. The flip is the same on both the UK and Jamaican issues — a DJ version of The Uniques “Secretly.”
27.Jul.2009 Beltones (DU 17)
Why Pretend
Home Without You
The Beltones were a vocal group that recorded for Coxsone Dodd, Harry Johnson, and Sonia Pottinger during the rocksteady and early reggae years. Their most famous release was undoubtedly “No More Heartaches,” released in 1968 on the Harry J imprint in Jamaica and Trojan in the UK. This [...]
14.Jul.2009 The Concords – Buttoo (BS 170 1969)
Buttoo
And now for the other side of “I Need Your Loving.” “Buttoo” is a great uptempo reggae tune with a deep bass line that gallops along. Plus any song that has lyrics about miniskirts is tops in my book…although these ladies are apparently not all that!
09.Jul.2009 The Concords – I Need Your Loving (BS 170 1969)
I Need Your Loving
“I Need Your Loving” is the B-Side of Buttoo, a scorching double-sider released in 1969 on the Blue Cat label (A-Side spelled “Bettoo” on the UK issue). This Rupie Edwards produced gem features a young Gregory Isaacs and on vocals, joined by Penro Bramwell. The horns and vocals are an [...]
