Orange Street, Kingston, Jamaica the epicentre of the Reggae world. Where all the record shops, studios, pressing plants were based. The new cut 45’s would be taken to the shops after a testing on various Sound Systems around the people and passed to the record shop proprietors to sell. Bunny Lee as a former record plugger and now a leading producer knew what the people wanted and a great ear for a hit tune. This collection carries some of the stand out tracks from this period, when music was finding a new beat as Rocksteady rolled into the late 60’s early 70’s Reggae Sound. The Ravers ‘Mati and Fulli’ telling the story that the ‘Rent too High’ to The Twinkle Brothers ‘Miss Laba Laba’ …you see and blind you must hear and deaf…clean up your own backyard before talking about others. All stories of daily life and love songs told over a cracking rhythm played by finest musicians on the island. So yes ‘Some A Holla Some A Bawl’ as Max Romeo would say but it can’t be denied that all the tunes on this selection are of a fine pedigree…. So sit back and Enjoy the Ride…………..

Track 1 MATTI AND FULLI-The Ravers Track 2 THROW MW COM-Winston Shand Track 3 SOME A HOLLA SOME A BAWL-Max Romeo Track 4 MISS LABA LABA-Twinkle Brothers Track 5 THIS IS MY STORY-The Claridonians Track 6 SOUTH OF THE BORDER-Doreen Shaffer Track 7 GIVE ME A LOVE-Slim Smith Track 8 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE-Delroy Wilson Track 9 LONELY LOVER-The Sensations Track 10 TWO FACED PEOPLE-Max Romeo Track 11 I’M LEAVING-Derrick Morgan&Hortense Ellis Track 12 THE WINNER(taking over)-Roy Shirley Track 13 SAD MOOD-Ken Parker Track 14 GIRL OF MY DREAMS-Dave Barker Track 15 SOMETIMES-Max Romeo* Track 16 DEDICATION-The Melodians* Track 17 BUTTERFLIES-The Ravers* *CD Bonus Tracks

By Adam