Summary
Hughesy's assessment:
Appealing Acceptable
Track listing:
Disc 1: Harry J. All Stars The Liquidator; The Bleechers Come Into My Parlour; The Maytals Monkey Man; The Skatalites Lucky Seven; Lord Tanamo I'm In the Mood For Love; The Tennors Ride Your Donkey; Alton Ellis & The Flames Cry Tough; Bob & Marcia Young, Gifted & Black; Tony Tribe Red Red Wine; John Holt Sister Big Stuff; The Pioneers Long Shot Kick De Bucket; Prince Of Darkness Burial of Longshot; The Upsetters Clint Eastwood; Desmond Dekker It Mek; The Versatiles Push It In; Clancy Eccles Fatty Fatty; The Termites Shake It Up; King Stitt & Andy Capp Herbsman Shuffle; The Slickers Johnny Too Bad; Val Bennett The Russians Are Coming (Take Five)
Disc 2: Desmond Dekker & The Aces Rude Boy Train; The Upsetters Return of Django; Dave & Ansell Collins Monkey Spanner; Emperor Rosko Al Capone; Derrick Morgan Fat Man; Max Romeo Wet Dream; Nora Dean Barbwire; Dandy & Brother Dan's All Stars Eastern Organ; Pat Kelly If It Don't Work Out (Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye); Desmond Dekker & The Aces Intensified; Hemsley Morris Little Things; Nicky Thomas Love of the Common People; Hopeton Lewis Boom Shacka Lacka; The Melodians Sweet Sensation; The Techniques Run Come Celebrate (Festival 68); Joe White Rudies All Round; Derrick Morgan Tougher Than Tough (Rudie In Court); Freddie Notes & The Rudies Rudexous; Winston Groovy Please Don't Make Me Cry; Keith & Tex Stop That Train
Classics:
Almost there:
Worthwhile:
Solid:
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