"The Trojan Albums Collection" by THE CHOSEN FEW – Including Three Albums "Hit After Hit" (1973), "Everybody Plays The Fool" (February 1975) and "The Chosen Few In Miami" (August 1976) Plus Eleven Bonus Tracks – Group Featuring Franklyn Spence and three brothers – Noel, Busty and Errol Brown with Producers Derrick Harriott and King Sporty. Music Contributions from Lloyd Charmers and KC and The Sunshine Band (August 2020 UK Cherry Red/Doctor Bird 2CD Anthology – Andy Pearce Remasters) - A Review to Mark Barry...

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"...Melting Pot..."

What you get here are three albums by Jamaica's much-loved crossover crew THE CHOSEN FEW issued on England's mighty Trojan Records between 1973, 1975 and 1976. The first two were DERRICK HARRIOTT Productions with the legendary DJ and Producer KING SPORTY taking them to the next Miami Sound level for platter No. 3. 

Coming on like a sort of dandily dressed Detroit Spinners - musically the band were not your Traditional Reggae or Ska outfit but more a sophisticated Chi-Lites meets The Stylistics by way of Jamaica. This is high falsetto-vocals mainstream Reggae with a dollop of drama-driven Soul thrown in from one of the island's most popular Vocal Groups. 

Their British debut LP "Hit After Hit" from 1973 is new to digital, the other two are mid-Seventies rarities seldom seen on CD - whilst the 11 Bonus Tracks include rare Bunny Brown and Lloyd Charmers 45s on Song Bird and Duke Records, pumping up proceedings to a whopping 44-tracks in total. The group included Franklyn Spence and three brothers – Noel, Busty and Errol Brown. Given the lung-prowess of the four especially with Noel Brown on Lead – the effeminate vocals often featured two or even all of the boys - and by the time they were into 1976 – American Miami Funk had entered into the equation too. Let's get to the musical melting pot...

UK released 7 August 2020 - "The Trojan Albums Collection" by THE CHOSEN FEW on Cherry Red/Doctor Bird DBCDD-066 (Barcode 5013929276130) is a 2CD Anthology offering the following:

CD1 (71:19 minutes):
1. You're A Big Girl Now (Version 1) [Side 1]
2. You're A Big Girl Now (Version 3)
3. Shaft 
4. Stranger On The Shore
5. I'm Sorry 
6. Mexican Divorce
7. People Make The World Go Round [Side 2]
8. Everybody Plays The Fool 
9. I Wanna Go Back Home (aka Going back Home)
10. Melting pot 
11. Ebony Eyes 
12. Do Your Thing 
Tracks 1 to 12 are the album "Hit After Hit" - released March 1973 in the UK on Trojan Records TRLS 56. 

NOTES: Five tracks on the LP were previously issued as UK 45s – they are:
Track 1 in 1972 on Grape GR 3033, A-side
Also 1972 as the B-side to "Everybody Plays The Fool" on Trojan TR 7882
Track 3 in October 1971 on Song Bird SB 1061, A-side
Track 7 in October 1972 on Song Bird SB 1082, A-side by ERROL BROWN and THE CHOSEN FEW
Track 8 in 1972 on Trojan TR 7882, A-side (B-side was Track 1 "You're A Big Girl Now")
Track 8 also January 1974 as the A-side to Trojan TR 7940 
Track 11 in 1972 on Trojan TR 7864, A-side 
The other seven tracks are exclusive to the LP 

BONUS TRACKS: 
13. Why Can't I Touch You (1970 UK 45-single on Song Bird SB 1046, A-side)
14. Um-Ba-Ya (We Need Love) (Not Originally Released In The UK - 1971 Jamaican 45 on Move & Groove)
15. Time Is Hard (1970 UK 45-single on Song Bird SB 1031, A-side)
16. Everybody Just A Stall (1971 UK 45-single on Song Bird SB 1067, A-side)
17. Am I Black Enough? (July 1973 UK 45-single on Trojan TS 7984, A-side - features Noel Brown)
18. Fat Boy by BUNNY BROWN (1973 UK 45-single on Song Bird SB 1073 - features Chosen Few)

LLOYD CHALMERS Section (Producer):
19. Children Of The Night by THE CHOSEN FEW (October 1973 UK 45-single on Duke DU 162, A-side) 
20. Stoned In Love by CHOSEN FEW (October 1973 UK 45-single on Duke DU 163, A-side)
21. It's Too Late by CHOSEN FEW (October 1973 UK 45-single on Duke DU 164, A-side)
22. You Are Everything by THE CHOSEN FEW (from the 1974 UK Compilation LP "Hit Me With Music" on Trojan Records TRLS 82)

CD2 (71:02 minutes):
1. I Love The Way You Love (Part 1) [Side 1]
2. I Second That Emotion 
3. Make Way For The Young Folks 
4. Hide & Seek 
5. Reggae Stuff
6. My Thing 
Everybody Plays The Fool [Side 2, see Track 8 on Disc 1]
7. Tears Of A Clown 
8. Hang On Sloopy 
9. Queen Majesty 
10. La La At The End 
11. I Love The Way You Love (Part 2) 
Tracks 1 to 11 and Track 8 on Disc 1 is their second album "Everybody Plays The Fool" - released February 1975 in the UK on Trojan Records TRLS 106. All tracks exclusive to the LP except, "Everybody Plays The Fool". Test pressings exist of the album with its title originally labelled as "I Love The Way You Love". 

BONUS TRACKS: 
12. (Can't Get Enough Of That) Collie Stuff (1975 Jamaican 45-single on Groovemaster, A-side, no catalogue no)

13. Night And Day [Side 1]
14. I Am A Man 
15. In The Rain
16. Wandering 
17. Funky Buttercup 
18. Candy I'm So Daggone Mixed Up [Side 2]
19. Why Can't We Live 
20. Drift Away 
21. Daniel 
22. Hit Me With The Music 
Tracks 13 to 22 are their third album "The Chosen Few In Miami" - released August 1976 in the UK on Trojan Records TRLS 131.

NOTES: Four tracks from the "...In Miami" LP were issued as UK 45s – they are:
Tracks 13 and 17 in July 1976 as the A&B-sides of Miami MIA 401
Tracks 17 (as Funky Butter) and 16 in January 1974 as the A&B-sides of Action ACT 4623 
The other six are exclusive to the LP 

The 16-page booklet is the usual jam-packed Doctor Bird affair – new and deeply in-depth liner notes from HARRY HACKS sided with pages of rare Jamaican and British 45s, trade adverts, reviews, gig showcases in the press and even full page shots of Trojan Master Tape Boxes. You get to see in colour all those Song Bird, Trojan and Duke 45 labels as well as the lesser spotted Move & Groove, Micron and Crystal designs from Jamaica. They have even found an advert for Wincarnis Tonic Wine that feature our heroes giving it some fluffy clobber dance poses circa the Hit After Hit album (1973).

The audio is courtesy of one of my fave rave Remaster Engineers – England’s ANDY PEARCE who along with MATT WORTHAM has transferred these. The albums were all well recorded – so the bass and drum whacks are impressive and powerful as they pour out of your speakers. It’s only when you get to the 1970 and 1971 single sides that the audio drops but again given their vintage – it’s still more than acceptable. By the time we are playing 1976 – you may as well be listening to quality recorded Soul and Funk meets Reggae. 

Alongside Errol and Bunny Brown originals - The Chosen Few touched on tunes made famous by many other contemporaries – especially Soul acts like Isaac Hayes on Stax ("Shaft" and "Do Your Thing"), Thom Bell and The Stylistics on Avco ("People Make The World Go Round", "You Are Everything" and "Stoned In Love"), The Main Ingredient on RCA Victor ("Everybody Plays The Fool"), Smokey Robinson and The Miracles on Motown ("I Second That Emotion" and "Tears Of A Clown"), Kool & The Gang on De-Lite ("Funky Stuff"), Curtis Mayfield on Curtom ("Queen Majesty") and Billy Paul on Philadelphia International ("Am I Black Enough For You?"). 

They went back to The Drifters on Atlantic for "Mexican Divorce", caught the beauty in Mentor Williams on Decca and his fabulous gimme de music so I can "Drift Away" tune too. Rock artists like Carole King and Elton John had covers of "It's Too Late" and "Daniel" whilst Blue Mink and their huge hit "Melting Pot" got thoroughly mashed-up. Even Acker Bilk is almost unrecognisable with fantastically fuzzed-up Funk guitars on his signature ballad "Stranger On The Shore" – a track that surely rates as one of the most inventive covers I've ever heard from the period. 
In fact by the time we get to 1975 and 1976 - Soul Music and American Funk was never far from The Chosen Few camp - KC & The Sunshine Band backing up recordings for the "I Love The Way You Love" LP sessions that eventually came out as "Everybody Plays The Fool". 

Producer and mentor King Sporty (married to Betty Wright of "Clean Up Woman" fame on Alston Records) kept them current with stuff like "Funky Buttercup" and sexy originals in the shape of "I Am A Man" and "Wandering". In fact reviews often referred to the "...In Miami" set from 1976 more as a 'funky' LP rather than Reggae - a hybrid of genres from a classy combo.

This is a superb little release from Doctor Bird – a reissue label that I look forward to. And with the upgraded audio, recommended to those who dig their Reggae with a slice of Soul...

"Freedom/Fire Corner" by CLANCY ECCLES and THE DYNAMITES – January 1970 UK LPs on Trojan/Clandisc Records with 26 Bonus Tracks from 1968, 1969 and 1970 (February 2020 UK Doctor Bird 2CD Reissue – Andy Pearce Remasters) - A Review by Mark Barry...

 

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Doctor Bird Records of the UK (part of Cherry Red) continue their stunning reissue series of all things Trojan Records and affiliated – making available again in 2020 the early releases of Trojan's much-loved 'TTL' Reggae, Rock Steady and Ska LP series issued in bulk between 1969 and 1970 (14 schillings and six old pence to you and I, back in the Brixton Cat days). This time we get two early 1970 UK debut albums from Jamaican Producer, Singer and Player CLANCY ECCLES and his band THE DYNAMITES – the Eccles solo set "Freedom" being new to CD.

Eccles was 29 years old in December 1969 and had already been playing music for a decade, his huge hits on Coxsone and (Nu) New Beat Records back home stretching back as far as the beginning of the Sixties. In fact the early 1970 British debut album "Freedom" (TTL 22) with that famous shot of him riding a motorbike through the Island scrubs had only one new recording on it - itself an update of his 1961 45-classic "Freedom" originally issued on Coxsone Records in Jamaica. The other eleven cuts were largely successful 7" singles A and B-sides ranging from 1967, 1968 and 1969 - so the album was a mop-up greatest hits set of sorts (see detailed list below for catalogue numbers and release dates). The 12-Track Dynamites debut offered four previously released sevens nestling alongside eight new exclusive tracks. Both have been in the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide for years at hefty sums – original vinyl copies in better than VG grade - particularly difficult to find.

Trojan allocated 'Clandisc Records' to all Clancy-related output - the LP sleeves displaying the Trojan Logo and catalogue number but the labels actually being Clandisc (issues for this label ranged between October 1969 and October 1972). And as if these two rare LPs weren't enough, Doctor Bird amps up this 2CD set with a whopping 26 more Period Bonuses including Previously Unreleased and Six Jamaican Tracks/Singles not originally available in the UK – all of it Remastered by a fave Audio Engineer of mine – Andy Pearce (uncredited). There is a bike-shop of parts to wade through, so once more let's get Fattie Fattie with Auntie Lulu (if you know what I'm saying)...

UK released Friday, 14 February 2020 - "Freedom/Fire Corner" by CLANCY ECCLES and THE DYNAMITES on Doctor Bird DBCDD-050 (Barcode 5013929275034) is a 50-Track 2CD Reissue Offering Two Early 1970 UK LPs on Trojan/Clandisc Records with an Added 26 Period Bonus Tracks that plays out as follows:

CD1 by CLANCY ECCLES (70:02 minutes):

1. Freedom (1969 Remake of a 1961 Coxsone song, exclusive to TTL 22) [Side 1]

2. What Will Your Mother Say (1967 UK 45 on Pama PM 701, A-side - for B-side see Track 14)

3. Two Of A Kind (1968 UK 45 on Pama PM 729, B-side of "Push It Up", credited to THE TERMITES)

4. The World Needs Loving (1969 UK 45 on Clandisc CLA 201, A-side)

5. Dollar Train (1969 UK 45 on Clandisc CLA 201, B-side)

6. Constantinople (March 1969 UK 45 on Trojan TR 648, A-side - for B-side see Track 20)

7. Fattie Fattie (May 1969 UK 45 on Trojan TR 658, A-side - for B-side see Track 20 on CD2) [Side 2]

8. Auntie Lulu (May 1969 UK 45 on Trojan TR 658, B-side)

9. Shu Be Du (1969 UK 45 on Duke DU 9, credited as "Bag-A-Boo" on the B-side of "Auntie Lulu" by Slickers)

10. My Girl (April 1969 UK 45 on Trojan TR 649, B-side of Val Bennett's "Demonstration")

11. I Need You (1968 UK 45 on Nu Beat NU 006, credited as "I Really Love You" on the B-side of "Festival 68" - for A-side see Track 15)

12. Mount Zion (aka Mounzion) (1969 UK 45 on Clandisc CLA-202, B-side of "Vigorton 2" by King Stitt - for A-side see Track 10 on CD2)

Tracks 1 to 12 are the LP "Freedom" – released January 1970 on Trojan/Clandisc TTL 22 (label actually says Clandisc only)

BONUS TRACKS:

13. Open Up (March 1970 UK 45 on Clandisc CLA 209, A-side)

14. Darling Don't Do That (1967 UK 45 on Pama PM 701, A-side - for A-side see Track 2)

15. Festival 68 (1968 UK 45 on Nu Beat NU 006, A-side - for B-side see Track 11)

16. The Revenge - wrong credit - info unknown

17. Bangarang Crash (A Check It) - wrong credit in booklet; probably Trojan TR 647 from March 1969, A-side - for B-side see Track 13 on CD2

18. The Fight (1969 UK 45 on Pama PM 712, A-side - for B-side see Track 21)

19. Don't Brag Don't Boast (aka "Bag-A-Boo") (1969 UK 45 on Duke DU 9, credited as "Bag-A-Boo" on the B-side of "Auntie Lulu" by Slickers)

20. Deacon Don (March 1969 UK 45 on Trojan TR 648, B-side - for A-side see Track 6)

21. Great (Beat)  (1969 UK 45 on Pama PM 712, B-side – for B-side see Track 18 on CD1)

22. Chinaman (United We Stand) (January 1969 UK 45 on Trojan TR 638, B-side of "Dulcemania" by Drumbago and Dynamites)

23. Oh My Lover  (August 1968 UK 45 single on Pama PM 740, B-side of "How Come" by Lloyd Terrel - Clancy Eccles is credited as 'Mrs. Miller' on the A-side)

24. Beat Dance (December 1969 UK 45 on Clandisc CLA-206, B-side of "The Ugly One” by King Stitt)

25. Fattie Fattie (Alternate Version) - PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED  

CD2 by THE DYNAMITES (66:24 minutes):

1. Eternally [Side 1]

2. Sam-Fie

3. I Did It

4. This Is The Night

5. One Way Street

6. John Public (June 1969 UK 45 on Duke DU 30, B-side of "Fire Corner" by Clancy Eccles)

7. Skokiaan (Mr Midnight) (1969 UK 45 on Clandisc CLA 200, B-side of "Who Yea" by King Stitt - B-side credited as "Mr Midnight" only on some copies) [Side 2]

8. Soul Language (aka "Moonwalk")

9. Say What You Say

10. Vigorton 2 (1969 UK 45 on Clandisc CLA-202, A-side - for B-side by Clancy Eccles see Track 12 on CD1)

11. Next Corner

12. Fire Corner (June 1969 UK 45 on Duke DU 30, A-side - for B-side see Track 6 on CD2) 

Tracks 1 to 12 are the LP "Fire Corner" – released January 1970 in the UK on Trojan/Clandisc TTL 21 (label actually says Clandisc only)

BONUS TRACKS:

13. Rathid by The Dynamites (March 1969 UK 45 on Trojan TR 647, B-side of "Bangarang Crash" - for A-side see Track 17 on CD1)

14. Who Yea by King Stitt (1969 UK 45 on Clandisc CLA 200, A-side - for B-side by Clancy Eccles see Track 7 on CD2)

15. City Demonstration by Val Bennett (April 1969 UK 45 on Trojan TR 649, A-side - for B-side "My Girl" by Clancy Eccles see Track 10 on CD1)

16. On The Street by King Stitt (November 1969 UK 45 on Clandisc CLA 203, B-side of "Foolish Fool" by Cynthia Richards)

17. Mercilina by The Dynamites (Not originally released in the UK)

18. Silbert Dragon by Winston Wright & The Dynamites (Not originally released in the UK)

19. Lick It Back by King Stitt (Not originally released in the UK)

20. Last Call by Silver Stars [actually "Tribute To Drumbago" by The Dynamites] (May 1969 UK 45 on Trojan TR 658, B-side - for A-side see Track 7 on CD1)

21. Rough Road by Winston Wright & The Dynamites (Not originally released in the UK)

22. I For I by King Stitt (Not originally released in the UK)

23. Sweet Africa by Clancy Eccles (January 1969 UK 45 on Trojan TR 639, A-side)

24. The Lion by The Dynamites (May 1970 UK 45 on Clandisc CLA 208, B-side of "Madamoiselle" by J. Higgs)

25. Dance Beat (Version III) by Clancy Eccles and King Stitt (Not originally released in the UK)

The 16-page booklet is the usual feast of info and visuals - a wall of those Jamaican New Beat 45s you just don't see at any record fair - the lovely colour artwork for both British albums – black label repros of The Dynamites LP – a German 45 pic sleeve on Fontana for "Fattie Fattie" with "Last Call" by the Silver Stars on the flipside (although it actually plays "Tribute To Drumbago" by The Dynamites) - a page of nine UK 45s on Duke, Clandisc and Trojan - trade adverts and LP reviews for the "Freedom" LP and Discography info on all 50 songs (some of which I've corrected above).

TONY ROUNCE - long-time associate writer for Ace Records - has handled the liner notes and does a typically bang-up job - for instance highlighting that "John Public" is in fact a remake of the African instrumental "Tom Hark" and that "Say What You Say" on Side 2 of The Dynamites album features the organ-keyboard prowess of Winston 'Brubeck' Wright. He points out that ace Saxophonist Val Bennett is here too on many tracks. An unsung hero of the scene, Val contributed to one of the most beloved British instrumental hits of the late 1969 period - the no. 5 placed "Return Of Django" by The Upsetters - a Lee Perry song and a true highlight on the November 1969 "Tighten Up Volume 2" compilation LP (that album also featured Clancy’s "Fattie Fattie"). The Audio as you can imagine fluctuates wildly from shockingly good to more than acceptable (this is late Sixties Reggae and Rock Steady after all) - but as its Andy's careful transfers – each listen always feels like an upgrade to me. To the music...

No more sighing, no more crying, go home to my father and be free – Clancy sings as he rides his motorbike across the fields of his beloved country and opens his debut album account with a 1969 remake of "Freedom". We slip back to 1967 for "What Will Your Mother Say" (Clancy and his gal are in love) while that organ sound on "The World Needs Loving" is fantastically clear and present. Other faves include the cool of "Dollar Train", the long-to-hear those joy-bells ringing of "Shu Be Du", the fruitily witty "Auntie Lulu", the weight-busting shuffle of "Fattie Fattie" (dig those girl singers) and the ‘we want to go back home’ of "Mount Zion" that closes out the album – an LP that doesn’t feel like a clump of 45s bunged together hoping to be coherent.

If I’m honest, as much as I like the parent album, the Bonus Cuts on CD1 and CD2 are fabulous stuff – the reggae until morning comes of "Deacon Don", the don’t you brag and don’t you boast and stop acting like a "Bag-A-Boo", the hold me close duet vocal smooch of "Oh My Lover" (dig those guitar changes) – very cool stuff and sounding toppermost.

Most folks will know the shouting swing-with-me song "Fire Corner" by The Dynamites from the "Tighten Up Volume 2" compilation - that wicked organ fill jumping out of your speakers as the tune makes your feet shuffle like a man in need of a penny. Other goodies include the echoed organ chugging instrumental "I Did It" with its irresistible neck-jerking rhythm and the this-is-mad call to arms that is "Vigorton 2" again with fantastic soloing from Winston Wright. And on it goes with heaps more where that came from.

Doctor Bird Records are in their third year of releases (since 2018) that frankly bring a wee tear to my aging myopia (this is their fiftieth title with many more to come). Long may the freedom train keep firing up like this...

"Derrick Morgan And His Friends" by DERRICK MORGAN and VARIOUS ARTISTS – 1968 UK LP on Island Records featuring The Viceroys, Pauline Morgan and The Loveletts, The Consumates, The Groovers, Alva Lewis, Neremiah Reid, The Black Brothers, The Inventors, The King Twins, Dawn Penn, Frank Brown, Zanda Ferron, Tony King and more (July 2019 UK Doctor Bird 2CD Expanded Edition Reissue – Andy Pearce Remasters) - A Review by Mark Barry...

"...Food Of Love..."

I've been raving for some time now about how good these Doctor Bird CD Reissues are and DBCDD-039 is another belter.

Listed in Record Collector Price Guides at between £150 to £200 for an original British-pressed LP in Mono (that sum in no way reflects just how rare and desirable this fab album is) – this massively expanded 2CD reissue is centered around his second album outing - the 1968 Island Records 12-track LP "Derrick Morgan And His Friends" as pictured on the cover.

With a whopping 24 Bonus Tracks on top of the 12-track album - many rare Island and Unity single-sides from the spring of 1968 make their digital debut here. And along with a seminal genre album that has been off-radar for over 52 years, you even get a few Previously Unreleased Tracks too. There's a lotta Rock Steady to get steady to, so let's have at it...

UK released Friday 12 July 2019 - "Derrick Morgan And His Friends" by DERRICK MORGAN and VARIOUS ARTISTS on Doctor Bird DBCDD-039 (Barcode 5013929273931) is a 36-Track 2CD Reissue/Remaster than plays out as follows:

CD1 (47:03 Minutes):

1. Bad Luck On Me - DERRICK MORGAN [Side 1]

2. Father Killam - DERRICK MORGAN

3. Tears On My Pillow - DERRICK MORGAN

4. Ain't That Crazy - DERRICK MORGAN

5. Lagga Head - DERRICK MORGN

6. Stumbling Block - DERRICK MORGAN and THE VICEROYS

7. I've Been Searching - PAULINE MORGAN and THE LOVELETTS [Side 2]

8. Stop The Wedding - PAULINE MORGAN and THE LOVELETTS

9. Give Me A Chance - PAULINE MORGAN and THE CONSUMATES

10. The More They Get - PAULINE MORGAN and THE CONSUMATES

11. You've Been Saying Things - THE BLACK BROTHERS

12. Music Be The Food Of Love - THE INVENTORS

Tracks 1 to 12 are the album "Derrick Morgan And His Friends" - released spring 1968 in the UK on Island Records ILP 990 in Mono.

BONUS TRACKS:

13. Conquering Ruler - DERRICK MORGAN & THE VICEROYS (March 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3094, A - for B-side see Track 16, Disc 2)

14. You've Got To Cry - THE GROOVERS (January 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3080, A - for B-side see Track 16)

15. Lip & Tongue - THE VICEROYS (March 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3095, A - for B-side see Track 4, Disc 2)

16. I'm Indebted - ALVA LEWIS  (January 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3080, B - for A-side see Track 14)

17. Family War - NEREMIAH REID (March 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3102, A - for B-side see Track 3, Disc 2)

18. Someone - DERRICK MORGAN & PAULINE (December 1967 UK 45 on Island WI-3079, A - for B-side see Track 7, Disc 2)

CD2 (47:52 minutes):

1. Gimme Back - DERRICK MORGAN (March 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3101, A)

2. Send Requests - THE VICEROYS (March 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3101, B)

3. Give Me That Love - NEREMIAH REID (March 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3102, B - for A-side see Track 17, Disc 1)

4. When Am I Gonna Be Free - DAWN PENN (March 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3095, B - for A-side see Track 15, Disc 1)

5. Give It To Him - THE VICEROYS (as THE HOT TOPS) - Not Originally Released In The UK

6. Every Day (True, True, True) - ZANDA FERRON - Not Originally Released In The UK

7. Do You Love Me - DERRICK & PAULINE (December 1967 UK 45 on Island WI-3079, B - for A-side see Track 18, Disc 1)

8. Some Come, Some Go - FRANK BROWN (March 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3103, B - for A-side see Track 14, Disc 2)

9. Give Me Loving - THE BLACK BROTHERS - Not Originally Released In The UK

10. Let Him Go - THE VICEROYS - Not Originally Released In The UK

11. A Prisoner In Love - DERRICK MORGAN - Not Originally Released

12. Lonely World - ZANDA FERRON - Not Originally Released In The UK

13. Treat Me Right (Trying To Keep Me Down) THE KING TWINS (Errol Dunkley) - Not Originally Released In The UK

14. Do It Now - THE CONSUMATES (March 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3103, A - for B-side see Track 8, Disc 2)

15. Bedweight - DERRICK MORGAN (1970 UK 45 on Unity UN 569, B-side to "The Conqueror")

16. Red Rum Ball - LLOYD & DEVON (March 1968 UK 45 on Island WI-3094, B - for A-side see Track 13, Disc 1)

17. Bum Ball (Chapter II) - TONY KING (December 1970 UK 45 on Smash SMA-2302, A and 1970 UK 45 on Unity UN 565, B – for A see Track 18)

18. More Balls - MARC ANTHONY & THE JETS (December 1970 UK 45 on Smash SMA-2302, A and 1970 UK 45 on Unity UN 565, A)

Compiled by Reggae and Ska historian and aficionado LAURENCE CANE-HONEYSETT (Author of "Young Gifted And Black: The Story Of Trojan Records" – see my Review) – the 16-page booklet offers up two pages of those uber-rare single labels (nine on each) – Island, Unity, Morgan's own Hop Records, Jamaican white labels as well as black and white snaps on DM in his trademark Pork Pie hat. There are interviews conducted across the decades with the great man that include contributions from Bunny Lee. The distinctive orange and black eye Island Records label for "Derrick Morgan And Friends" is repro'd on Page 7 while the album's rear sleeve (advertising all those tasty 1967 impossible to find Island and Sue LPs) is on the last page of the booklet.

You get track by track credits and mastering is by one of my fave Audio Engineers – ANDY PEARCE – a name Universal has used for Budgie, Free, Rory Gallagher, ELP, Spooky Tooth, Wishbone Ash and loads of these difficult to get right Reggae compilations (him and his audio partner Matt Wortham have mastered over 50 of these sets so they know their way around a few tape boxes and vinyl dubs). Given the recordings vintage and notorious made-in-a-bucket origins – the audio here is once again kicking. I'll never be able to afford these sevens or the LP and to have it here in such cool Audio is – well, cool. To the music...

Unusual for the time, all 12 tracks on the LP were not singles and their flipsides, but exclusive to it. That irresistible chug-rhythms kick in straight away with "Bad Luck On Me" - will someone hear my plea - Derrick asks - yes we will mate. "Tears On My Pillow" would be covered by so many - here its simple Rock Steady beat also features a neat guitar solo. There's a new bird across the street that's making Derrick take notice in "Ain't That Crazy" while he riles against stupidity in local youths in "Lagga Head". Other faves on the album are "Stop The Wedding" where Pauline Morgan sounds like Reggae Girl Group and the fantastic vocalist in The Consumates commenting on greed with "The More They Get".

Island Records enthusiasts will look down those WI catalogue numbers and beam. Derrick's "Conquering Ruler" starts a run of ten rarities - each with that identikit chug-rhythm. Highlights include the mind your "Lip & Tongue" walkie-talkie song by The Viceroys, the soft and pretty "I'm Indebted" by Alva Lewis and "Family War" by Neremiah Reid - a co-write between Derrick and Duke Reid. CD2 opens with a 1968 version of "Gimme Back" while Neremiah Reid tackles another co-write with Duke on the "Give Me That Love" love song. Of the songs not previously released in the UK - "A Prisoner In Love" feels like a real find (lovely audio). This is no time to relax Derrick demands in the rather cool "Bedweight". And on it goes...

For sure hearing 36 songs with essentially the same Rock Steady rhythms and sound can be trying after a while, but this is a typically great Doctor Bird reissue - making available once again music that shouldn't be condemned to the Brixton Market of over 50 years ago. Big red bum ball and a smile...

"Clint Eastwood/Many Moods Of The Upsetters" by THE UPSETTERS featuring Lee 'Scratch' Perry (April 2019 UK Doctor Bird Records Compilation – 2LPs onto 2CDs Plus 24 Bonus Tracks From The Period Involving Producer Lee Perry – Andy Pearce Remasters) - A Review by Mark Barry...

"...Rightful Ruler..."

In the world of Reggae (especially Jamaican Reggae) – two names elicit a certain knee-trembling excitement amidst arthritic old-fart collectors like me. And this fabulous April 2019 Doctor Bird Records 2CD reissue out of the UK offers up truck loads of both – the magical Pama Records label - and the wonder-kid Producer and Arranger, the rightful ruler himself - Lee 'Scratch' Perry. It’s enough to make me throw my spaghetti at a Western. So what’s on offer partner?

For a few dollar more you get two hugely sought-after British-issued Pama Records LPs from 1969 and 1970 (pricey and so rare on original vinyl) bolstered up with a whopping 24 Bonus Tracks featuring period productions by Perry, much of it making its digital debut after half a century in genre obscurity (48 tracks in all remastered by top Audio hero Andy Pearce). Time to don the poncho, holster the pistols, spit on mangy dogs and get to the big shots within...

UK released Friday, 5 April 2019 (12 April 2019 in the USA) - "Clint Eastwood/Many Moods Of The Upsetters" by THE UPSETTERS (featuring LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY) on Doctor Bird Records DBCDD-034 (Barcode 5013929273436) offers 2 x 12-Track LPs from 1969 and 1970 originally on Pama Records (UK) Remastered onto 2CDs with A Further Twenty-Four Period Bonus Tracks and plays out as follows:

Disc 1 (62:36 minutes):

Tracks 1 to 12 are "Clint Eastwood" by THE UPSETTERS (1969 UK MONO LP on Pama Records PSP-1014)

Tracks 5 and 10 exclusive to the LP, other 10 tracks were UK 45s as noted

Side 1:

1. Return Of The Ugly - THE UPSETTERS (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 18, A)

2. For A Few Dollars More - THE UPSETTERS (1969 UK 7" single on Camel CA 12, A)

3. Prisoner Of Love - DAVE BARKER (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 20, A - for B see Track 19 Disc 2)

4. Dry Acid - COOL STICKY & THE UPSETTERS (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 19, A)

5. Rightful Ruler - U ROY with COUNT OSSIE & THE UPSETTERS

6. Clint Eastwood - THE UPSETTERS (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 21, A)

Side 2:

7. Taste Of Killing - THE UPSETTERS (1969 UK 7" single on Camel CA 13, A)

8. Selassie - THE REGGAE BOYS (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 19, B-side to "Dry Acid" - see Track 4 for A)

9. What Is This (Ba Ba) - THE REGGAE BOYS (1969 UK 7" single on Gas GAS 135, A - original credited as "Ba Ba")

10. Ain't No Love (aka I've Never Found A Girl) - WINSTON HOLNESS

11. My Mob - THE UPSETTERS (1969 UK 7" single on Camel CA 13, B-side of "Taste Of Killing", for A-Side, see Track 7)

12. I've Caught You - COOL STICKY & THE UPSETTERS (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 18, B-side of "Return Of The Ugly", for A-side, see Track 1

BONUS TRACKS – DISC 1:

13. Down In The Park - THE INSPIRATIONS (1969 UK 7" single on Camel CA 11, A)

14. Strange Whisperings - THE WEST INDIANS (1969 UK 7" single on Camel CA 16, A)

15. Hard To Handle - CARL DAWKINS (1969 UK 7" single on Camel CA 16, B-side of "Strange Whisperings" by The West Indians - for the A-side, see Track 14

16. (No) Not Me - THE ETHIOPIANS (1968 UK 7" single on Doctor Bird DB-1172, A - credited as "Not Me")

17. Facts Of Life - THE MELLOTONES (1969 UK 7" single on Camel CA 18, A, for B-side, see Track 20)

18. Can't Get No Peace - MONTY MORRIS (1969 UK 7" single on Camel CA 12, B-side of "For A Few Dollars More" by The Upsetters, for A-side see Track 2 on Disc 1)

19. Freedom Train - ERNEST WILLIAMS (1969 UK 7" single on Crab CRAB 17, A)

20. I'll Be Waiting - THE TERMITES (1969 UK 7" single on Camel CA 18, B-side to "Facts Of Life" by The Mellotones, for A-side, see Track 17 on Disc 1)

21. Love Oh Love - THE INSPIRATIONS (1969 UK 7" single on Camel CA 11, B-side of "Down In The Park", for A-side, see Track 13 on Disc 1)

22. A Broken Heart - BUSTY BROWN (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 10, A)

23. Cut Down (On Your Speed) - THE ETHIOPIANS (1969 UK 7" single on Doctor Bird DB-1172, B-side of "Not Me", for A-side, see Track 16 Disc 1)

24. Anyway - LLOYD DOUGLAS (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 6, B-side of "I Can't Take It Anymore", for A-side, see Track 2 on Disc 2)

Disc 2 (63:52 minutes):

Tracks 1 to 12 are "Many Moods Of "The Upsetters"" (1970 UK STEREO LP on Pama Economy SECO 24 in Stereo)

Tracks 1 and 4 to 12 are exclusive to the LP - Tracks 2 and 3 were also British 45s as noted below

Side 1:

1. Exray Vision - THE UPSETTERS

2. I Can't Take It Anymore - DAVID ISAACS (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 6, A, B-side is Track 24 on Disc 1)

3. Soul Stew - THE UPSETTERS credited as MEDETATORS on the original 45-label (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 23, B-side to "Ram You Hard" by John Lennon and The Bleechers, for A-side, see Track 21 on Disc 2)

4. Low Lights (I'll Be Waiting) - THE UPSETTERS

5. Cloud Nine - CARL DAWKINS

6. Beware Fade - THE UPSETTERS

Side 2:

7. Serious Joke - THE UPSETTERS

8. Goosy - PAT SATCHMO

9. Prove It - THE UPSETTERS

10. Boss Security - PAT SATCHMO

11. Mean And Dangerous - THE UPSETTERS

12. Games People Play - THE UPSETTERS

BONUS TRACKS - DISC 2:

13. Set Me Free - DAVE BARKER & THE UPSETTERS (1970 UK 7" single on Punch PH 25, A - credited on original 45s as "Shock Of Might (Vocal)" but is "Set Me Free”)

14.  Tribute To A King - BUSTY BROWN (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 10, B-side to "Broken Heart", for A-side, see Track 22 Disc 1)

15. Lennox Mood - LENNOX BROWN & UPSETTERS (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 21, B-side of "Clint Eastwood", for A-side, see Track 6 Disc 1)

16. You Betray Me - DAVE BARKER & THE UPSETTERS (1970 UK 7" single on Punch PH 22, A)

17. Never Get Away (Caught You Red-Handed) - ERIC DONALDSON & THE WEST INDIANS (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 9, B-side to "Hello Dolly" by Pat Satchmo, for A-side, see Track 22 Disc 2)

18. Feel The Spirit - THE UPSETTERS (1970 UK 7" single on Punch PH 27, B-side of "The Result", for A-side, see Track 23 Disc 2)

19. Soul Juice - BUSTY BROWN & THE UPSETTERS (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 20, B-side to "Prisoner Of Love", for A-side, see Track 3 Disc 1)

20. Will You Still Love Me (Tomorrow) - DAVE BARKER & THE UPSETTERS (1970 UK 7" single on Punch PH 22, B-side to "You Betray Me", for A-side see Track 16 Disc 2)

21. Ram You Hard - JOHN LENNON and THE BLEECHERS (1970 UK 7"s single on Punch PH 23, A-side, for B-side "Soul Stew" by THE UPSETTERS credited as MEDETATORS, see Track 3 Disc 2)

22. Hello Dolly - PAT SATCHMO (1969 UK 7" single on Punch PH 9, A, for B-side see Track 17 Disc 2)

23. The Result - THE UPSETTERS (1970 UK 7" single on Punch PH 27, A, for B-side see Track 18 Disc 2)

24. Shocks Of Mighty [aka Hit Me Back] - DAVE BARKER & THE UPSETTERS (1970 UK 7" single on Punch PH 25, B-side to "Shock Of Might (Vocal)" on the original 45 but the song is "Set Me Free", for A see Track 13 Disc 2)

The 12-page booklet is the usual feast of memorabilia - the Side 1 and 2 labels of the two rare LPs on Pama and Pama Economy are pictured on Page 2 (not things you see every day of the week). There are black and white photos dotted throughout the text of key players like Eric Morris, The Inspirations, Lee Perry with The Pioneers, Eric Donaldson and of course LP himself. You get two full-page displays of those gorgeous Punch, Camel, Doctor Bird and Gas Records single labels (nine to each page) – British-pressed 45 rarities with their mottled punch-hold centres that are so hard to find. DAVID KATZ provides the superb liner notes – deep level info on both albums and the manic two years that surrounded them, Lee Perry’s early career of brilliance, legacy and so on. And finally there is an advert on the rear inlay of some of the DB releases mentioned in my list below.

New mastering comes by way of my fave Engineer ANDY PEARCE – a gent with a huge Rock catalogue to his name and now, a huge spread of these new Trojan and related releases as well. But even with the best will in the world, almost all of this was recorded in Aunty Flo's Bargain Bucket Basement Studio for three schillings and no pence when there wasn't an electricity-black-out. Anyone expecting Audio miracles can look elsewhere - but given that - when the volume knob goes up - the power and sheer atmosphere of this infectious music is both cool and fabulous. For sure, the audio here is not anything like the whack a body gets off the original British-pressed 45s, and some titles are so rare there are no tapes and the notes admit vinyl dubs, but even then – this is the best I've ever heard these recordings sound. You may to adjust your Supertramp expectations down to 2 on a scale of 10 – but these rarities have been sympathetically handled by a label that gives a monkeys. To the aces and the braces...

Turning up sometime in late 1969 - the Mono "Clint Eastwood" album features 10 singles from Pama's subsidiary labels Punch, Camel and Gas with two newbees tagged on, one to each side. And like Trojan's popular LP "Return Of Django" - Pama's album title was blatantly tapping into the Sergio Leone spaghetti western film craze taking cinemas by storm (Lee calling Mister Eastwood his favourite cowboy). Perry's rhythm section (also known as The Hippy Boys) consisted for the most part of Glen Adams and Alva 'Reggie' Lewis on Organ, Guitar and Vocals with Bassist Aston 'Family Man Barrett and his Brother/Drummer Carlton Barrett. Side 1's opener "Return Of The Ugly" gives us the familiar Skinhead rhythms - an organ shuffling alongside a vocalist giving it some "...ah ha..." every few seconds. We're helpfully informed on the next Upsetters cut that for a few dollars more we can be lying on the floor (how very thoughtful of them), while Dave Barker has a seriously good stab at cult Soul Vocalist on his "Prisoner Of Love" - a commercial slice of wickedness that should have broken through to the Pop charts. U Roy and Peter Tosh lend Tribe of Juddah vocals to "Rightful Ruler" but my fave cuts are the vocally-sporadic instrumentals "My Mob" and "Dry Acid" - driving organ dancers - the former with Bad Manners type 'pick it up, pick it up' scat vocals.

Of the exclusive LP cuts, Winston Holness's "Ain't No Love" turns out to be a reggae slant on the Eddie Floyd Stax Records classic "I've Never Found A Girl (That Loves Me Like You Do)" that does the original proud. But again (as with so many of these chocker 2CD sets) - the Bonuses from 13 to 24 are shockingly good and I'd argue a better LP that the issued one. The "Love Me Two Times" Top A&B-side Single Award goes to Eric Donaldson's sweet vocals fronting The West Indians on their "Strange Whisperings" b/w a very cool cover of Otis Redding's sure "Hard To Handle" on the flip-side by Carl Dawkins (Camel Records CA 16 from 1969). Disc 2 simply coughs up a further hour and a bit of the same feel-the-spirit Reggae and Ska and many in Stereo - sweet.

I'm eating up these Doctor Bird 2CD reminders (as I’m sure other fans are too) and this is easily another winner/reissue of the year. Recommended big time...

2017 and 2018 Doctor Bird Records CD Reissues
(Featuring Larges Amounts of Trojan Records, Treasure Isle, Pama 60s & 70s etc)

1. BOB ANDY & MARCIA GRIFFITHS - Young, Gifted And Black/Pied Pier (May 2018, Doctor Bird DBCD-014 - Barcode 5013929271432)

2. ERROL BROWN/THE REVOLUTIONAIRES – Dubb Everlasting/Dub Expression [1977 and 1978 High Note 2LPs on 1CD] (November 2017, Doctor Bird DBCD-07 – Barcode 5013929270732)

3. DAVE & ANSEL COLLINS – Double Barrel (June 2018, Doctor Bird DBCD-016 - Barcode 5013929271630)

4. DESMOND DECKER & THE ACES – Action!/Intensified (August 2018 2CD Set, Doctor Bird DBCD-025 – Barcode 5013929272538)

5. DESMOND DEKKER – You Can Get It If You Really Want (September 2018 Expanded CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-015 - Barcode 5013929271531)

6. DESMOND DEKKER – Double Dekker [1973 UK 2LP set onto 1CD] (November 2018, Doctor Bird DBCD-018 – Barcode 5013929271838)

7. PHYLLIS DILLON – One Life To Live (September 2018, Doctor Bird DBCD-021 – Barcode 5013929272132)

8. ETHIOPIANS – Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man (January 2018, Doctor Bird DBCD-10 – Barcode 5013929271036)

9. MARCIA GRIFFITHS – Naturally/Steppin’ [1978 and 1979 2LPs on 1CD] (August 2017 CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-002 – Barcode 5013929270237)

10. DERRICK HARRIOTT & THE CRYSTALITES – Psychedelic Train (October 2017 CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-05 – Barcode 5013929270534)

11. HARRY J. ALL STARS - Liquidator (June 2008 Expanded CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-012 - Barcode 5013929271234)

12. JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES – From Jamaica With Reggae (February 2018 Expanded CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-09 – Barcode 5013929270930)

13. THE KINGSTONIANS – Sufferer (September 2017 Expanded CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-03 – Barcode 5013929270336)

14. THE MAYTALS – Monkey Man/From The Roots (July 2018 2LPs on 1CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-017 – Barcode 5013929271739)

15. THE PIONEERS – Long Shot/Battle Of The Giants (September 2018, Doctor Bird DBCD-019 – Barcode 5013929271937)

16. THE UNIQUES - Absolutely The...Uniques (January 2018, Doctor Bird DBCD-011 - Barcode 5013929271135)

17. THE UPSETTERS – The Upsetter/Scratch The Upsetter Again (October 2018, Doctor Bird DBCD-022 – Barcode 5013929272231)

18. THE UPSETTERS – Return Of Django/Eastwood Rides Again (May 2018, Doctor Bird DBCD-013 - Barcode 5013929271333)

19. VARIOUS – Dancing Down Orange Street [Trojan 1969 LP] (September 2017 Expanded CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-04 – Barcode 5013929270435)

20. VARIOUS – Gay Feet, Every Night (October 2017 Expanded CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-06 – Barcode 5013929270633)

21. VARIOUS – Greater Jamaica Moonwalk Reggae/Reggay At Its Best (October 2018 2CD Set, Doctor Bird DBCDD-030 – Barcode 5013929273030)

22. VARIOUS – Hot Shots Of Reggae (November 2017 Expanded CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-08 – Barcode 5013929270831)

23. VARIOUS – King Size Reggae (November 2018, Doctor Bird DBCD-026 – Barcode 5013929272637)

24. VARIOUS – No More Heartaches/What Am I To Do? [2LPs from 1969 and 1970 onto 1CD] (August 2017, Doctor Bird DBCD-01 – Barcode 5013929270138)

25. VARIOUS [Duke Reid and Treasure Isle Productions] – Soul Of Jamaica/Here Comes The Duke (August 2018 2CD Set, Doctor Bird DBCDD-024 – Barcode 5013929272439)

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2019 Doctor Bird Records CD Reissues

1. ROLAND ALPHANSO & THE ORIGINAL ORCHESTRA – ABC Rock Steady (April 2019 Expanded 2CD Set with 43 Bonus Tracks, Doctor Bird DBCDD-023 – Barcode 5013929272330)

2. DENNIS BROWN – Just Dennis/Deep Down (April 2019 2CD Expanded Set, Doctor Bird DBCDD-027 – Barcode 5013929272736)

3. ERROL BROWN & THE REVOLUTIONARIES – Culture Dub & Medley Dub (12 July 2019 2CD Expanded Set with 25 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCDD-038 – Barcode 5013929273832)

4. ERROL BROWN & THE SUPERSONICS – The Treasure Dub Albums Collection (13 September 2019 2CD Expanded Set with Eight Previously Unreleased, Doctor Bird DBCDD-043 – Barcode 5013929274334)

5. ALTON ELLIS – Greatest Hits/Mr. Soul Of Jamaica [known as Greatest Hits in the UK] (11 October 2019 Expanded 2CD Set with 47 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCDD-045 – Barcode 5013929274532)

6. THE ETHIOPIANS – Engine No. 5 (17 May 2019 1CD Expanded Set with 17 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCD-035 – Barcode 5013929273535)

7. THE GAYLADS – Fire And Rain (14 June 2019 1CD Expanded Set with 13 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCD-036 – Barcode 5013929273634)

8. JOHN HOLT – Like A Bolt (January 2019 Expanded CD, Doctor Bird DBCD-029 – Barcode 5013929272934)

9. THE MELODIANS – Rivers Of Babylon (9 August 2019 Expanded 1CD Set with 15 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCD-041 – Barcode 5013929274136)

10. DERRICK MORGAN – Moon Hop/Derrick Morgan In London (April 2019 Expanded 2CD Set, Doctor Bird DBCDD-032 – Barcode 5013929273238)

11. DERRICK MORGAN – Derrick Morgan And His Friends (12 July 2019 Expanded 2CD Set with 24 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCDD-039 – Barcode 5013929273931)

12. SONIA POTTINGER – Put On Your Best Dress: Ska & Rock Steady 1966-1967 (14 June 2019 Expanded 2CD Set with 35 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCDD-037 – Barcode 5013929273733)

13. LORD TANAMO & FRIENDS – Festival Jump-Up [1965] (15 November 2019 Expanded 2CD Reissue of 1965 LP with 40 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCDD-046 – Barcode 5013929274631)

14. LINVAL THOMPSON – The Linval Thompson Trojan Roots Album Collection - Including two LPs by Big Joe And The Trinity called "African Princess" and "Rock In The Ghetto" and one Linval Thompson LP called "I Love Marijuana" (11 October 2019 Expanded 2CD Set with 10 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCDD-044 – Barcode 5013929274433)

15. LINVAL THOMPSON & THE REVOLUTIONAIRES – Negrea Love Dub/Outlaw Dub [1978 and 1979] (15 November 2019 Reissue featuring 2LPs onto 1CD (no bonus), Doctor Bird DBCD-047 – Barcode 5013929274730)

16. THE UPSETTERS featuring LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY – Clint Eastwood/Many Moods Of The Upsetters (April 2019 2CD Expanded Set, Doctor Bird DBCDD-034 – Barcode 5013929273436)

17. VARIOUS – The Down Town Albums Collection [Down Town Label] (February 2019 2CD Set, Doctor Bird Records DBCDD-020 - Barcode 5013929272033)

18. VARIOUS – Gay Jamaican Independence Time – Boom Sha-Ka-La (17 May 2019 2CD Expanded Set with 35 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCDD-028 – Barcode 5013929272835)

19. VARIOUS – Greatest Jamaican Beat... (March 2019 2CD Set, Doctor Bird DBCDD-033 – Barcode 5013929273337)

20. VARIOUS – Independence Jump Up Calypso (9 August 2019 2CD Expanded Set with 46 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCDD-040 – Barcode 5013929274037)

21. VARIOUS – The Treasure Isle Ska Albums Collection (January 2019 2CD Set [4LPs and more], Doctor Bird DBCDD-031 – Barcode 5013929273139)

22. VARIOUS – You Can’t Wine/Music Alone Shall Live (13 September 2019 2CD Expanded Set with 33 Bonus, Doctor Bird DBCDD-042 - Barcode 5013929274235)