I love DJ records - the early ones I mean, where they utilise old rocksteady and reggae backing tracks and turn them into something completely new and different; it probably all started for me with "Double Barrel" back in 1971. When you scratch the surface you'll find an incredible quantity of DJ records but here for you are some of the best ever made. Let's be honest, I could have filled the whole thing up with U-Roy alone, but there are some awesome cuts here and also some interesting curiosities such as Alton Ellis becoming a toaster with Bam Bye and the only rare record on the UK Sioux label by Lloyd The Matador. Best of the lot? Probably a toss up between 'Rock Fort Shock', Scotty's 'Sesame Street' and I-Roy's 'Hot Bomb', but that's just me. Earliest cut here is probably D. Tony Lee's 'Cool Cool Rocksteady' on the tiny Collins Downbeat label from 1968, the latest is the Lone Ranger Studio 1 cut from the late 70's, but most tracks come from the golden period of 1970 to 1973.
I love DJ records - the early ones I mean, where they utilise old rocksteady and reggae backing tracks and turn them into something completely new and different; it probably all started for me with "Double Barrel" back in 1971. When you scratch the surface you'll find an incredible quantity of DJ records but here for you are some of the best ever made. Let's be honest, I could have filled the whole thing up with U-Roy alone, but there are some awesome cuts here and also some interesting curiosities such as Alton Ellis becoming a toaster with Bam Bye and the only rare record on the UK Sioux label by Lloyd The Matador. Best of the lot? Probably a toss up between 'Rock Fort Shock', Scotty's 'Sesame Street' and I-Roy's 'Hot Bomb', but that's just me. Earliest cut here is probably D. Tony Lee's 'Cool Cool Rocksteady' on the tiny Collins Downbeat label from 1968, the latest is the Lone Ranger Studio 1 cut from the late 70's, but most tracks come from the golden period of 1970 to 1973.
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U ROY — JUMP FOR JOY
DILLINGER — TIGHTEN UP SKANK
WINSTON WILLIAMS — LOVE VERSION
SIR LORD COMIC — JACK OF MY TRADE
LLOYD THE MATADOR — THE TRAIN
CHARLIE ACE — CREATION VERSION
DENNIS ALCAPONE — NUMBER ONE STATION
BIG JOE — SWEET MELODY
DENNIS ALCAPONE — EAST TO WEST
DILLINGER — JOHN DEVOUR
I ROY — THE DRIFTER
I ROY — WHISKEY CHEST
LLOYD THE MATADOR — THE FUGITIVE
I ROY — HIJACKING
I ROY — HOT BOMB
WINSTON WILLIAMS — SWEET LIKE CANDY
SIR HARRY — HEE CUP
PRINCE FRANCIS — ROCK FORT SHOCK
DENNIS ALCAPONE — FOREVER VERSION
DENNIS ALCAPONE — LOVE ME VERSION
DENNIS ALCAPONE — THE CONQUERER
PHILLIP SAMUELS — WALKING STICK
U ROY — DON'T STAY AWAY
U ROY — WEAR YOU TO THE BALL
DENNIS ALCAPONE — SHADES OF HUDSON
KING SPORTY — INSPIRATION
SCOTTY — SESAME STREET
SHORTY THE PRESIDENT — UNDERWORLD WAY
DON TONY LEE — COOL COOL ROCKSTEADY
KING STITT — KING OF KINGS
LONE RANGER — THE ANSWER
LIZZY — THE RIGHT SONG
ALTON ELIS — BAM BYE
PHILLIPS SAMUELS — HOT STICK VERSION
BIG YOUTH — COOL BREEZE
U ROY JUNIOR — SHARPER THAN A RAZOR