After Lee Perry’s party-starter Return Of Django crashed the UK charts at number five in 1968, Trojan rounded up the best of his other instrumentals, as an LP under the same title. Brilliant boss organ heat like Cold Sweat and Night Doctor.
They swiftly followed up with another bunch of lean and mean JA funk — still dressed as a Spaghetti Western soundtrack — culminating in the astounding Tight Spot.
In-a-state TWENTY-EIGHT original Upsetters here.
All mint or near enough; labels as pictured.
This one is prime Dennis Alcapone.
Copper-bottomed rocksteady do-over of Take Five, by Buster’s go-to saxophonist. The title is nicked from a comedy film directed by Norman Jewison, out a couple of years beforehand in 1966.
Plus Glen Adams having a not so shabby go at an Eddie Holman, on the flip.
Extended, with dub.
Riveting roots harmony reasoning over a spare, brooding dub, produced by Sly & Robbie at Channel One in the early 80s, and previously only released on dubplate.
A must.
Agony aunts Clifford Morrison and Dada Smith from The Bassies, with George Blake replacing Leroy Fischer, in 1969. Cornerstone moonstompers, both sides.