Super-tough, odd, scrubby sufferers with some terrific, knackered piano and quaintly acquiescent lyrics. Giddily cavernous dub. Killer Wackies.

A beautiful song, perfectly suited to BB’s sweetly soulful singing style.
Bunny Lee runnings, originally; with King Tubby at the controls for the first dub here.
Pure loveliness.

On the Chopper version of Billie Jean.

Soulful UK-roots bomb from 1980.

Grittily slice-of-life reasoning by Shines aka Mark Anthony James. This is the 1989 do-over, produced by Roland Gordon.

Lucid, engaging chat over deft, vibesing digi; produced by Roland Gordon in 1990.

Killer, mournful roots. Plus Pablo on xylophone, over his own awesome rhythm.

Killer.
Typically masterful, ultra-soulful singing, over a sparkling rhythm. It’s the last gasp of the swinging sixties; geezer is hurt but randy. His missus has scarpered, so the coast is clear for some of this in-ting debauchery he’s been reading about in the papers.
With a trombone-led moonstomp on the flip.
This first hit for Keith Hudson’s new label is a stone-cold re-wind in perpetuity. So play it back, Jack. Hook back on the track with a double attack.

A fat, wide, brassy cover of his idol Otis Redding. Plus an ace, driving, vengeful Reggae Boys, on the flip.