Honest Jon's
278 Portobello Road
London
W10 5TE
England

Monday-Saturday 10 till 6; Sunday 11 till 5

Honest Jon's
Unit 115
Lower Stable Street
Coal Drops Yard
London
N1C 4DR

Monday-Saturday 11 till 6; Sunday 11 till 5

+44(0)208 969 9822 mail@honestjons.com

Established 1974.

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Harold Mabern

I Want You Back

Prestige

The superb bebop pianist versioning the Jackson 5 — from his Greasy Kid Stuff LP in 1970, with Idris Muhammad, Lee Morgan, Hubert Laws and Buster Williams.
Sister Janie by Funk Inc on the flip — with James Brown’s Sex Machine its point of departure.

Cornell Campbell

Jah Jah Me Horn Yah

JRogan's / Dub Store

Beverley Simmons

Train, Boats, Plane

Lee / Dub Store

Horace Andy

Earth Must Be Hell

Corporative Sounds / Dub Store

Anthony Chambers

Jah Foundation

High Music / Dub Store

Terrific roots plodder from 1982, with Bertram Brown and King Tubby at the controls.

Family Man & The Rebel Arms

Tribute To Y Mas Gan

Cobra / Dub Store

Deeply zonked and moody variation on The Abyssinians’ classic, with a wicked blend of kit and machine drums. Rough.

Lionel Benjamin

Melodie

Pepite

Al Campbell

Don't Take Your Gun To Town

Jammy's / Dub Store

Pad Anthony

Got To Be Strong

Jammy's / Dub Store

Ronald Downer & Count Ossie, Lennie Hibbert

A Ju Ju Wa

Gay Feet / Dub Store

Ronald Downer & Count Ossie, Lennie Hibbert

Ethiopian Kingdom

Gay Feet / Dub Store

Mike Brooks

Tale Bearer

Tuff Scout

The Mahotella Queens

Abaculi Bethu

Umsakazo

Smash hits by the greatest mbaqanga girl group in history.
‘With its pulsating rhythm, sunny guitar phrases and resonant close harmony, Umculo Kawupheli — the music never ends —  celebrates music as a source of joy and healing.’ As ripped off by Malcolm McLaren for Bow Wow and Duck Rock.
Handsomely presented, with original label artwork, in a printed sleeve, with new notes on the back.

Pablo And Fay

Bedroom Mazurka

Move & Groove / Dub Store

Toney Barrett

Trying Man

Isabel / Rock A Shacka

The Miracles

Let Me Be

Treasure Isle / Far East

Superb, previously unreleased ska group-vocal, with Baba Brooks and co in fine form.

George Beaufort

Reaching To Our Goal

Orthodox Muzik / Dub Store

Joe Bennett And The Fugitives

Living Soul

Gay Feet / Dub Store

Earl Flute

The Betrayer

Mafia / Dub Store

Gripping, up-in-your-face account of the story of Judas. Full-on Keith Hudson roots.
And an unmissable nugget of flute-led JA funk, by the Soul Syndicate, on the flip.

Cornell Campbell

Hey Mr. Cop

Firehouse / Dub Store

Typically fine singing, over crisp, bare Tubbys digi, with strong backing vocals on both sides.
Hey Mr. Cop is a draft of the song he recorded for Bunny Lee, over Rumours; the flip does over his Jammys smash.
Dubplate action.

Piezo ft. Sunun

Water Chamber

No Corner

Inner Vibes

Mix Up Blender

Firehouse / Dub Store

Monumental Tubbys digi terror. Tougher than Lee Van Cleef. Heavier than lead and cold as ice.

Lennie Hibbert, Count Ossie & Lynn Taitt

Pure Soul

Gay Feet / Dub Store

Pure loveliness, deep and stately.
Plus Patsy dishing it straight back to Johnnie Taylor on the flip, with a reworking of Blues In The Night.

Holland Dozier Holland

Why Can't We Be Lovers

Invictus

The Mekons

Never Been In A Riot

Superior Viaduct

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