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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Bump And The Soul Stompers

I Can Remember

Numero

Invoking The Delfonics’ Do You Remember, and flipping its melody the other way around. Recorded at the Damon Studios in Kansas City (owned by Victor Damon, inventor of the spring reverb).

Nic Jones

Canadee-I-O

Topic

Johnny Clarke

African People

Jackpot

Michael Rose

African Queen

Jammy's / Dub Store

First time out for this recent do-over of Yabby You’s mighty King Pharaoh’s Plague — with dub.

The Gaylettes

If You Can't Be Good

Merritone / Dub Store

African Star

They Just Can't Stop Us

Palm Disco

Top-notch vocal-harmony roots and tough dub, produced by the legendary engineer Sylvan Morris.

The Jamaicans

Ba Ba Boom

Duke

Ken Boothe

Can't You See

Links / Dub Store

Frankie Paul

African Princess

High Music / Dub Store

Icho Candy

Ease Up The Pressure

Jah Life

Yodelling beautifully over a deadly digi do-over of Easy Take it Easy, ticking and bare-bones. Never previously released… but ace.

Lorraine Chandler

I Can't Change

RCA Victor

Terrific soulful Northern banger — a Wigan anthem — and classic Motor City fire from Jack Ashford’s Pied Piper Productions. Performed, written and produced by LC.

Nadia Harris McAnuff

Home Away From Home

Shamala

Winston’s daughter, on a vintage Channel One rhythm; produced last year by Franklin ‘Steamers A Bubble’ Irving. Straight to the head of all nationalists and xenophobes.

Mickey Simpson

I And I Can't Turn Back Now

Ital Sounds

Excellent mid-seventies roots by this singer from Jack Ruby’s Hi Fi.

The Jamaicans

Peace And Love

Duke Reid

Lilly Melody

What Your Sound Can Do

Firehouse / Dub Store

Tough, dismissive, soundboy digi. A King Tubby dubplate from 1986.

Sonny Wong

You Can't Hold On

Pyramid / Dub Store

Classy, proto-lovers, full-scale do-over of the Robert John 45 still big in Northern Soul circles.
The original arranger, none other than Gene Page gets a run for his money in the typically sophisticated instrumental version by Geoffrey Chung and the In Crowd.

Bobby Wright

Blood Of An American

Melodies

Holland Dozier Holland

Why Can't We Be Lovers

Invictus

Strugglers Roots

African Home

Firehouse / Dub Store

Thelma Jones

I Can't Stand It

Numero

Johnny & The Attractions

Young Wings Can Fly

Gay Feet / Dub Store

African Brothers

How Many Man

Ital / Dub Store

Beautiful, heart-wrenching, anti-war roots.
Sublime singing, led by Tony Tuff, over the kind of rhythm you could run for hours.

The Emotions

You Can't Stop Me

High Note / Dub Store

The Conquerors

If You Can't Beat Him

High Note / Dub Store

Junior McCants

She Wrote It, I Read It

Deep Soul

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