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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Ronald Downer & Count Ossie, Lennie Hibbert

Ethiopian Kingdom

Gay Feet / Dub Store

Delano Stewart

Rocking Sensation

Gay Feet / Dub Store

Perfect uptempo rock steady from the Gaylad (copping a little British Invasion, a bit late in the day). The flip carries the swing, though: a magnificent horns cut to Delano’s Tell Me Baby, by The Gaysters.

Danny Barker

Indian Red

Sinking City

Danny Barker

Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing

Sinking City

The Termites

Breaking Up

Treasure Isle / Far East

No less than an alternate take of the almighty rocksteady classic from 1968. Backed with a Tommy McCook instrumental featuring organist Winston Wright.

Keith Hudson

Darkest Night On A Wet Looking Road

Mafia / Dub Store

Scorcher. One megaton of Hudson dread; pure reggae noir.
The mix is quite different to Flesh Of My Skin.
Definitively presented at last (after some dire bootlegs), by Dub Store in Tokyo.

King Alpha

Illusions

Whodemsound

Cash Money

Seeking

Rain & Shine

Private-press gospel boogie from Michigan band Cash Money, featuring full brass and vocal harmony. Plus some ace, synthy, slap-bass, choral gospel soul from Ricky Womack in 1990, in the tradition of the great DJ Rogers.

The Kingstonians

Hold Down

Move & Groove / Dub Store

Linval Thompson

Working

Black Roots

The King James Version

He's Forever (Amen)

Soul Kitchen

Stranger Cole

Thinking Of The Future

Treasure Isle

Eric Monty Morris

Old King Cole

Duke Reid's / Far East

A double-header of booting, irresistible JA rhythm and blues.

Horace Andy

Skylarking / Sky Rhythm

Studio One / Soul Jazz

King Shark

Escape By Night

Montego / Common Ground

The Kingstonians

Sufferer 7"

Move & Groove / Dub Store

The Uprising Maytone

Unchangeable Love

Rocking Time

Terrific excursion on the great Sleepy/Santic/Rockers Problems rhythm, by the Maytones’ Vernon Buckley, with a knockout dub.
Pure vibes. Bim.

The Gaylads

Looking For A Girl

Links / Rock A Shacka

King Kong

Hold Your Prestige

Jah All Mighty / Digikiller

Characteristically masterful singjaying; duetting with himself, for added dancehall vibes. The message calls for self-respect to be tempered by humility… probably a bit rich coming from KK. Sick rhythm.

Vivian Jackson & The Prophets

Fire In Kingston

Prophets

Leroy King

Mash Down Babylon

Phase One

Gappy Ranks

Tribute To Nesta Marley

Peckings

Exuberant, celebratory, citational Gappy, over an original rhythm; plus a poised Miss Kjah on the flip, coolly making Ain’t That Loving You her own.

Freddie McKay

Mope & Cry

Top Ranking / Jah Fingers

The Three Tops

Do It Right (Soul Take)

Dutchess / Peckings

Cornell Campbell

Darling Forgive Me

Dutchess / Peckings

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