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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The Skatalites

On Broadway

Olive Blossom

Prince Buster rumpus.

Dennis Alcapone

Teach The Children

Duke Reid

Stranger Cole

Crying Every Night

Duke Reid

Searing, unmissable cover of canuck rockers The Guess Who, by way of Junior Walker.
B-Boy’s gonna choke on his herbal vape when he cops that break.
‘These eyes… crying every night… for you.’

Pablo Moses

Blood Money

Rebirth

‘Man must vank these money men / Who pay I and I to fight I bredrens / Just because I’m in hunger / Them hold I with them dunza / Penetrate man with them dunza… Oh, there shall be lightning and thunder / For the heathens who take advantage of sufferer / To gain their vanity of power / They shall reach their final hour / They will be cut off forever, yeah.’

Albert Malawi

Jah Is Sweet

Negus Music / Digikiller

Solid early-eighties Channel One, tooled to rock a dance, and till now played exclusively on dubplate by Jahlovemuzik.

The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band

Roob Lor Pu Tai (Rootikal Re-Rub)

Studio Lam

Clive Wilson & The Skatalites

One Ska, One Ounce Of Weed, One Beer

Federal / Dub Store

Previously a super-scarce JA blank. Hail the almighty Don D’s scorching solo — flashing a split-second premonition of Rico on Message To You, Rudy.

Don Drummond

One Beer, One Scotch, One Bourbon (Take 1)

Federal / Dub Store

Two terrific, previously unreleased excursions on the Amos Milburn.
The trombone holds it down like Giant Haystacks, but that’s a tenor saxophone solo.
Lovely stuff.

Federal Singers

My Love

Federal / Dub Store

The alluring, mystery female vocalist here is cool and deadly amidst the mayhem, beside a tasty harmonica lead. Nice bebop saxophone, too, on the flip.

The Maytals & Don Drummond

Coppa

Federal / Dub Store

Unmissable Maytals, in previously unreleased recordings from 1965.
Toots and co have this Coppa bang to rights — ‘Stop treating the people unkind’ — even before Don D boots him down the street and the hell out of Dodge.

Alton Ellis

Shake It

Dutchess / Far East

The godfather, with a Tommy McCook. Two classy body-rockers.

Greg Perry

It Takes Heart

Kent

G.T. Moore

Jerusalem

Partial

Mikey General

Nitty Gritty

Tuff Scout

Ace, rampaging digi.

Black Uhuru & Chronixx

I Love King Selassie

Jammy's / Dub Store

Triumphantly reviving all-time-classic Jammy’s. Proper dub, too.

Michael Rose

Peace And Love In The Ghetto

Jammy's / Dub Store

Poignantly-reflective next version of Horace’s Jah Is The One rhythm (from the Pure Ranking set), with MR’s unmistakable moves, and dub.

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.

Friction Band

Watchin' You

Athens Of The North

Manuel B. Holcolm

I Stayed Away Too Long

Luv 'N Haight

Owen Knibbs

Juggler

Virgo Production

The classic digital destroyer, recorded at Aquarius in 1987.
Cyaan be no loefah.

Justin Hinds And The Dominos

Why Should I Worry

Treasure Isle / Far East

Echo Minott

On My Way

Prince Jammy's Dub / Dub Store

Nice, mid-tempo tune, Eek A Mouse style and fashion.

Cornell Campbell

Nothing Don't Come Easy

Jammy's / Dub Store

Rough! Same rhythm as Frankie Paul’s Leave It To Me. Moody, inimitable, brilliant Jammys, with inspirational singing by the great CC.

Chuck Turner

Ah No Me She Love

Jammy's / Dub Store

Tough, thumping Jammys from 1989, with expert falsetto singing from CT.

Rub A Dub Rebels

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