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Release Date: 21 March 2025
Label: Dr Bird / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929285941
Description
• Includes many of the most collectable recordings of the boss reggae era.
• Comprehensive anthology of the Joe Mansano’s early productions.
• Many recordings new to CD.
After moving to London from his native Trinidad in 1963, Joe Mansano quickly made his mark as one of the UK’s leading West Indian music salesmen. Within five years, his reputation had grown to such an extent that he was head-hunted by Trojan Records to manage one of their key record shops.
Joe’s Records shop in Brixton soon became the place to buy reggae music in the capital and with his finger firmly on the country’s musical pulse, allied to a keen ear for sound, his move into record production seemed a natural progression.
In the studio, Joe’s music-making skills equalled, if not surpassed his talents as a salesman and from late 1968 to 1970 his productions - issued on the Trojan’ Blue Cat, Duke and Joe subsidiaries - proved particularly popular among the country’s skinhead fans. Since then, his work has become highly regarded among aficionados of the UK boss reggae sound, with his releases from this time fetching significant sums on today’s collector’s market.
This 3CD box set comprises the entirety of Joe’s productions from this golden age of reggae, including his seminal 1969 'Brixton Cat’ album, and features numerous skinhead classics along with tracks that have remained unissued for well over half a century!
Tracklisting
DISC ONE
BRIXTON CAT
1 Since I Met You, Baby - Joe’s All Stars
2 Reggae On The Shore - Joe’s All Stars
3 The Judge – Dice The Boss
4 But Officer - Dice The Boss
5 The Bullet - Rico & Joe’s All Stars
6 The Proud One – Rico & Joe’s All Stars
7 Friendly Persuasion – Rico & Joe’s All Stars
8 Sugar Serenade - Joe’s All Stars
9 Hey Jude - Joe’s All Stars
10 Brixton Cat - Dice The Boss
11 Snake Poison – Rico & Joe’s All Stars
12 Funky Reggae (Part 1) – Rico & Joe’s All Stars
13 Reco’s Torpedo - Rico & Joe’s All Stars
14 Honky - Rico & Joe’s All Stars
BONUS TRACKS
15 Return Of The Bullet - Rico & The Rhythm Aces 16 Read The News - Tito Simon
17 Z.Z. Beat - Rico & The Rhythm Aces
18 Life On Reggae Planet - Joe The Boss
19 Rhythm In - Rico & The Rhythm Aces
20 Friends And Lovers - Patti La Donne
21 The Accused - Joe The Boss & Rico
DISC TWO
1 Hot Line – Rico’s & Joe’s All Stars
2 Lash Them - Joe’s All Stars
3 Musical Feet - Pama Dice
4 Battle Cry Of Biafra - Pama Dice
5 Funky Reggae, Part 2 - Joe’s All Stars
6 Dracula, Prince Of Darkness
- King Horror
7 Soul Of Joel - Ron & Joe’s All Stars
8 African Meeting - Girlie & Junior
9 Higher And Higher - Josh & Joe’s All Stars
10 Solitude - Joe’s All Stars
11 Gun The Man Down - Dice The Boss
12 The Thief - Joe The Boss
13 Your Boss D.J. - Dice The Boss
14 Behold - The Critics
15 Tea, Patty, Sex & Ganja - Sexy Frankie
16 Since I Met You, Baby (vocal) - Paula Dean
17 Jughead - Paula Dean
18 Teahouse From Emperor Rosko - Joe The Boss
19 She Caught The Train - Ray Martell
20 Tony B’s Theme - Joe’s All Stars
21 Skinhead Revolt – Joe The Boss
DISC THREE
1 Trial Of Pama Dice - Lloyd, Pama Dice & Girlie
2 Jughead Returns Version 1 - Nyah Shuffle
3 Son Of Al Capone - Joe The Boss
4 All My Enemies Beware - Joe The Boss
5 Small Change - Girlie
6 Mind Your Business - Girlie
7 People Are Running - Pamela Brown
8 Schooldays – The Critics
9 Don’t Play That Song - Delroy Williams
10 Appeal Of Pama Dice - Lloyd, Girlie & Joe
11 Young And Strong Version 2
- The Boss All Stars
12 The Informer - Dice The Boss
13 Cool It - Dice The Boss
14 Tea House – The Opening
15 Brixton Fight – Pama Dice
16 Brixton Fight Part 2 – The Opening
17 Brixton Pum Pum Wrecker – Pama Dice
18 Bad Day At Black Rock – The Cimaron Kid
19 Fragile – The Cimarons
20 Take Good Care Of My Baby – Clive Williams
21 In Loving Memory – Dice, Rico & The Heat Wave
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