To celebrate 50 years since the start of Randy’s VP records are releasing a special 2 CD retrospective with a 40 minute DVD. The CD’s are split down the middle, the first one featuring Ska to early Reggae and the second 70’s sounds. The release has it’s fair share of fairly obvious tunes as is usual in this kind of release but there are some less well known titles thrown in too.
CD 1
- Independent Jamaica – Lord Creator
- Like A Dream – Alton & Eddie
- Since You’re Gone – Roy & Paulette
- Rico Special – Rico Rodriquez
- We Will Be Lovers – Lord Creator & Norma Fraser
- Don’t Stay Out Late – Lord Creator
- Goodbye Pretty Darling – Basil Gabbidon
- Make Hay – Cornell Campbell
- Royal Charlie – Charlie Organaire
- Blow Roland Blow – Joanne Gordon & Roland Alphonso
- Portrait Of My Love – Baba Brooks
- Malcolm X – The Skatalites
- Mouth A Massy – Alton Ellis
- Rum Bumpers – John & Alton
- John And James – The Maytals
- Yagga Yagga – Delroy Byfield
- Machine Shop – Don Drummand
- Home Home Home – Stranger & Ken
- Such Is Life – Lord Creator
- Sugar Sugar – Bob Marley & The Wailers
- You Can’t Fool Me Again – Peter Tosh
- Wha She Do Now – The Gaylads
- Warfare – Count Machukie
- End Dust – Randy’s All Stars
- True Man – Ethiopians
CD 2
- Java – Augustus Pablo
- Hospital Trolley – I-Roy
- King Of Babylon – Junior Byles
- Don’t Go – Horace Andy
- A Little Love – Jimmy London
- Cheater – Dennis Brown
- For The Love Of You – John Holt
- Too Late To Turn Back Now – Alton Ellis
- Be Thankful – Donovan Carless
- Woman Of The Ghetto – Hortense Ellis
- Children Of The Ghetto – Senya
- Lonely Soldier – Gregory Isaacs
- Going To Zion – Black Uhuru
- Ordinary Man – Lloyd Parks
- Ordinary Man Version 3 – Impact All-Stars
- Hold Tight – African Brothers
- Righteous Man – Keith Popin
- Created By The Father – Errol Dunkley
- The Race – The Gladiators
- My Guiding Star – The Heptones
- Something On Your Mind – Hubert Lee
- Country Boy – Charlie Ace & Dirty Harry
- No Jestering – Carl Malcolm
- Knotty No Jester – Big Youth
- Fattie Bum Bum – Carl Malcolm
There is a launch party scheduled for this release at Brixton Town Hall on 24 October featuring Clive Chin on the decks alongside the Dub Vendor Allstars.
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