Release Date: Oct 27, 2017
Discs: 10
Comprising 20 rare and previously unreleased ska tracks, direct from the vaults of Duke Reid’s legendary Treasure Isle catalogue, this sumptuous box set includes ten 7” singles and presented in a vintage style sleeve
Although all but one of the recordings on the set have never seen issue until now, the quality of the music remains of the highest order, and features many of Jamaica’s finest talents from the era, all backed by Kingston’s finest session players.
Housed in a handsomely designed box and also including a stylishly designed inlay featuring a fascinating essay from noted vintage Jamaican music expert, Brian Keyo, the set provides the opportunity for fans to own some of the finest long lost treasures the ska era without the need of taking out a mortgage.
DISC 1:
A. Practice What You Preach – Owen & Leon Silvera
B. I'm All Alone (aka No Family) (take 1) – Frank Cosmo
DISC 2:
A. Love Me Or Leave Me (take 1) – Owen & Leon Silvera
B. Sing Ting Bury Yuh (aka Burial) (alternate take) – Duke Reid & His Group
DISC 3:
A. Thinking Of The Future – Stranger Cole
B. Use Your Head (take 2) – Duke Reid & His Group
DISC 4:
A. What A Bailing (aka Ninety One) (take 1) – The Duke Reid Group
B. You Wish Me Bad (take 6) - The Spanishtonians
DISC 5:
A. Always Remember Me (take 2) - Stranger Cole
B. Want Me Cock (take 1) – Owen & Leon Silvera
DISC 6:
A. Oh Misery (take 2) – The Duke Reid Group
B. Fooling Around – The Rio Grandes
DISC 7:
A. Renegade (take 1) - The Zodiacs
B. Smokey Ska (take 1) – The Baba Brooks Band
DISC 8:
A. ‘Til My Dying Day – Winston Riley & Slim Smith
B. Road To Nowhere (aka Western Flyer) (original mix) – Lyn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band
DISC 9:
A. My True Confession (take 1) – The Silvertones
B. (How) Know Your Friend (take 1) – Derrick Morgan
DISC 10:
A. The Army is Searching (take 2) - Basil Caral & Group
B. Storm Warning (take 1) – Lyn Taitt & The Boys