SOME-A-HOLLA SOME-A-BAWL - SOUNDS FROM KINGSTON T

LP version. Orange Street, Kingston, Jamaica: the epi-center of the reggae world. Where all the record shops, studios, pressing plants were based. The new cut 45s would be taken to the shops after a testing on various sound systems and passed to the record shop proprietors to sell. Bunny Lee as a former record plugger and now a leading producer knew what the people wanted and he had a great ear for a hit tune. Some-A-Holla Some-A-Bawl collects some of the stand out tracks from this period, when music was finding a new beat as rocksteady rolled into the late-60s early-70s reggae sound. The Ravers' Mati And Fulli telling the story that the Rent Too High to the Twinkle Brothers' Miss Laba Laba -- you see and blind you must hear and deaf -- clean up your own backyard before talking about others. All stories of daily life and love songs told over a cracking rhythm played by finest musicians on the island. So yes Some-A-Holla Some-A-Bawl as Max Romeo would say but it can't be denied that all the tunes on this selection are of a fine pedigree. Features The Ravers, Winston Shand, Max Romeo, Twinkle Brothers, The Claridonians, Doreen Shaffer, Slim Smith, Delroy Wilson, The Sensations, Derrick Morgan & Hortense Ellis, Roy Shirley, Ken Parker, and Dave Barker. ?01. The Ravers - Matti And Fulli?02. Winston Shand - Throw Me Com?03. Max Romeo - Some A Holla Some A Bawl?04. Twinkle Brothers - Miss Laba Laba?05. The Claridonians - This Is My Story?06. Doreen Shaffer - South Of The Border?07. Slim Smith - Give Me A Love?08. Delroy Wilson - This Old Heart Of Mine?09. The Sensations - Lonely Lover?10. Max Romeo - Two Faced People?11. Derrick Morgan & Hortense Ellis - I'm Leaving?12. Roy Shirley - The Winner (Taking Over)?13. Ken Parker - Sad Mood?14. Dave Barker - Girl Of My Dreams