Freddie McGregor - "More Love In The Ghetto"
Naggo Morris - "Jah Guide" (7" mix)
Peter Broggs - "Blood Stain"
Don Carlos - "Can't Waste Time"
Papa Bruce - "No Time To Waste"
The Fourth Harmonic - "Under The Tree"
Roland Burrell - "What Is Your Answer"
Sugar Minott - "Lovers Race"
Courage - "Sister-In-Law"
Yellowman & Fat Head - "You Wrong To Send Come Call Me"
Don Carlos - "Hog & Goat"
Yellowman - "Come Scratch Me Back"
Third World - "Roots With Quality"
Sugar Minott - "No Vacancy"
Barry Brown - "Give Me What You Want"
Tony Tuff - "Pass The Ball"
Barry Brown - "Thank You Mama (And Papa)" (7" mix)
The Wailing Souls - "Babylon Backs Against The Wall"
Ringo - "Rub A Dub Style"
The Observers - "Love Shot"
The Observers - "Chant It Version"
The Observers - "Sitting In The Park" (version)
The Observers - "Lovers Rock In A JA Style Version"
The Observers - "Observer Version"
The Roots Radics - "Foot Drum"
The Roots Radics - "No Loafer"
The Roots Radics - "Under The Tree Version"
The Roots Radics - "Kick Up"
The Roots Radics - "Dice Cup Version"
The Roots Radics - "Lovers Race Version"
The Roots Radics - "Sister-In-Law Version"
The Roots Radics - "Radics In A 82 Style"
Niney The Observer - "Africa Is Calling" (version)
The Roots Radics - "Get Me Mad Version"
The Roots Radics Band - "Hog & Goat" (version)
The Roots Radics - "Come Scratch Me Back Version"
Third World - "Third World Meets The Observer"
The Roots Radics - "No Vacancy" (version)
The Roots Radics - "Give Me What You Want" (version)
The Roots Radics - "Pass The Ball Version"
The Roots Radics - "Pancoote Version"
The Roots Radics - "Thank You Mama" (version)
Review: Cherry Red's Doctor Bird offshoot continues to trawl through the archives of legendary Jamaican label Observer and its' owner and producer-in-chief, Winston Holness AKA Niney The Observer. Having previously focused on the label's 1970s output, they've now turned their attention to the early, where Holness was influential in defining the formative dancehall sound. The first disc here boasts the vocal sides of singles, with Holness and his in-house bands providing a platform for such undoubted talents as Freddie McGregor, Don Carlos, Third World, Yellowman and Sugar Minott. Disc two, meanwhile, is the one for dub heads: an exhaustive collection of instrumental 'riddims' laid down by the Roots Radics and mixed in true 'version' style by Holness.
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