Gregory Isaacs - "Rock On"
Christine - "On A Saturday Night"
Horace Andy - "I'm In Love"
Cornel Campbell - "I Heart Is Clean"
Clint Eastwood - "Gate Number"
Junior Delgado - "I Am Still Thinking"
The Messiah - "I Soon Know"
Leroy Smart - "Mr Rich Man"
I Roy - "Point Blank" (Observer Style)
Horace Andy - "Psalms 68"
Big Youth - "6 Dead Nineteen Gone To Jail"
The Rockstones - "Oh Jah Man"
Gregory Isaacs - "Slave Master"
Field Marshall Buckers - "Ambric"
Dillinger - "Flat Foot Hustling"
I Roy - "Sister Maggie Breast"
Niney - "Rasta No Pickpocket"
Big Youth - "Four Sevens"
I Roy - "Step On The Dragon"
Bobby Ellis & The Observers - "Doreth"
Horace Andy - "Materialist"
Leroy Smart - "Jah Is My Light"
Hubert Ford - "Hold Not Thy Peace Oh Jah"
Junior Byles - "Can You Feel It"
Little Bop - "Natty Dread Come Over"
I Roy - "Camp Road Skanking"
Horace Andy - "Them Never Tell I"
Tyrone Taylor - "I Got A Feeling"
The Soul Syndicate - "Zimbabwe"
Junior Byles - "What Kind Of World"
The Rockstones - "Burn Me Out"
Bobby Ellis & The Observers - "Head Shot"
Tyrone Taylor - "Sufferation"
I Roy - "Roll River Jordan"
Junior Byles - "King Of Babylon"
Dillinger - "Nebuchadnezzer"
The Messiahs - "Confusion In A Babylon"
Review: Having previously delivered a box set dedicated to the early-to-mid 70s singles produced by legendary Jamaican studio don Niney The Observer, Doctor Bird has now moved on to the next stage of his career. This two-disc set focuses on seven-inch singles he produced and released on his Observer label in 1976 and 1977, supplementing vocal cuts with flipside alternate versions and his own 'riddim'-focused takes. It's a fine collection of often hard-to-find Jamaican reggae gems from a golden period in the country's musical culture, with headline-grabbing contributions from such scene staples as Gregory Isaacs, Horace Andy, Clint Eastwood, I-Roy, Big Youth, Junior Delgado and Bobby Ellis.
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