“You’ve A Cool Operator … Girl I Wish You Were Mine…”
Delroy Wilson
The Suedehead Sound of the early seventies Followed the Skinhead style
of the 1968-1970 period. The notable differences could be seen and heard,
he sharp jerky upbeat rhythms were slowing down a notch to what we would
soon be calling that early Reggae Sound. The tougher harder look of the
Rude Boy / Skinhead style was relaxing a little to almost meet with the less
frantic rhythms, to a more slowed down groove like sound. The hair got a little
longer than the ‘Mark 1’ shave and grew to a ’Feather Cut style’.
The ‘Rude Boy Out of Jail’ type lyrics were
becoming more thoughtful /conscious. This was another twist and turn in the
ever evolving sound of Jamaican music. But what is sure the artists and
producers would always come up with a new set of rhythms, great lyrics, basically
great tunes that would be the backbone of this new period in reggaes history.
We have compiled a set of tunes that were released during this period,
that give you a taste of what the Suedehead crowd and reggae fans in
general were grooving to…
Hope you enjoy the set….
CD Track Listing
1 The Best is Yet To Come - Twinkle Brothers
2 Here Come The Heartaches - Delroy Wilson
3 Stars - Cornell Campbell
4 Day Will Come - The Claradonians
5 Don’t Try and Use Me - Horace Andy
6 My Confession - Cornell Campbell
7 Play It Cool - Alton Ellis
8 Daddy’s Home - Pat Kelly
9 Who Cares - Delroy Wilson
10 It’s A Jam In The Street - John Holt
11 Cool Operator - Delroy Wilson
12 Let the Power Fall on I - Max Romeo
13 Girl Of My Dreams - Cornell Campbell
14 Cheer Up - Delroy Wilson*
15 Macabee Version - Max Romeo*
16 This Is My Story - The Claradonians*
17 The Same Old Song - Delroy Wilson*
*CDâBonus tracks
Vinyl Track Listing
Side 1
1 The Best is Yet To Come - Twinkle Brothers
2 Here Come The Heartaches - Delroy Wilson
3 Stars - Cornell Campbell
4 Day Will Come - The Claradonians
5 Don’t Try and Use Me - Horace Andy
6 My Confession - Cornell Campbell
7 Play It Cool - Alton Ellis
Side 2
1 Daddy’s Home - Pat Kelly
2 Who Cares - Delroy Wilson
3 It’s A Jam In The Street - John Holt
4 Cool Operator - Delroy Wilson
5 Let the Power Fall on I - Max Romeo
6 Girl Of My Dreams - Cornell Campbell
Musicians Include:
Drums: Sly Dunbar
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare
Lead Guitar: Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith
Organ: Winston Wright
Keyboards: Robbie Lynn
Tenor Saxophone: Tommy McCook
Trumpet: Bobby Ellis
Recorded at: Harry J's, Randy's Studio 17 & Channel 1
Recorded at: Randy’s Studio 17 and Harry J’s, Channel 1,
Dynamic Sounds & King Tubby’s Stuido
Produced By: Bunny Lee & Friends
Design by: Gary@Voodoo London
Manufactured Under Licence From: E.Lee
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