Brixton Cat, Expanded 3CD Edition

• 1. DISC ONE: BRIXTON CAT
• 2. Since I Met You, Baby - Joe’s All Stars
• 3. Reggae On The Shore - Joe’s All Stars
• 4. The Judge – Dice The Boss
• 5. But Officer - Dice The Boss
• 6. The Bullet - Rico & Joe’s All Stars
• 7. The Proud One – Rico & Joe’s All Stars
• 8. Friendly Persuasion – Rico & Joe’s All Stars
• 9. Sugar Serenade - Joe’s All Stars
• 10. Hey Jude - Joe’s All Stars
• 11. Brixton Cat - Dice The Boss
• 12. Snake Poison – Rico & Joe’s All Stars
• 13. Funky Reggae (Part 1) – Rico & Joe’s All Stars
• 14. Reco’s Torpedo - Rico & Joe’s All Stars
• 15. Honky - Rico & Joe’s All Stars
• 16. BONUS TRACKS
• 17. Return Of The Bullet - Rico & The Rhythm Aces
• 18. Read The News - Tito Simon
• 19. Z.Z. Beat - Rico & The Rhythm Aces
• 20. Life On Reggae Planet - Joe The Boss
• 21. Rhythm In - Rico & The Rhythm Aces
• 22. Friends And Lovers - Patti La Donne
• 23. The Accused - Joe The Boss & Rico
• 24. DISC TWO:
• 25. Hot Line – Rico’s & Joe’s All Stars
• 26. Lash Them - Joe’s All Stars
• 27. Musical Feet - Pama Dice
• 28. Battle Cry Of Biafra - Pama Dice
• 29. Funky Reggae, Part 2 - Joe’s All Stars
• 30. Dracula, Prince Of Darkness - King Horror
• 31. Soul Of Joel - Ron & Joe’s All Stars
• 32. African Meeting - Girlie & Junior
• 33. Higher And Higher - Josh & Joe’s All Stars
• 34. Solitude - Joe’s All Stars
• 35. Gun The Man Down - Dice The Boss
• 36. The Thief - Joe The Boss
• 37. Your Boss D.J. - Dice The Boss
• 38. Behold - The Critics
• 39. Tea, Patty, Sex & Ganja - Sexy Frankie
• 40. Since I Met You, Baby (vocal) - Paula Dean
• 41. Jughead - Paula Dean
• 42. Teahouse From Emperor Rosko - Joe The Boss
• 43. She Caught The Train - Ray Martell
• 44. Tony B’s Theme - Joe’s All Stars
• 45. Skinhead Revolt – Joe The Boss
• 46. DISC THREE:
• 47. Trial Of Pama Dice - Lloyd, Pama Dice & Girlie
• 48. Jughead Returns Version 1 - Nyah Shuffle
• 49. Son Of Al Capone - Joe The Boss
• 50. All My Enemies Beware - Joe The Boss
• 51. Small Change - Girlie
• 52. Mind Your Business - Girlie
• 53. People Are Running - Pamela Brown
• 54. Schooldays – The Critics
• 55. Don’t Play That Song - Delroy Williams
• 56. Appeal Of Pama Dice - Lloyd, Girlie & Joe
• 57. Young And Strong Version 2 - The Boss All Stars
• 58. The Informer - Dice The Boss
• 59. Cool It - Dice The Boss
• 60. Tea House – The Opening
• 61. Brixton Fight – Pama Dice
• 62. Brixton Fight Part 2 – The Opening
• 63. Brixton Pum Pum Wrecker – Pama Dice
• 64. Bad Day At Black Rock – The Cimaron Kid
• 65. Fragile – The Cimarons
• 66. Take Good Care Of My Baby – Clive Williams
• 67. In Loving Memory – Dice, Rico & The Heat Wave

• Includes many of the most collectable recordings of the boss reggae era.

• Comprehensive anthology of the Joe Mansano’s early productions.

• Many recordings new to CD.

After moving to London from his native Trinidad in 1963, Joe Mansano quickly made his mark as one of the UK’s leading West Indian music salesmen. Within five years, his reputation had grown to such an extent that he was head-hunted by Trojan Records to manage one of their key record shops.

Joe’s Records shop in Brixton soon became the place to buy reggae music in the capital and with his finger firmly on the country’s musical pulse, allied to a keen ear for sound, his move into record production seemed a natural progression.

In the studio, Joe’s music-making skills equalled, if not surpassed his talents as a salesman and from late 1968 to 1970 his productions - issued on the Trojan’ Blue Cat, Duke and Joe subsidiaries - proved particularly popular among the country’s skinhead fans. Since then, his work has become highly regarded among aficionados of the UK boss reggae sound, with his releases from this time fetching significant sums on today’s collector’s market.

This 3CD box set comprises the entirety of Joe’s productions from this golden age of reggae, including his seminal 1969 ‘Brixton Cat’ album, and features numerous skinhead classics along with tracks that have remained unissued for well over half a century!