• Buster All Stars – Vera Cruz
    • Buster All Stars – Work Song
    • 1. Vera Cruz
    • 2. Work Song

    Both sides are instrumentals featuring the cream of Jamaica's session musicians under the nom de guerre of The Buster All Stars.

    Vera Cruz (named after the film) was on the Bluebeat label in the UK and is revered as a ska classic.

    while the b-side is a ska version Nat Adderley's immortal Work Song. LIMITED STOCK...

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