• The Heptones – School Girls
    • The Heptones – Journey
    • 1. School Girls
    • 2. Journey

    Two pre Studio 1 rocksteady gems from the legendary J.A. vocal group The Heptones, originally released on Ken Lack's label Caltone.

    Other Releases by The Heptones

    The HeptonesNight Food (Expanded)Caroline Records
    Comprising Leroy Sibbles, Earl Morgan and Barry Llewellyn, the Heptones first burst onto the Jamaican music scene with a series of sublime rock steady...
    • – Country Boy
    • – I've Got The Handle
    • – Sweet Talkin'
    • – Book Of Rules
    • – Mama Say
    • – Deceivers
    • – Love Won't Come Easy
    • – Fatty Fatty
    • – Baby I Need Your Lovin'
    • – In The Groove
    • – Warden (Got To Get Away)
    • – Richard Cory
    • – Why Must I
    • – Love Me Always (There Ain't nobody Else)
    • – The Best Things In Life Are Free
    • – I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
    • – Why Did You Leave
    • – Living Up On The Hill
    • – Poverty And Misery In The Ghetto
    • – Garden Of Life (Original Version)
    • – Fatty Fatty (Alternate Take)
    The HeptonesBe The One / The Road Is RoughJoe Gibbs Music
    1972 recording with The Now Generation band produced by Joe Gibbs, with great dub version on the flip.
    • – Be The One
    • – The Road Is Rough
    The HeptonesRepatriationHit Bound
    Roots classic from 1977 channel one sound!!
    • – Repatriation
    The HeptonesMr. TRight On
    Next vocal cut mid 70s style on the same riddim as Dennis Brown's "Set Your Little Heart Free"
    • – Mr. T

    Other Releases on Caltone

    Lloyd & The GrooversDo It To Me Baby / Take My HandCaltone
    A classic 1967 Caltone release from Lloyd & The Groovers with the uncredited Lynn Taitt And the Jets adding the rocksteady muscle
    • Lloyd & The Groovers – Do It To Me Baby
    • Yvonne Harrison – Take My Hand
    Hemsley MorrisLove Is Strange / Out Of SpaceCaltone
    The under recorded Hemsley Morris on his rocksteady home Caltone with "Love Is Strange" whilst Tommy McCook's Supersonics letting the ska flow in "Out...
    • Hemsley Morris – Love Is Strange
    • Tommy McCook & The Supersonics – Out Of Space
    The TartansAwake The Town / Roses Are RedCaltone
    Rocksteady nugget from early reggae supergroup featuring the then unknown Devon Russell, Cedric Myton & Prince Lincoln, with Claudette Thomas version of...
    • The Tartans – Awake The Town
    • Claudette Thomas – Roses Are Red
    Chuck JacquesNow That You Are Gone / You Will Be MineCaltone
    Two very rare ska tunes on the cusp of rocksteady from vocalist Chuck Jacpues originally released on Blondel Calnek's Caltone label in 1967.
    • – Now That You Are Gone
    • – You Will Be Mine

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