Clancy Eccles Top Of The Ladder

• DISC 1: – Top Of The Ladder
• Winston Wright – Open It
• The Dynamites – Thinking About It
• Joe Higgs – Captivity
• Higgs & Wilson – Love That Builds
• Clancy Eccles – Hits Medley
• Winston Wright – Reggaedelic
• Winston Wright – Cat Walk
• Winston Wright – Eccles Skank
• Winston Wright – Quarter Master
• Lord Creator – Passing Through
• The Dynamites – Cow Feet Reggae
• Winston Wright – Nyah Rock
• Clancy Eccles – Bonus Tracks
• The Fabulous Flames – Holly Holy
• Clancy Eccles – Rod Of Correction
• Mello & The Mellotones – Old Man River

• 1. DISC 1: – Top Of The Ladder
• 2. Winston Wright – Open It
• 3. The Dynamites – Thinking About It
• 4. Joe Higgs – Captivity
• 5. Higgs & Wilson – Love That Builds
• 6. Clancy Eccles – Hits Medley
• 7. Winston Wright – Reggaedelic
• 8. Winston Wright – Cat Walk
• 9. Winston Wright – Eccles Skank
• 10. Winston Wright – Quarter Master
• 11. Lord Creator – Passing Through
• 12. The Dynamites – Cow Feet Reggae
• 13. Winston Wright – Nyah Rock
• 14. Bonus Tracks
• 15. The Fabulous Flames – Holly Holy
• 16. Clancy Eccles – Rod Of Correction
• 17. Mello & The Mellotones – Old Man River
• 18. The Dynamites – Hello Mother
• 19. Clancy Eccles – Power For The People (Part 1)
• 20. Lord Creator – Molly
• 21. Gladstone Anderson – George
• 22. Clancy Eccles – People Like People
• 23. Tyrone Taylor – Don't Call Me Nigga
• 24. Mello & The Mellotones – Build My World Around You
• 25. Clancy Eccles – Sweet Jamaica
• 26. The Dynamites – Sunday Version
• 27. King Stitt – Rub A Dub
• 28. DISC 2: – Sounds From Kingston Town, 1970-72
• 29. Lord Creator – Kingston Town
• 30. Merlene Webber – Stand By Your Man
• 31. Clancy Eccles – Hallelujah Free At Last
• 32. The Fabulous Flames – Hi De Ho
• 33. The Dynamites – Joe Louis
• 34. The Silvertones – Teardrops Will Fall
• 35. Clancy Eccles – John Crow Skank
• 36. Mello & The Mellotones – Haile Selassie
• 37. Winston Wright – Going Up West
• 38. Honey Boy Martin – If You Were Mine
• 39. Clancy Eccles – Ganja Free
• 40. The Fabulous Flames – Livitis
• 41. The Dynamites – Red Moon
• 42. Stranger & Gladdy – Tomorrow
• 43. Clancy Eccles – Uncle Joe
• 44. Jackie Bernard – Winey Winey
• 45. The Fabulous Flames – Growing Up
• 46. Lord Creator – That's How I Need You
• 47. Michael Manley & Clancy Eccles – Power For The People (Part 2)
• 48. Beres Hammond – The Wanderer
• 49. Larry McDonald & Denzil Laing – I Fe Layo
• 50. Honey Boy Martin – Single Man
• 51. Barry Wilson – Live And Love
• 52. The Dynamites – Sha La La
• 53. Clancy Eccles – What Will Your Mama Say (strings mix)

Album unavailable on any format for 47 years, Includes numerous tracks currently unavailable digitally Complements other recent Doctor Bird compilations showcasing Eccles’ early output

By the early Seventies, Clancy Eccles sat firmly atop the reggae tree, having enjoyed a succession of hits both in Jamaica and the UK, where the bulk of his productions had seen issue on Trojan’s Clandisc subsidiary.

To capitalise on the popularity of his work, the London based record company chose to launch their new Big Shot label LP range with a collection comprising a dozen of his lesser known tracks that had remained unissued since being recorded two to three years earlier.

Unfortunately, due to the age of the material, the resultant “Top Of The Ladder” album sounded dated compared to the reggae sounds of the day, with poor sales of the long-player leading to it being pulled after an initial pressing run of just a few hundred copies.

Although largely overlooked by record buyers at the time, the LP’s scarcity, allied to the high quality of the music featured within its grooves has since led to it becoming one of the most sought-after Trojan collections on the market.

Unavailable on any format for almost half a century, “Top Of The Ladder” is finally available once more, with its dozen tracks bolstered by over 40 Clancy Eccles-produced sides from the early Seventies – including the original reggae version of ‘Kingston’ Town’ and many recordings new to CD!