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U-Roy Version Galore (Expanded Edition)

Doctor Bird

Reggae, Ska and rocksteady, DJ

2×CD DBCDD093£15.00
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U-Roy – Your Ace From Space – U Roy & Tommy
U-Roy – On The Beach – U Roy & The Paragons
U-Roy – Version Galore – U Roy & The Melodians
U-Roy – True Confession – U Roy & The Silvertones
U-Roy – Tide Is High – U Roy & The Paragons
U-Roy – Things You Love – U Roy & The Jamaicans
U-Roy – The Same Song – U Roy & The Paragons
U-Roy – Happy Go Lucky Girl – U Roy & The Paragons
U-Roy – You Will Never Get Away – U Roy & The Melodians
U-Roy – Wear You To The Ball – U Roy & The Paragons
U-Roy – Don’t Stay Away – U Roy & Phyllis Dillon
U-Roy – Hot Pop – U Roy & Tommy McCook
U-Roy – Bonus tracks
U-Roy – Nehru – Tommy McCook
U-Roy – True, True – U Roy & Ken Parker
U-Roy – Wake The Town (take 2) – U Roy & The Paragons
U-Roy – Flashing My Whip – U Roy & The Paragons
U-Roy – The Ball – Earl ‘Wire’ Lindo
U-Roy – Do It Right – U Roy And The Three Tops
U-Roy – Ain’t That Loving You (alt. take) – U Roy & Alton Ellis
U-Roy – Do Re Mi U Roy & The Melodians

1. Your Ace From Space – U Roy & Tommy
2. On The Beach – U Roy & The Paragons
3. Version Galore – U Roy & The Melodians
4. True Confession – U Roy & The Silvertones
5. Tide Is High – U Roy & The Paragons
6. Things You Love – U Roy & The Jamaicans
7. The Same Song – U Roy & The Paragons
8. Happy Go Lucky Girl – U Roy & The Paragons
9. You Will Never Get Away – U Roy & The Melodians
10. Wear You To The Ball – U Roy & The Paragons
11. Don’t Stay Away – U Roy & Phyllis Dillon
12. Hot Pop – U Roy & Tommy McCook
13. Bonus tracks
14. Nehru – Tommy McCook
15. True, True – U Roy & Ken Parker
16. Wake The Town (take 2) – U Roy & The Paragons
17. Flashing My Whip – U Roy & The Paragons
18. The Ball – Earl ‘Wire’ Lindo
19. Do It Right – U Roy And The Three Tops
20. Ain’t That Loving You (alt. take) – U Roy & Alton Ellis
21. Do Re Mi U Roy & The Melodians
22. Super Boss – Tommy McCook
23. DISC TWO: U ROY
24. Honey Come Forward – U Roy
25. Treasure Isle Skank – U Roy
26. This Station Rule The Nation – U Roy & Tommy McCook
27. Drive Her Home – U Roy & Hopeton Lewis
28. Tom Drunk – Hopeton Lewis & U Roy
29. Words Of Wisdom – U Roy & Tommy McCook
30. The Merry Go Round – U Roy
31. Wake The Town – U Roy & The Paragons
32. Big Boy And Teacher – U Roy
33. Everybody Bawling – U Roy & The Melodians
34. Ain’t That Loving You – U Roy & Alton Ellis
35. Behold – U Roy & Tommy McCook
36. Way Back Home – U Roy & Tommy McCook
37. My Girl – U Roy & The Techniques
38. My Girl Version –Tommy McCook
39. Peace And Love – U Roy & The Jamaicans
40. Peace And Love Version – Tommy McCook
41. Drive Her Home Part Two – Tommy McCook
42. You Will Never Get Away (take 5) – U Roy & The Melodians
43. Studio chatter – U Roy & Byron Smith

Although largely unreported by the mainstream popular press, 17 February 2021 witnessed the passing of a true great of popular music: Asman Euwart Beckford. Under his stage name of U Roy, Beckford revolutionised the Jamaican music industry and in so doing also heavily influenced the development of hip hop, jungle and grime.

In 1970, the immense popularity of his ground-breaking 7” singles for Treasure Isle boss, Duke Reid popularised DJ recordings, and sparked an explosion of similarly-styled discs, performed by a plethora of established and wanna-be toasters. Over the next year or two, U Roy continued to record high quality works for Reid, who gathered many of the DJ’s most popular sides on two best-selling long-players, ‘Version Galore’ and the eponymously titled ‘U Roy’, issued in 1971 and 1993, respectively.

In tribute to the man and his music, both of these seminal collections have finally been brought together, along with the remainder of his Treasure Isle singles and a number of rare alternate takes. These historic recordings, which forever changed the sound of reggae, demonstrate the inimitable style that resulted in U Roy becoming the world’s first DJ superstar.

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