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    The Heptones Better Days & King Of My Town (Expanded Edition)

    Doctor Bird
      • 1. THE HEPTONES ‘BETTER DAYS’ - Suspicious Minds
      • 2. Crystal Blue Persuasion
      • 3. Land Of Love
      • 4. No Bread On My Table aka Oh Jah
      • 5. Better Days
      • 6. God Bless The Children
      • 7. Ready Ready Baby
      • 8. Every Day Life
      • 9. Mr. Do Over Song
      • 10. Key To The Heart
      • 11. PAGE ONE & THE OBSERVERS ‘OBSERVATION OF LIFE DUB’
      • 12. Mind Blowing Dub
      • 13. Persuasion
      • 14. Love In The Land
      • 15. Nuff Bread On Our Table
      • 16. Africa’s Times Now
      • 17. Jah’s Children In Style
      • 18. Ready For It
      • 19. Way Of Life aka Life Every Day
      • 20. Observer’s Style
      • 21. Lover’s Dub
      • 22. DISC TWO: THE HEPTONES ‘KING OF MY TOWN’
      • 23. Watcha Gonna Do About It
      • 24. Losing You
      • 25. Behold
      • 26. Holy Mount Zion
      • 27. Motherless Child
      • 28. Prisoner Girl
      • 29. King Of My Town
      • 30. African Child (Jamaica)
      • 31. Trails And Tribulations
      • 32. Which Side Are You
      • 33. A Hard Day’s Night
      • 34. BONUS TRACKS (THE DISCOMIXES)
      • 35. Through The Fire I Come (12” mix)
      • 36. Move On (12”)
      • 37. Book Of Rules (12” mix)
      • 38. Crystal Blue Persuasion (12” mix)
      • 39. Loosing You (12” mix)
      • 40. Holy Mount Zion (12” mix)
      • 41. Every Day Life (12” mix)


      Having initially achieved significant success in Jamaica during the rock steady era of the late 60s, The Heptones further cemented their reputation as the island’s most accomplished vocal trio by scoring a succession of major hits throughout the following decade.

      By 1978, the group, which comprised Earl Morgan and Barry Llewellyn and new member Naggo Morris, commenced what proved to be an extremely fruitful working relationship with Jamaican hit-maker, Niney, with the collaboration spawning a number of popular singles and the two superb albums that provide the focus of this 2CD set.

      In addition to the contents of these essential long-players, the collection also features the ‘Observation Of Life Dub’ album – the dub counterpart to ‘Better Days’ – and extended mixes that first saw issue on 12” singles as the decade drew to a close.

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