Article Details

Article ID

CD-9061

Format

3x CD

Artist

Various Artists / Joe Mansano Productions

Title

Brixton Cat & Funky Reggae 1969-70 & Skinhead Revolt 1970

Track list

Pos.	Artist	Title
1	Joe’s All Stars	Since I Met You Baby
2	Joe’s All Stars	Reggae On The Shore
3	Dice The Boss	The Judge
4	Dice The Boss	But Officer
5	Rico & Joe’s All Stars	The Bullet
6	Rico & Joe’s All Stars	The Proud One
7	Rico & Joe’s All Stars	Friendly Persuasion
8	Joe’s All Stars	Sugar Serenade
9	Joe’s All Stars	Hey Jude
10	Dice The Boss	Brixton Cat
11	Rico & Joe’s All Stars	Snake Poison
12	Rico & Joe’s All Stars	Funky Reggae (Part 1)
13	Rico & Joe’s All Stars	Reco’s Torpedo
14	Rico & Joe’s All Stars	Honky
15	Rico & The Rhythm Aces	Return Of The Bullet
16	Tito Simon	Read The News
17	Rico & The Rhythm Aces	ZZ Beat
18	Joe The Boss	Life On Reggae Planet
19	Rico & The Rhythm Aces	Rhythm In
20	Patti La Donne	Friends And Lovers
21	Joe The Boss & Rico	The Accused
22	Josh	The Judge
23	Rico’s & Joe’s All Stars	Hot Line
24	Joe’s All Stars	Lash Them
25	Pama Dice	Musical Feet
26	Pama Dice	Battle Cry Of Biafra
27	Joe’s All Stars	Funky Reggae Part 2
28	King Horror	Dracula Prince Of Darkness
29	Ron & Joe’s All Stars	Soul Of Joel
30	Girlie & Junior	African Meeting
31	Josh & Joe’s All Stars	Higher And Higher
32	Joe’s All Stars	Solitude
33	Dice The Boss	Gun The Man Down
34	Joe The Boss	The Thief
35	Dice The Boss	Your Boss DJ
36	The Critics	Behold
37	Sexy Frankie	Tea Patty Sex & Ganja
38	Paula Dean	Since I Met You Baby (vocal)
39	Paula Dean	Jughead
40	Joe The Boss	Teahouse From Emperor Rosko
41	Ray Martell	She Caught The Train
42	Joe’s All Stars	Tony B’s Theme
43	Joe The Boss	Skinhead Revolt
44	Lloyd, Pama Dice & Girlie	Trial Of Pama Dice
45	Nyah Shuffle	Jughead Returns Version 1
46	Joe The Boss	Son Of Al Capone
47	Joe The Boss	All My Enemies Beware
48	Girlie	Small Change
49	Girlie	Mind Your Business
50	Pamela Brown	People Are Running
51	The Critics	Schooldays
52	Delroy Williams	Don’t Play That Song
53	Lloyd, Girlie & Joe	Appeal Of Pama Dice
54	The Boss All Stars	Young And Strong Version 2
55	Dice The Boss	The Informer
56	Dice The Boss	Cool It
57	The Opening	Tea House
58	Pama Dice	Brixton Fight
59	The Opening	Brixton Fight Part 2
60	Pama Dice	Brixton Pum Pum Wrecker
61	The Cimaron Kid	Bad Day At Black Rock
62	The Cimarons	Fragile
63	Clive Williams	Take Good Care Of My Baby
64	Dice, Rico & The Heat Wave	In Loving Memory Of Don Drummond

Style(s)

Reggae

Label

Doctor Bird DB3CD159

Year

2025

Country

GB - United Kingdom

Quality

m/m

Remarks

After moving to London from his native Trinidad in 1963, Joe Mansano quickly made his mark as one of the UK’s leading West Indian music salesmen. Within five years, his reputation had grown to such an extent that he was head-hunted by Trojan Records to manage one of their key record shops.

Joe’s Records shop in Brixton soon became the place to buy reggae music in the capital and with his finger firmly on the country’s musical pulse, allied to a keen ear for sound, his move into record production seemed a natural progression.

In the studio, Joe’s music-making skills equalled, if not surpassed his talents as a salesman and from late 1968 to 1970 his productions - issued on the Trojan’ Blue Cat, Duke and Joe subsidiaries - proved particularly popular among the country’s skinhead fans. Since then, his work has become highly regarded among aficionados of the UK boss reggae sound, with his releases from this time fetching significant sums on today’s collector’s market.

This 3CD box set comprises the entirety of Joe’s productions from this golden age of reggae, including his seminal 1969 ‘Brixton Cat’ album, and features numerous skinhead classics along with tracks that have remained unissued for well over half a century!

Price

EUR 24.62

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