The Skinhead Reggae Albums 1972-1976

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• 4CD 70-track clamshell box set rounding up the four studio albums released by Reggae legend Judge Dread between 1972 and 1976.

• Featuring 27 non-album tracks including numerous charting singles and B-sides.

• With a booklet featuring detailed liner notes plus pictures of all relevant records, including many rare overseas picture sleeves.

Disc One is ‘Dreadmania – It’s All In The Mind’, originally released on Trojan Records in 1972, which features the Top 20 smashes ‘Big Six’ (No.11) and ‘Big Seven’ (No.8). and two non LP B-sides have been added as a bonus.

The second disc is the Trojan Records-issued ‘Working Class ‘Ero’ album which includes the No. 14 hit ‘Big Eight’ and now has six rare non LP single sides added including the ‘Molly’ 45.

Disc Three is the ‘Bedtime Stories’ album which hit No. 26 when originally released in 1975. It features the hit singles ‘Je T’Aime (Moi Non Plus)’ (No.9) and ‘Big Ten’ (No.14) alongside nine bonus tracks including the never before on CD ‘Anna’ and ‘Escape From The Planet Of The Apes’.

The fourth disc is the legendary ‘Last Of The Skinheads’ album which includes the No.27 charting ‘Y Viva Suspenders’ and the No.35 ‘Winkle Man’. The ten bonus tracks include the hit singles ‘Christmas In Dreadland’ (No.14) and ‘Up With The Cock’ (No.49) as well as the No.31 charting ‘5th Anniversary EP’.

Tracklist

DISC ONE
READMANIA – IT’S ALL IN THE MIND
1 All In The Mind
2 Big Six
3 Deception
4 Dr. Kitch
5 Oh! She Is A Big Girl Now
6 Mary Ann
7 Big Seven
8 Ding-A-Ling
9 Donkey Dick
10 The Biggest Bean You’ve Ever Seen
11 The Blue Cross Code
12 Dread’s Almanack
BONUS TRACKS
13 One Armed Bandit
14 Dread (Judge Dread Sound)

DISC TWO
WORKING CLASS `ERO
1 Big Eight
2 Take Off Your Clothes
3 The Belle Of Snodland Town
4 The Big Five
5 Dread’s Law
6 Big Nine
7 Je T’aime (Moi Non Plus)
8 Grandad’s Flanalette Nightshirt
9 What Kung Fu Dat
10 The Big One
BONUS TRACKS
11 Mind The Doors
12 Molly
13 Nine And A Bit Skank
14 Dance Of The Snods
15 (Hey There) Lonely Girl (J. D. Alex)
16 Grass-Hopper (J. D. Alex)

DISC THREE
BEDTIME STORIES
1 Bedtime Stories
2 Je T’aime
3 What A Beautiful Pair
4 Rudeness Train
5 The Six Wives Of Dread
6 This Little Piece Of Dinkle
7 Last Tango In Snodland
8 Big 10
9 Trenchtown Billy
10 Move Over Darling
BONUS TRACKS
11 Anna (The Main Men)
12 Look A Pussy
13 Rasta Chat (Dread And I)
14 The End Of The World (Jason Sinclair)
15 The Golden Fleece (Jason & The Arganoughts)
16 Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (The Baboons)
17 Tammy (Jason Sinclair)
18 Stonesfield (Jason & The Argonaughts)
19 Christmas In Dreadland

DISC FOUR
LAST OF THE SKINHEADS
1 Bring Back The Skins
2 A Rhyme In Time
3 Dread Rock
4 Workers Lament
5 The Winkle Man
6 Take It Easy (But Take It)
7 Come Outside
8 Fatty Dread
9 Y Viva Suspenders
10 Banana Throat Song
11 Bring Back The Skins (Reprise)
BONUS TRACKS
12 Al Capone ’76 (The Dreadnaughts)
13 Mexican Hustle (The Dreadnaughts)
14 Confessions Of A Bouncer
15 Jamaica Jerk (Off)
16 Big Everything
17 End Of The World
18 Up With The Cock!
19 Big Punk
20 Swan Lake ’77 (The Dreadnaughts)
21 Nice Weather (For Ducks) (The Dreadnaughts)