A revelatory survey of Sixties Jamaican music from Randy’s Report Mart arrives on vinyl for the primary time, providing vinyl collectors a tangible piece of reggae historical past. 17 North Parade publicizes Randy’s fiftieth Anniversary: Reggae Anthology – Chapter One, a landmark double LP chronicling Vincent ‘Randy’ Chin’s groundbreaking productions from 1960 to 1971.
These recordings laid the inspiration for contemporary reggae and dancehall powerhouse VP Information.
The compilation traces Jamaican music’s evolution by means of a rare period. Lord Creator’s independence anthem Impartial Jamaica kicks issues off with joyful ska vitality.
The tracklist reads like a who’s who: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots & The Maytals, The Skatalites, John Holt, and Alton Ellis all characteristic.
First issued on CD in 2008, this assortment of uncommon recordings now receives the vinyl remedy it deserves. This primary quantity of a two-part anthology collection comes full with in depth sleeve notes by Blood & Fireplace’s Steve Barrow, alongside internal sleeves that includes uncommon pictures.
ITS TRACKLIST READS LIKE A WHO’S WHO: BOB MARLEY, PETER TOSH AND JOHN HOLT ALL FEATURE
Vincent Chin opened his first store in 1958 utilizing salvaged jukebox information. By 1961, he’d moved to 17 North Parade in downtown Kingston. Seven years later, he opened a studio above the store. That modest enterprise finally grew to become VP Information, now based mostly in New York.
Randy’s fiftieth Anniversary Reggae Anthology preserves the uncooked vitality of downtown Kingston in one among its most fertile intervals. These tracks from its opening chapter seize the spontaneity, studio experimentation, and pure artistic voltage that reworked native sound system tradition into a worldwide pressure. That is the place all of it started.
CHAPTER ONE TRACKLIST
SIDE A
1. Impartial Jamaica – Lord Creator
2. Let Me Dream – Alton & Eddie
3. Since You’re Gone – Roy & Paulette
4. Rico Particular – Rico Rodriguez
5. We Will Be Lovers – Norma Fraser & Lord Laro
6. Don’t Keep Out Late – Lord Creator
SIDE B
1. Goodbye Peggy Darling – Roy Panton
2. Make Hay – Cornell Campbell
3. Royal Charlie – Charlie Organaire
4. Blow Roland Blow – Joanne Gordon & R. Alphonso
5. Portrait of My Love – Baba Brooks
6. Malcolm X – The Skatalites
SIDE C
1. Mouth A Massy – Alton Ellis
2. Rum Bumpers – John Holt & Alton Ellis
3. John and James – The Maytals
4. Yagga Yagga – Delroy Byfield
5. Machine Store – Don Drummond
6. House House House – Stranger & Ken
7. Such Is Life – Lord Creator
SIDE D
1. Sugar Sugar – Bob Marley & The Wailers
2. You Can’t Idiot Me Once more – Peter Tosh
3. Wha She Do Now – The Gaylads
4. Warfare – Depend Matchuki
5. Finish Mud – Influence All Star
6. True Man – The Ethiopians
ABOUT 17 NORTH PARADE
17 North Parade serves because the archival heartbeat of Randy’s legacy. Named after the unique Kingston store deal with, the imprint reissues vault tapes, alternate takes, and unreleased mixes documenting ska’s evolution into roots and dub.
Releases showcase producers like Clive Chin and Lee “Scratch” Perry alongside Soul Syndicate periods, capturing the spontaneous cross-pollination and tape echo experiments that outlined Randy’s Studio throughout Kingston’s most artistic interval.
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