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MOV 3699COL-LP
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"Cool Rasta is an album by The Heptones, which consisted of Earl Morgan, Barry Llewellyn, and Leroy Sibbles. Brought up in the Trench Town area of Kingston, their first successful record was Fatty Fatty, first released in 1966. Since then, they have had several hits including 'Country Boy,' 'Mama Say,' and 'Book Of Rules.' At the guiding hand of top producer, Harry Johnson they recorded Cool Rasta, which came out in 1976. The title track of the album is a typical example of The Heptones at their brilliant best. Cool Rasta is available as a limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on orange colored vinyl."
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BSR 872LP
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"Long out of print Heptones album from 1983 available again on vinyl. The Heptones are a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae vocal trio. They were a significant force in that played a major role in the gradual transition between ska and rocksteady into reggae with their three-part harmonies."
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BSR 900LP
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"Original album released 1983. Now re-released on 180 gram red vinyl with inner sleeve featuring comprehensive sleeve notes."
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BSR 915CD
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"1985 Heptones album reissued on CD!"
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"Leroy Sibbles, Earl Morgan and Barry Llewellyn first banded together in Kingston in 1965 as The Hep Ones, but quickly changed it up to the Heptones when Morgan randomly spotted a discarded bottle of Heptones Tonic. We're not sure what was in that tonic, but it sure made for some smooth vocals. By 1967 the group was recording for Coxsone Dodd's famed Studio One moving into the organization just as the Wailers were moving on. Though one may argue which group had sweeter harmonies, there's no doubt that The Heptones, unlike many others at the time, were not followers of the Wailers vocal stylings but rather contemporaries. After parting ways with Sir Coxone, post a string of international hits and renown, the group released abundant material through a string of labels (including their own) ahead of being catapulted it international prominence due to a deal with Island Records in the late 70s. Book Of Rules being one of those recordings. In 1973 the group entered Harry J's studio in Kingston, with the record being issued on Harry's Jaywax imprint soon after the last note of the session tapered off. The effort features one of the biggest Heptone's hits in the title track 'Book Of Rules,' one of the very few Heptones songs where Leroy Sibbles does not handle the lead vocals, instead the songs co-writer Barry Llewelyn sang lead. Once again available as first issued in Jamaica in 1973, this is a landmark recording that's not to be overlooked."
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