Various - Niney the Observer Presents: Dreadlocks Coming to Dinner - The Observer Singles - 2xCD

• 15 tracks new to CD.
• Collects some of the biggest Jamaican hits of the early-to-mid 70s.
• Includes some of the ﬁnest dub and roots of the mid-70s.

Having enjoyed his first major Jamaican hit in 1971 with the ground-breaking single ‘Blood And Fire’, Winston Holness aka Niney ‘The Observer’ set about establishing a reputation as one of the island’s most accomplished and innovative record producers. Within two years of his breakthrough hit, he had built a strong fan-base both within the land of his birth and in the UK, having issued a series of popular singles featuring himself and a small but impressive roster of local artists that included Big Youth, Max Romeo, Delroy Wilson and U Roy. ‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’ comprises the very best of these works, commencing with Ken Boothe’s hugely popular 1973 Jamaican chart-topping version of ‘Silver Words’. Other highlights include Delroy Wilson’s popular interpretations of ‘Halfway Up The Stairs’ and ‘I Can’t Help Myself’ while there are also numerous early roots classics, most notably the title track, ‘Rasta No Born Ya’, ‘Nice And Easy’, ‘Every Natty Want To Go Home’. Including 15 tracks that have remained unavailable on any format since their original release in the 70s, this 2CD collection demonstrates why Niney deserves to be ranked among the finest music makers to have first made their mark on the Jamaican music scene during the most creative period in the long and illustrious history of reggae music.

1.1 Ken Boothe - Silver Words
1.2 Sang Hugh - Rasta No Born Ya
1.3 The Observers - The Bold One
1.4 Winston Wright - Salt & Pepper
1.5 Hubert Lee - Hey Little Girl
1.6 Sang Hugh - No Portion a Gal
1.7 Winston Wright - Melancholy Rock
1.8 Delroy Wilson - Have Some Mercy
1.9 The Observers - Different Fashion
1.10 Ansel Collins - Beardman Shuffle
1.11 Niney - Hail I AKA Taking a View
1.12 Keeling Beckford - Let Your Love Come
1.13 Delroy Wilson - Half Way Up the Stairs
1.14 Astley Bennett - Children of the Ghetto
1.15 The Observers - Dub From the Ghetto
1.16 The Meditators - King Rasta
1.17 Delroy Wilson - Sugar Pie
1.18 Niney - New Style
1.19 Big Youth & Dennis Brown - Wild Goose Chase
1.20 Ansel Collins Meets The Observers - Inbound Train
1.21 Tommy McCook & The Observers - One Train Load of Collie
1.22 U-Roy - Train From the West
1.23 Niney & The Observers - Daughter Gets Hot
1.24 Big Youth & Dennis Brown - Ride On Ride On
1.25 Niney & The Observers - Pressure Locks

2.1 Niney - Ital Correction
2.2 Niney - Selassie Ship
2.3 Earth & Stone - Babylonian
2.4 Big Youth - Fire Bunn
2.5 The Observers - Fire Organ
2.6 Big Youth - Mr. Finnigan
2.7 Niney - Bring the Cuchie Come
2.8 The Observers - Cuchie Dub
2.9 David Jahson - For I
2.10 Roman Stewart - In the Morning
2.11 Delroy Wilson - False Rasta
2.12 Michael Rose - Clap the Ba Ba
2.13 Astley Bennett - Leggo the Wrong
2.14 Astley Bennett - Leggo the Wrong Version
2.15 Max Romeo - Push De Broom
2.16 The Observers - Impact Program
2.17 Errol "Flabba" Holt - African Train
2.18 Junior Byles - Bur O Boy
2.19 Horace Andy - Nice and Easy
2.20 The Observers - Nice Version
2.21 Junior Delgado - Every Natty Wants to Go Home
2.22 Michael Rose - Dreadlocks Coming for Dinner
2.23 Glasford Manning - Prophesy Fulfil
2.24 Tommy McCook & The Observers - Zorro