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Track Listing
1. Equal Rights - (previously unreleased)
2. Pretty Looks Isn't All - (previously unreleased)
3. Sweet Talking
4. We Are in the Mood - (previously unreleased)
5. Let's Try - (Extended mix, previously unreleased)
6. How Can I Leave You - (previously unreleased)
7. One Love - (previously unreleased)
8. Tripe Girl
9. It's Like Heaven - (previously unreleased)
10. Only Sixteen
11. Every Day and Every Night - (previously unreleased)
12. Baby
13. Message From a Blackman - (Extended mix)
14. Give Me the Right - (previously unreleased)
15. Sad Songs - (previously unreleased, with Barry Llewelyn)
16. Glory Land - (previously unreleased)
17. Why Did You Leave Me to Cry
18. In Love With You - (previously unreleased)
Album Notes
The Heptones: Barrington 'Barry' Llewelyn, Earl Morgan, Leroy Sibbles (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Eric Frater, Ernest Ranglin, Errol Walters, Lyn Taitt, Patrick McDonald, Huks Brown (guitar); David Madden, Glen DaCosta, Headley Bennett, Johnny Moore , Roland Alphonso, Vin Gordon, Bobby Ellis, Cedric Brooks (horns); Jackie Mittoo, Richard Ace, Robbie Lyn (keyboards); Wallin Cameron, Boris Gardiner (bass instrument); Fil Callender, Bunny Williams, Leroy Wallace (drums); Denzil Laing (percussion).
This collection of vintage late-1960s and early-'70s tracks from the Heptones' years at Coxsone Dodd's Studio One record label features many fine examples of the band's songwriter and lead singer Leroy Sibbles' blend of conscious lyrics and commercial pop. Notable among the latter are the gorgeous "Pretty Looks" and the bubbling "Sweet Talking," where Sibbles' honey-toned voice soars over an irresistibly danceable rhythm, while socially conscious cuts include the militant, Junior Murvin-sounding "Message to the Black Man" and the early "Equal Rights" (not the Peter Tosh song).
Industry Reviews
[T]he vocals and the songs themselves are more rooted in 60s American soul -- sweet and focused on romance...
Vocal harmony trio reached a high point with the original Heptones at Studio One....A crucial selection from one of the greatest vocal groups ever.
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