Eccles,Clancy & The Dynamites Freedom / Fire Corner: 2 Original Albums CD

Freedom makes it's CD debut. The dawning of the rock steady sound, late in 1966, eliminated the need for record producers to employ horn sections, a consequence of which was to significantly reduce studio costs. The development enabled a new generation of young, dynamic music makers to make a mark upon Jamaica's recording industry and of these, few proved more successful or influential than Clancy Eccles. By the late Sixties, Eccles had become firmly established as one of the island's premiere producers, having been a pivotal figure in the development of reggae during the latter half of 1968. The following year he scored his biggest hit, the rambunctious 'Fattie Fattie', which sold in huge amounts both at home and the UK, where a chart placing for the disc was only denied by the lack of recognition of sales from Jamaican music retailers. The single's popularity prompted Trojan Records to issue Eccles's debut long-player, "Freedom", which gathered the best of his self-produced recordings as a singer. The album's release coincided with a second LP of his work that showcased his most recent instrumental productions with top session crew, the Dynamites, along with a trio of tracks featuring pioneering DJ toaster, King Stitt, whose ground-breaking hit, 'Fire Corner', provided the collection's title. Both of these seminal boss reggae sets feature on this essential 2CD compilation, which is further enhanced by 13 additional vocal sides from the late Sixties along with the remaining recorded works of both King Stitt and the Dynamites, from 1969: the year reggae went outernational.

1. Freedom - Clancy Eccles 2. What Will Your Mother Say - Clancy Eccles 3. Two of a Kind - Clancy ; Cynthia 4. The World Needs Loving - Clancy Eccles 5. Dollar Train - Clancy Eccles 6. Constantinople - Clancy Eccles 7. Fattie Fattie - Clancy Eccles 8. Auntie Lulu - Clancy Eccles 9. Shu Be Du - Clancy Eccles 10. My Girl - Clancy Eccles 11. I Need You - Clancy Eccles 12. Mount Zion - Clancy ; Scully 13. Open Up - Clancy Eccles 14. Darling Don't Do That - Clancy Eccles 15. Festival '68 - Clancy Eccles 16. The Revenge - Clancy Eccles 17. Bangarang Crash - Clancy Eccles 18. The Big Fight - Clancy Eccles 19. Don't Brag Don't Boast - Clancy Eccles 20. Deacon Don - Clancy Eccles 21. Great (Beat) - Clancy Eccles 22. Chinaman - Clancy Eccles 23. Oh My Lover - Clancy ; Cynthia 24. Dance Beat (Version I) - Clancy ; Stitt 25. Fattie Fattie (Alt. Version) - Clancy Eccles 26. Eternally - the Dynamites 27. Sam-Fie - the Dynamites 28. I Did It - Winston Wright ; the Dynamites 29. This Is the Night - Winston Wright 30. One Way Street - Winston Wright 31. John Public - the Dynamites 32. Mr Midnight - the Dynamites 33. Soul Language - King Stitt 34. Say What You Say - Winston Wright 35. Vigorton 2 - King Stitt 36. Next Corner - the Dynamites 37. Fire Corner - King Stitt 38. Rathid - the Dynamites 39. Who Yea - King Stitt 40. City Demonstration - Val Bennett 41. On the Street - King Stitt 42. Mercilina - the Dynamites 43. Silbert Dragon - Winston Wright 44. Lick It Back - King Stitt 45. Last Call - the Dynamites 46. Rough Road - Winston Wright 47. I for I - King Stitt 48. Sweet Africa - Val Bennett 49. The Lion Wakes - Winston Wright 50. Dance Beat (Version II) - Clancy ; Stitt