You gotta love technology. Its completely changed the game when it comes to connecting with fellow record collectors and their ever-increasingly hard to find early Jamaican 45s and, better yet, the ability to share them via this blog.
Here are a couple of killer mid-late 1960s Jamaican 45s, original Jamaican pressings. Found these on ebay while doing some online digging recently. Got'em cheap!
The first is a Splash Records pre-release (1969) from Karl "King Cannon" Bryan and produced by Lloyd Charmers - "Overproof" b/w "Birth Control". Two great early instrumental reggae/skinhead tunes that will brighten up any playlist.
The other 45 in this set is an original Supreme Records 1966 first pressing of Ken Boothe's "Never Leave Again" b/w "Come Running Back". A side is an amazingly soulful slow jam with beautiful harmony. Unfortunately the b side skips in a few places so ill have to keep looking for a good copy. But considering the $5 I paid for it, it was still worth it for the A side alone.
