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Originally released by Trojan Records in 1970, the two various-artist long players, ‘Loch Ness Monster’ and ‘Funky Chicken’ were instant best sellers for the company, selling particularly strongly among the country’s reggae-loving ‘skinheads’.
Sporting what was undoubtedly the most garishly designed sleeve from the golden age of reggae, ‘Loch Ness Monster’ focused on the most weird, sexual and peculiar recordings from the period, resulting in an unsettling yet extremely compelling 30+ minutes of music.
As its name suggests, ‘Funky Chicken’ brought together a dozen of the funkiest reggae tracks to have seen issue over the preceding months, with the selection featuring tracks performed by some of the most accomplished acts on the Jamaican and UK scene.
Both albums, currently unavailable on any format, are now represented here, with the original track-listings boosted by a further 16 bonus tracks, all of which echo their respective themes.
A must for fans of those into spooky or funky music – and of course anyone into classic boss reggae sounds!
Tracklist
DISC ONE:
VARIOUS – LOCH NESS MONSTER
1 Loch Ness Monster – King Horror
2 Man From MI5 – Upsetters
3 Barbwire – Nora Dean
4 Self Control – The Upsetters
5 Night Food Reggae – The Des All Stars
6 The Hole – King Horror
7 Vampire – The Upsetters
8 Black Scorcher – Des All Stars
9 Suffering Stink – Band Of Mercy & The Salutation
10 Cutting Blade – King Horror
11 African Meeting – Girlie & Jomo
12 Dracula Prince Of Darkness – King Horror
BONUS TRACKS
13 Haunted House – The Upsetters
14 Vampire – King Horror
15 Ghost Town – Prince Horror
16 Pum Pum Wrecker – Dice The Boss
17 Kill Them All – Lee Perry & The Upsetters
18 Vengeance – Lloyd Charmers
19 Wolfman – The Upsetters
20 Pum Pum Lover – Carl Levy
21 Dig Your Grave – The Upsetters
22 Frankenstein – King Horror
23 Ghost Rider – The Music Doctors
24 Pussy Catch A Fire – The Soulmates
25 Witchcraft Man – The Inner Mind
26 Dr Jekyll – Dave & Lloyd
27 Boss Cocky – Patsy & The Hot Rod All Stars
28 Son Of Thunder – Lee Perry & The Upsetters
DISC TWO:
VARIOUS – FUNKY CHICKEN
1 Funky Chicken – Winston Groovy
2 Funky Reggae – Dave Barker & The Supersonics
3 Chicken Inn – Freddie Notes & The Rudies
4 The Rooster – Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
5 Funky Monkey – Dice The Boss
6 Pop Corn Funky Reggae – Rita Alston
7 Funky Duck – Dice The Boss
8 The Monster – The Beverley’s All Stars
9 Funky Monkey Pt. II – Dice The Boss
10 Down On The Farm – Freddie Notes & The Rudies
11 Chicken Scratch – Count Suckle & The Rudies
12 Open Jaw – Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
BONUS TRACKS
13 Funky Chicken Part 2 – The Cimarons
14 Lock Jaw – Dave Barker & The Supersonics
15 Mr Popcorn – Laurel Aitken
16 Popcorn – The Upsetters
17 Psychedelic Reggae – Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
18 Funky Popcorn – Dice The Boss
19 Funky Reggae Part 1 – Joe’s All Stars
20 Rocco aka Rocco Psychedelia – The Rudies
21 Lick A Pop – Hot Rod All Stars
22 The Tackro – The Upsetters
23 Honky Tonk Popcorn – Pama Dice
24 Funk The Beat–The Megatons
25 Super Soul aka Super Bad –Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
26 Pop Your Corn – Audrey
27 Sound Underground – Dave Barker & The Upsetters
28 Share Your Popcorn – The Gruvy Beats