Money In My Pocket

• 48 tracks from the Joe Gibbs’ stable of the 1970s, featuring a diversity of performer and musical styles

• A 2CD set that includes significant Jamaican hits alongside almost forgotten rarities, with all but 15 recordings making their CD debut, many tracks unavailable on any format since the early ‘70s with 33 tracks new to CD

• Including many of the biggest Jamaican hits of the early 1970s

As the ‘70s unfolded, producer Joe Gibbs continued his inexorable rise to the top of the island’s musical tree. His willingness to try new talent and styles gave him an edge over many of his contemporaries, as reflected in the willingness of major artists to join his roster of acts.

Among their number were such established stars and Dennis Brown, The Heptones, The Ethiopians, Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis and Derrick Morgan, and newcomers who were just beginning to make their mark on the local recording scene.

DISC ONE:

1 Money In My Pocket – Dennis Brown
2 A-So We Stay – Big Youth & Dennis Brown 3 Ration – Bongo Herman & Bunny
4 I’ve Got A Feeling (take 2) – The Heptones 5 Knock On Wood – Alton Ellis
6 Baby I Need Your Loving – Delroy Wilson
7 The World Is On A Wheel – The Meditators * 8 More Dub – Johnny Lover *
9 More Dub – Chapter II – Joe Gibbs & The Professionals * 10 In Heaven There Is No Beer – The Happs *
11 Pretty Face Girl – Delroy Wilson 12 Make Love Not War – U Roy *
13 Horse Race – Derrick Morgan *
14 Things Not Easy – The Meditators * 15 Virginia Skank – Johnny Lover *
16 Fort Augustus Rock – Joe Gibbs & The Professionals * 17 Whip Them Jah Jah – Eddie Ford *
18 If You Had Known – Eddie Ford * 19 Africa Want Us All – Allan King
20 Tippertone And Tubby Clash – King Smiley * 21 Bam Bam Festival – Jackie Brown *
22 Pablo At Home – Augustus Pablo *
23 DJ Quadrille – Prince Francis *
24 Quadrille Skank – Prince Francis * * tracks new to CD

DISC TWO:

1 Pretend – Dennis Brown
2 Botswana Skank – Joe Gibbs & The Professionals *
3 JA Special – Frankie Diamond & The Love Generation *
4 Foreman vs. Frazier – Big Youth
5 Round 2 – Big Youth
6 You Wrong Fe Trouble Joshua – Eddie Ford
7 Love And Affection – Jackie Brown *
8 Jump Up Action – The Ethiopians *
9 By 7 – Delroy (Crutches) Jones *
10 Rhythm One – King Smiley *
11 Be The One – The Heptones
12 The Road Is Rough – Joe Gibbs & The Professionals *
13 Musical Chastisement – Cat Campbell *
14 Musical Dub – Joe Gibbs & The Professionals *
15 Feme Fille – Bongo Herman & Bunny *
16 Fille’s Pleasure – Bongo Herman & Bunny *
17 Chucky No Lucky – Big Youth
18 Waterhouse Rock – Big Youth
19 East Africa – Vin Gordon *
20 Dreadlock Rock – Dillinger *
21 When You Are Down – Dennis Brown
22 Rocking Down Old York Way – Prince Francis *
23 American Pum Pum – Big Joe *
24 Tape White Wash – Big Joe *