In this Soul Revivers Special, David Hill looks at the 70s roots sounds of Winston Holness, AKA Niney the Observer. The show features tracks from Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs and Horace Andy and exclusive dubplate versions.
Soul Revivers: Niney the Observer Special
1. Observer All Stars and King Tubbys ‘Rebel Dance' UK Trojan Attack LP
2. Christine ’Saturday Night’ JA Observer 45
3. Gregory Isaacs ‘Rock On (Murder Observer Style)’, UK Observer 12"
4. The Observers 'Blood and Fire’ JA Observers 45 1
5. Delroy Wilson ‘False Rasta’ JA Observers 45
6. Niney 'Westbound Train instrumental version' JA Observer 45
7. Rockstones ‘Oh Jah Man’ JA Observer 45
8. Mr Stone ‘Jah Jah Higher Than I’ UK Strictly Pre 12"
9. The Jewells ‘One Little Lick’ UK Observer 12”
10. Dennis Brown I Am the Conqueror’ JA Observer blank 45
11. Observer Style ’Lightning and Thunder’ JA Observer blank 45
12. Dillinger ‘Flat Foot Hustling’ JA Observer 45
13. Observer 'Under Light Raps’ JA Observer 45
14. Horace Andy ’Them Never Tell I A Lie’ / Ranking Buckers ’Teacher Gal' UK Observer 12”
15. Dennis Brown ‘Live After You’ JA Observer 45
16. Bottle Head 'Bottle Head in Fine Style’ JA Observer 45
17. Tyrone Taylor ’Sufferation’ UK Observer 12”
18. Junior Boyce & Ranking Buckers ‘What Kind of World / Sic Easy Stepping’ UK Observer 12”
19. Glasford Manning ‘Prophecy Call’ JA Observer 45 (Jewells and Time Unlimited)
20. Rock Tone Band ‘Burne Me Out’ UK Militant 45
21. Dennis Brown meets Jah Bop ’Tribulation’ UK 3 in 1 Disco 12"
22. Dennis Brown ‘Wolf and Leopard’ JA Observer 45
23. George B ‘Rasta Clean / Zig Zag’ UK Strictly Pre 12"
24. The Jewells ‘Jah I’ UK Observer 12”
25. Don Carlos ‘Can’t Waste Time’ JA Observer 45
26. The 4th Harmonic ‘Under the Tree’ JA Observers 45
27. Niney ‘I Soon Know’ dubplate
29. Niney ‘I Soon Know dub’ dubplate
29. The Messiahs ‘Confusion in a Babylon’ JA Observer 45
30. Observer All Stars and King Tubbys 'Mr D. Brown-Skank' UK Trojan Attack LP