The release of “Pop A Top” was a significant moment in the transition to early reggae and actually the main inspiration for THE SMALL AXE PEOPLE. That tune had a little bit of everything. Was the intro deejaying or rapping, or an early sample? And what was going on with the bass and drum? And then you had that organ riff !! Lynford Anderson had put so much delay and non-standard sounds on “Pop A Top” that it was truly wild… the concept of the “Version” had been born in reggae. Andy Capp as Lynford Anderson called himself followed “Pop A Top” with “The Law”, another truly inspirational and excellent piece of work. After these first specimen of “Version” further efforts in the same vein followed with Dave & Ansel Collins’ monster hit “Double Barrel” and its follow-up “Monkey Spanner” probably being the most successful.
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The 1969 released “Pop A Top” was based on a style of rhythm that was noticeably faster than Rocksteady!
A Touch Of Version
TRACKS |
- A Strange Sound
- Cold Breeze
- Dark Shadows
- Figure One
- Ghost Talk
- Gone
- Is Anyone There?
- Leave Now
- Move Something
- Orb’s In The Night
- What Was That!
- Who Are You?
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V Is For Version
TRACKS |
- Trodding
- Invalidation
- Sidetrack
- Still Digging
- Pulse
- Bush Skank
- Jericho
- Congo Square
- Charly X
- Cappy
- Pablo’s Letter
- Chenappa South Of Los Cruces
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Just Version (feat. Dennis Alcapone)
TRACKS |
- Hook Line And Sinker
- Dot The I
- Give To Get
- Great Is Great
- Live The Life You Love
- Spread Out And Scatter
- Crazy Like I Tell You
- Put A Smile On Your Face
- Give Love A Try
- Put A Smile On Your Face
- Magnet And Steel
- Dig You Later
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Reggae Inna Now Gen Style
TRACKS |
- Man In Green
- Step Up
- Milk No Trust
- Junk Mash
- Flat Cap Rule
- Telephone Pole
- Old Goat
- Orange Juice
- Flat Roof Style
- Green Hills
- Hungry Dog
- Old Tin Can
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Original Version
TRACKS |
- Reality Check
- Washington Gardens
- Angels
- Lost Time
- Digital Justice
- Pirates Choice
- Pay It Forward
- Vexnet
- The Borders
- Do Not Harm
- Rocking Robots
- Clobbering Time
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Sounds Of The North
TRACKS |
- Ice Man
- Snow Flake
- Snow Storm
- Frozen Spirit
- Ice Axe
- More Snow
- The Big Freeze
- Cold Snap
- Snowball
- North Pole Skank
- Cold Spell
- South Pole Shuffle
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The Wildest Version
TRACKS |
- 1-38
- Beast
- Blink
- Cordon
- Pop O
- Pirate Code
- Disclosure
- Directory Call
- Quirky
- Resistance
- Unsafe
- Waterhouse Walk
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Sounds Of The East
TRACKS |
- Ying
- Yang
- Chin
- Chung
- Shanghai
- Beijing
- Chow Mein
- Mapo Tofu
- Shandong Luneng Taishan
- Changchun Yatai
- Taihao Fuxi
- Ling Lun
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Skankers Delight
TRACKS |
- Telegram From Chenappa
- African UFO
- Duppy Road
- Banana And Coconut Skank
- Creeping
- Dusk In Tutcumcari
- Mountain View
- Bend it Like Pinkney
- Digwell
- Litlle Green Men
- Mighty Acolytes – Yoyo Skank
- Mighty Acolytes – Skank The Yoyo
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Skank Corner
TRACKS |
- Mighty Hammer
- One Touch
- Crossroads
- Mutant X
- Far East
- Dark Alley
- Green Light
- Wingers
- Broadway
- Wild West
- Empathic
- Shield
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Skank It Up
TRACKS |
- The Fencebeater
- Skank It Up
- Touch And Go
- Welcome To Chenappa
- Dobblers
- Freak Force
- Whine In Time
- Jimmy Riddle
- Screwball
- Crunchie
- Three Holes
- Sidetrack
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Skank To Skank
TRACKS |
- Blade
- Jubilation
- Skank Alley
- In-Swinger
- Validation
- Link
- Well Vexed
- Kilamanjaro
- Bubble
- Shango
- 4-2-4
- Idren
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Mash Up
TRACKS |
- Masher
- Mashed Up
- Miss Mash
- Junk Mash
- Mash Able
- All In The Mash
- Genetic Mash Up
- Mash Away
- Mash I
- Altered Mash
- Mash Man
- Alien Mash
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The Castle Of The Screwface
TRACKS |
- Enter
- Whom Do You Seek
- The Screwface
- More Than One
- What Do You Want?
- Justice And Peace
- In The The Wrong Place!
- We Have Come Far
- Go Now
- We Have Nowhere To Go
- Then Be Warned!
- Too Late Shall Be Your Cry
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Generation Version
TRACKS |
- Reason
- Connection
- Tinhead
- Hiro
- Waterhouse
- Cookie
- Button
- Rockfort
- Deh
- Safe
- Dissociation
- Hail
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Creation
TRACKS |
- Energy
- Mass
- Proton
- Red Shift
- Radiation
- Neutron
- Wavelength
- Hydrogen
- Matter
- Anti Matter
- Black Hole
- Light
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