With work on the deluxe edition of ‘Tighten Up Volume 2’ now nearing completion, we can fill you in with a few more details…
The 2CD deluxe version of this, the seminal Skinhead LP from the glory days of 1969, will follow the formula established by the previous volume, with the first disc comprising of the original 12 tracks, along with their respective B-sides, while disc 2 will feature another 24 tracks released by Trojan from January to August of that year – the same period the recordings on the original album saw issue.
So, without further ado, here’s the track-listing…
DISC 1: TIGHTEN UP VOL. 2… PLUS:
1. Long Shot Kick De Bucket – The Pioneers
2. John Jones – Rudy Mills
3. Fire Corner – King Stitt
4. Wreck A Buddy – The Soul Sisters
5. Reggae In Your Jeggae – Dandy
6. Fattie Fattie – Clancy Eccles
7. Return Of Django – The Upsetters
8. Sufferer – The Kingstonians
9. Moonlight Lover – Joya Landis
10. Come Into My Parlour -The Bleechers
11. Them A Laugh And A Ki Ki – The Soul Mates
12. Live Injection – The Upsetters
Bonus Tracks (The B-sides):
13, Jumping The Gun – Rico & The Rudies
14. A Place Called Happiness – Rudy Mills
15. John Public (aka Tom Hark) – The Dynamites
16. Push It In – The Versatiles
17. Reggae Shuffle – The Dreamers
18. Last Call (aka Tribute To Drumbago) – The Dynamites
19. Dollar In The Teeth – The Upsetters
20. Kiss A Finger – The Kingstonians
21. Love You True – Joya Landis
22. Dry Your Tears – The Mellotones
23. The Hippys Are Here – The Hippy Boys
24. Everything For Fun – The Bleechers
DISC #2: TIGHTEN UP 2 ½ – THE ALTERNATIVES:
1. Put Yourself In My Place – Delroy Wilson
2. Cuss Cuss – Lloyd Robinson
3. Breaking Up – Alton Ellis with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
4. Biafra – The Crystalites
5. A-Yuh (You Always Hurt Me) – The Uniques
6. Rocking Sensation – Delano Stewart
7. Hang ‘Em High – Richard Ace
8. Son Of A Preacher Man – The Gayletts
9. Frying Pan – The Slickers
10. Mama Look Deh – The Reggae Boys
11. Another Scorcher – Jackie Bernard & The Tennors
12. You’re My Everything – The Techniques
13. Night Doctor – The Upsetters
14. Woman Capture Man – The Ethiopians
15. On The Move – Count Matchuki & The Destroyers
16. Everybody Bawlin’ – The Melodians
17. 2,000 Tons Of T.N.T. – The G.G. Rhythm Section
18. Ali Baba – John Holt
19. Seven Letters – Derrick Morgan
20. Dark End Of The Street – Pat Kelly
21. Doctor No Go – The Hippy Boys
22. Get On The Right Track – Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis
23. Red Ash – Karl Bryan with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
24. Liquidator – Harry J All Stars
Finally, while would like to once again thank all those who sent in label scans (Jeffrey Pardus II, Joe Lawrence, Alex Cleeves, Jason Needham, Reuben Anbassanac, Dmitri Subotsky, Richard Spencer, John Paley and Stephen & Kevin Nye), we are still in need of high res. scans (300 dpi or higher) of any of the labels listed below, so if anyone out there is willing and able to provide (either by email or on a disk) copies of any of the above (we don’t mind the odd bit of scribble on them), please contact us at the usual address:
trojanwebsite@googlemail.com
All contributors will of course be duly accredited on this site and in the CD booklet.
Biafra – The Crystalites (Big Shot, BI-510A)
Son Of A Preacher Man – The Gaylets (Big Shot, BI-516A)
Frying Pan – The Slickers (Blue Cat, BS-154A)
Cuss Cuss – Lloyd Robinson (Duke, DU-5A)
You’re My Everything – The Techniques (Duke, DU-22A)
Put Yourself In My Place – Delroy Wilson (High Note, HS-011A)
Rocking Sensation – Delano Stewart (High Note, HS-014A)
Ali Baba – John Holt (Trojan, TR-661A)
A-Yuh (You Always Hurt Me) – The Uniques (Trojan, TR-645A)
Get On The Right Track – Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis (Trojan, TR-671A)
Red Ash – Karl Bryan with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (Trojan, TR-673A)
Come Into My Parlour -The Bleechers (Upsetter, US-314A)
Dry Your Tears – The Mellotones (Upsetter, US-314B)