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SWING EASY
Various Artists(1969)

Studio One SOL 0017
matrix: FCD 7778 / 7779

Jamaican issue in mono (despite the claim to be in stereo on the sleeve). The matrix number indicates that this is the original release - but the sleeve has the look of a reissue.

SWING EASY
Various Artists (1969)

Coxsone CSL 8018
matrix: CSL+8018

UK release on the blue Coxsone label.

Easy Come Easy Go (Freedom Singers/Righteous Flames); Bangarang (Freedom Singers/Soul Vendors); Nana (Slickers/Pioneers); Everything Crash (Freedom Singers); Why Can't We Love (Cables); Reggae And Cry (Winston Francis) // Reggae Monica (Roy Richards); Things Come Up To Bump (Victors/Viceroys/Bassies); Light My Fire (Soul Sam); Get In The Groove (Heptones); Feel The Rhythm (Lord Creator); The Thing (Jackie Mittoo/Sound Dimension)

Strong compilation of Jamaican singles, very few of which saw release on UK labels (Easy Come Easy Go and Things Come Up To Bump being the exception). Alternative credits are listed in italics. Not yet released on CD, and still difficult to find on vinyl on either label.