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JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians) (1962)

Port-O-Jam
matrix: CD5 // CD6

Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Bernies's Tune // Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus;
Mr Prop Man; It Happens

The first Jamaican issues were probably released in plain sleeves. Later issues in the screenprint sleeve are very rare and much sought after. Copies on red vinyl came in a plain sleeeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Jazz instrumentals featuring Ernest Ranglin (guitar), Cecil Lloyd (piano), Don Drummond (trombone), Billy Cooke (trumpet), Tommy McCook & Roland Alphonso (tenor sax), Lloyd Mason (bass) and Carl McCleod (drums). ((Sleeve illustrations courtesy of Jeremy Collingwood.))

JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians) (c.1962)

Port-O-Jam PJL 01
matrix: CD5 // CD6

Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Bernies's Tune // Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus;
Mr Prop Man; It Happens

Jamaican repress in a flip-back sleeve designed by Roy Tomlinson and printed in the UK by Garrodd & Lofthouse Ltd. Note the ND Records logo on the front of the sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

The credit on the rear of the sleeve reads: RECORDED at THE FEDERAL RECORD STUDIO, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
PRODUCED BY R&B DISCS LTD, Stamford Hill, London N16

JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians)

ND Records PJL 01
matrix: R&B / PJL 01 A // R&B / PJL 01 B

Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Bernies's Tune // Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus;
Mr Prop Man; It Happens

Jamaican repress with stamped matrix numbers in a Garrod & Lofthouse flip-back sleeve. Note the ND Records logo on the front of the sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians)

ND Records PJL 01
matrix: R&B / PJL 01 A // R&B / PJL 01 B

Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Bernies's Tune // Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus;
Mr Prop Man; It Happens

Jamaican reissue on the ND Records label with stamped matrix numbers in a Garrod & Lofthouse flip-back sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians) (c.1973)

Port-O-Jam PJL 01
matrix: FCD-7941-A // FCD-7941-B

Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Bernies's Tune // Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus;
Mr Prop Man; It Happens

Early 1970s Jamaican reissue in a UK flip-back sleeve printed by Garrodd & Lofthouse without the ND Records logo. The sound is badly distorted during Never On Sunday; Bernie's Tune is not listed on the sleeve or the label. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

The credit on the rear of the sleeve reads: RECORDED at THE FEDERAL RECORD STUDIO, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
PRODUCED BY R&B DISCS LTD, Stamford Hill, London N16

JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians) (c.1980)

Studio One SOL-1140
matrix: SOLP - 0133 A // SOLP - 0133 B

Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Bernies's Tune // Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus;
Mr Prop Man; It Happens

Jamaican reissue on the Port-O-Jam label. The sound is badly distorted during Never On Sunday, and Bernie's Tune is not listed on the sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

The credit on the rear of the sleeve reads: RECORDED at THE FEDERAL RECORD STUDIO, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
STUDIO ONE RECORDS COMPANY, 3135 FULTON ST. BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11028

JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians) (c.1980)

Studio One SOLP-0133
matrix: SOLP - 0133 A // SOLP - 0133 B

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Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Bernies's Tune // Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus;
Mr Prop Man; It Happens

US repress on a Studio One label with New York address (Dist. by: Studio 1 Records, 3135 Fulton St, B'klyn, N.Y.). Like the Port-O-Jam issue, the sound is badly distorted during Never On Sunday, and Bernie's Tune is not listed on the sleeve or the label. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians)

Studio One SOLP-1140
matrix: SOLP - 0133 A // SOLP - 0133 B

Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Burnies's Tune // Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus;
Mr Prop Man; It Happens

Repress in O'Neil Nanco designed sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Bernie's Tune is omitted from the first label and mis-spelled on the sleeve and second label as Burnies' Tune. Sonic distortion on Never On Sunday is still present.

JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians)

Studio One SOLP-1140
matrix: SOLP - 1140 A // SOLP - 1140 B

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JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians) (1994)

Studio One SOCD 1140

Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Burnies's Tune; Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus; Mr Prop Man; It Happens

Studio One CD without the sonic distortion on Never On Sunday.

JAZZ JAMAICA
(workshop musicians)

Studio One SOCD 1140

Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Burnies's Tune; Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus; Mr Prop Man; It Happens

Studio One CD reissue.

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Calypso Jazz; Serenade In Sound; The Answer; Bernies's Tune // Never On Sunday; Away From You; Exodus;
Mr Prop Man; It Happens

US reissues with with Fulton Street, Brooklyn and Brentford Road, Kingston phone numbers on reverse of sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))