Judge Dread - Big Ten

Yet another banned song by the Judge, this one from 1975.
The B is credited to "Dread and I" and I haven't a clue who "I" was?

01 - Judge Dread - Big Ten
02 - Dread And I - Rasta Chat

Judge Dread - Oh! She Is A Big Girl Now / Big One

Double A side from 1973, Big One as usual was banned by the BBC but Big Girl did actually get a few plays on the radio.
For some reason Big One always makes me think of the "confessions" films which were around at the time :)
Don't think any other artist has ever cheered me up as much as the late Judge.

A1 - Oh She Is A Big Girl Now
A2 - Big One

Judge Dread - 5th Anniversary EP

Had to post some Judge Dread as he was such a great part of my early music listening years :)
I remember first hearing him at Music class at secondary school, every week pupils were allowed to bring in records to play for the last half hour of lesson.
Top tunes of the day were stuff like Slade, Lieutenant Pigeon's Mouldy old Dough!, Donny Osmand etc, but one kid brought in his brother's Big Six by Judge Dread (as well as Big Five by Prince Buster) and as the teacher used to leave us to it we all had a laugh until the teacher came back and blew a fuse :)
If nothing else it was a good introduction to Reggae/Ska and I went home and asked my sister to play some of her stuff, so I've always had a soft spot for this type of stuff.

Here's the sadly departed Judge's 5th Anniversary EP from 1977 which includes a nice variation of his works, End of the World is brilliant and should have been a big hit but the Judge's novelty past was against him, Big Everything is a nice compilation of the "Big" series.

01 - Jamaica Jerk Off
02 - Bring Back The Skins
03 - End Of The World
04 - Big Everything

Various Artists - Ska Wars (4CD)

Ska Wars is a 4 CD box set of some well known ska tracks, as with most bargain compilations the tracks by the better known artists tend to be live versions or alternate later recordings which isn't always a bad thing as anyone who followed the scene already has the original versions.
A nice selection of tracks by artists like Bad Manners, The Selecter, The (International) Beat, Loafers, Volcanoes, Potato 5 and many others, also included are 3 classic comedy oldies by Judge Dread which are always welcomed by me as he got me into Reggae/Ska when I was a kid.
4cd's worth of happy tunes which should be prescribed to anyone feeling down or depressed as these will cheer them up, works for me :)

CD1
Sally Brown - Bad Manners
Big 9 - Judge Dread
On My Radio - The Selecter
Do The Jerk - Potato 5
Dave & Mary - The Hotknives
Blind Date - The Riffs
Don't You Tell Me - The Volcanoes
No-One But You - Arthur Kay and The Originals
Follow My Leader - The Loafers
Sheila - Burial
Skaville UK - King Hammond
Bluebeat Suit - Potato 5/Laurel Aitken
Pound To The Dollar - Maroon Town
Jesse James - Clubland
Shame - Big 5
Best Of Both Worlds - The Selecter

CD2
Madness - The Selecter/Prince Buster
Skinhead Girl - Bad Manners
Julie Julie - The Hotknives
Je T'aime - Judge Dread
Bad News - The Loafers
Monday Morning - The Riffs
Fitz, The - International Beat
Our Own Way - Skin Deep
Oh - Case
Nostalgia - Maroon Town
King Hammond Shuffle - King Hammond
Blueboat And Ska - Natural Rhythm
Dambusters – JJ All Stars
Ska Toon Time - The Volcanoes
Ska Wars - Arthur Kay
I Can See Clearly Now - Pauline Black

CD3
Big 8 - Judge Dread
Magical Feeling - The Selecter/Prince Buster
Selecter, The - The Selecter
Reburial - Potato 5
Return Of The Ugly - Bad Manners
Play My Record - Arthur Kay
Plastic Gangsters - Plastic Gangsters
Rocksteady Party - Potato 5 and Laurel Aitken
Melancholy Sally - The Loafers
High Flyer - The Originals
Don't Go Away - The Hotknives
Come Into My Parlour - Skin Deep
These Things - The Riffs
Average Man - Maroon Town
007 (Shanty Town) - Natural Rhythm
Carnaby Street - The Volcanoes

CD4
Special Brew (Live) - Bad Manners
Rudi Got Married (Live) - Laurel Aitken and The Loafers
Missing Words (Live) - The Selecter
Undertaker, The (Live) - The Loafers
Hands Off She's Mine (Live) - International Beat
Concrete Jungle (Live) - The Special Beat
Dick Barton (Live) - The Hotknives
Rough Rider (Live) - The Selecter/Prince Buster
Lorraine (Live) - Bad Manners
Stand Down Margaret (Live) - International Beat
Too Much Too Young (Live) - The Special Beat
3 Minute Hero (Live) - The Selecter
WLN (Live) - The Hotknives
Walking In The Sunshine (Live) - Bad Manners
Mad About You (Live) - Laurel Aitken and The Loafers
Non Shrewd (Live) - Big 5