Aitken, Laurel
Scandal In A Brixton Market
As the sixties came to a close, Laurel Aitken was firmly established as Britian's favourite Jamaican performer,
enormously popular with members of both the country's West Indian ex-pat communities and its rapidly growing
Reggae-loving Skinhead population. Unsurprisingly, competition to gain rights to his works among the country's leading
Jamaican music companies was fierce and often bitter, so when, early in 69, Pama Records acquired his signature, the
achievement was rightly regarded as a major coup by the London-based operation. Over the weeks that immediately
followed, Laurel duly provided Pama with a number of best-selling singles, and while single artist compilations by
Jamaican artists were still considered a rarity, such was the demand for the singer's music the company wasted little
time in issuing a long-playing collection: Scandal In Brixton Market. Featuring a handful of previously released sides
along with seven recordings exclusive to the collection, the LP also featured guest appearances from two of the UK's
most popular Jamaican acts, Girlie and celebrated trombonist, Rico Rodriquez. A must-have collection for all Reggae
fans, Scandal In Brixton Market quickly sold out at stores the length and breadth of the country, and over the years
that have followed it has become increasingly scarce. It is therefore with great pleasure that some 45+ years after its
original release, Radiation Reissues is able to present it again on vinyl.
Price
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Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
12-02-2017
Label
Item-nr
500007
EAN
8592735005778
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
SCANDAL IN A BRIXTON MARKET
2
MADAME STRAGGAE
3
STUPID MARRIED MAN
4
TAMMERING
5
HAVE MERCY
6
NIGHT CRICKET
7
RUN POWELL RUN
8
TEDDY BEAR
9
MR. SOUL
10
WOKE UP THIS MORNING
11
BABYLON
12
STOP THE WAR IN VIETNAM