Early B Super Cat – Early B Meets Super Cat – Midnight Rock UK LP

Presented by Acid Jazz on Roots Records, a first-time
reissue of classic dancehall recorded for Jah Thomas
‘Midnight Rock’ label, previously only issued as a
promotional ‘white label’.
Midnight Rock was home to many of the great voices of
dancehall, with producer Jah Thomas at the helm,
adding vocals to the high-quality rhythms recorded at
Channel One studios with the legendary, de facto
resident band Roots Radics.

Thomas made some of the earliest recordings for both
Early B and future super star Super Cat, and as Super
Cat became the hottest name on the scene, Thomas
lined up a showcase album featuring a side from each
artist. A small number of white labels were pressed up,
but the release never got further.
Side A gathered up four of Early B’s most well-loved
cuts including Visit Of King Selasie, Sunday Dish,
Pedestrian and Cane Man A Fe Bath. It also included a
track called Set Up Yourself Right, which was never
released elsewhere, but Thomas himself remembers
playing well from the various sound systems he gave
test cuts to.

Side B featured the 5 cuts that Thomas had made with
Super Cat, showing him fully formed even at this
formative stage in his career. Dance Inna New York has
since had a second life since being sampled by Nas on
Nas The Don, but every track from Way Dem A Fight Fa
through Ever Ready, to Walk A Ton and on to Me Glad
She Gone are a great combination between producer
and vocalist.
Presented on a striking and effective sleeve layout,
evoking the records status as a lost white-label classic,
with stamped ‘Midnight Rock’ logos across the sleeve
and labels.

Finally, the chance to own this elusive piece of
reggae/dancehall history…

tracklist:

A01 Early B – Visit Of King Selassie
A02 Early B – Sunday Dish
A03 Early B – Pedestrian
A04 Early B – Set Yourself Up Right
A05 Early B – Cane Man A Fe Bath
B01 Super Cat – Wey Dem A Fight Fa
B02 Super Cat – Ever Ready
B03 Super Cat – Walk-A-Ton
B04 Super Cat – Dance Inna New York
B05 Super Cat – Me Glad She Gone