JUDGE DREAD - The Skinhead Reggae Albums 1972-76

4CD 70-track clamshell box set rounding up the four studio albums released by reggae legend Judge Dread between 1972 and 1976. Featuring 27 non-album tracks including numerous charting singles and B-sides.

Includes a booklet featuring detailed liner notes plus pictures of all relevant records, including many rare overseas picture sleeves.

Disc one is Dreadmania – It’s All In The Mind, originally released on Trojan Records in 1972, which features the Top 20 smashes Big Six (No.11) and Big Seven (No.8). and two non LP B-sides have been added as a bonus.

The second disc is the Trojan Records-issued Working Class ‘Ero album which includes the No. 14 hit Big Eight and now has six rare non LP single sides added including the Molly 45.

Disc three is the Bedtime Stories album which hit No. 26 when originally released in 1975. It features the hit singles Je T’Aime (Moi Non Plus) (No.9) and Big Ten (No.14) alongside nine bonus tracks including the never before on CD Anna and Escape From The Planet Of The Apes.

The fourth disc is the legendary Last Of The Skinheads album which includes the No.27 charting Y Viva Suspenders and the No.35 Winkle Man. The ten bonus tracks include the hit singles Christmas In Dreadland (No.14) and Up With The Cock (No.49).

Format: 4CD box set
Label: Pressure Drop
Release date: 28 April 2023

Tracklist:

Disc one: DREADMANIA - IT'S ALL IN THE MIND

1. All In The Mind
2. Big Six
3. Deception
4. Dr. Kitch
5. Oh! She Is A Big Girl Now
6. Mary Ann
7. Big Seven
8. Ding-A-Ling
9. Donkey Dick
10. The Biggest Bean You've Ever Seen
11. The Blue Cross Code
12. Dread's Almanack
13. One Armed Bandit (bonus track)
14. Dread (Judge Dread Sound - bonus track)

Disc two: WORKING CLASS 'ERO

1. Big Eight
2. Take Off Your Clothes
3. The Belle Of Snodland Town
4. The Big FIve
5. Dread's Law
6. Big Nine
7. Je T'aime (Moi Non Plus)
8. Grandad's Flanalette Nightshirt)
9. What Kung Fu Dat
10. The Big One
11. Mind The Doors (bonus track)
12. Molly (bonus track)
13. Nine And A Bit Skank (bonus track)
14. Dance Of The Snods (bonus track)
15. (Hey There) Lonely Girl (J.D. Alex - bonus track)
16. Grass-Hopper (J.D. Alex - bonus track)

Disc three: BEDTIME STORIES

1. Bedtime Stories
2. Je T'aime
3. What A Beautiful Pair
4. Rudeness Train
5. The Six Wives Of Dread
6. This Little Piece Of Dinkle
7. Last Tango In Snodland
8. Big 10
9. Trenchtown Billy
10. Move Over Darling
11. Anna (The Main Men - bonus track)
12. Look A Pussy (bonus track)
13. Rasta Chat (Dread And I - bonus track)
14. The End Of The World (Jason Sinclair - bonus track)
15. The Golden Fleece (Jason & The Arganoughts - bonus track)
16. Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (The Baboons - bonus track)
17. Tammy (Jason Sinclair - bonus track)
18. Stonesfield (Jason & The Argonaughts - bonus track)
19. Christmas In Dreadland

Disc four: LAST OF THE SKINHEADS

1. Bring Back The Skins
2. A Rhyme In Time
3. Dread Rock
4. Workers Lament
5. The Winkle Man
6. Take It Easy (But Take It)
7. Come Outside
8. Fatty Dread
9. Y Viva Suspenders
10. Banana Throat Song
11. Bring Back The Skins (reprise
12. Al Capone '76 (The Dreadnaughts)
13. Mexican Hustle (The Dreadnaughts)
14. Confessions Of A Bouncer
15. Jamaica Jerk (Off)
16. Big Everything
17. End Of The World
18. Up With The Cock!
19. Big Punk
20. Swan Lake '77 (The Dreadnaughts)
21. Nice Weather (For Ducks) (The Dreadnaughts)