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7" Vinyl – RSPB 7018

Caught in a Prince Buster fever, Rock-A-Shacka complement an eagerly awaited release – the third album from the legend so named, offering 12 tracks spanning Jamaican funk to rocksteady to early reggae – with a promotional 7", bolstering the full-length's legitimacy with an as-it-was 45. Here 'Funky Jamaica' and 'Clap Your Hands' coincide. The first is an early dancehall phenotype, its strong tresillo matching a heady array of audio-mancer's chants; instructive shouts from Buster himself. Then the B-side follows, a brilliant James-Browned toasting of an uptempo pre-ska progression, put together against a rhythmic cage of swift, proficient drums.