It was back in May 2018 that I announced the release of the superb
twofer CD featuring 2 album reissues from The Upsetters – Return of Django
& Eastwood Rides Again. So I am very pleased to announce the follow up
twofer release, and something I was secretly hoping would eventually arrive.
Released on April 5th 2019 by Doctor Bird Records
(via Cherry Red Records), the 2 disc set features the 1969 album Clint Eastwood
(originally released on Pama Records) and Many Moods of The Upsetters
(originally released on the Economy label). The ‘Clint Eastwood’ album had seen
the majority of its tracks issued in the UK over the previous months as 7”
singles on the company’s Camel and Punch subsidiary labels.
In their original form, each album contained 12 and 13
tracks respectively. These have now been expanded to 24 tracks per disc and
contain tracks that have never been released to CD.
As explained back in May, these albums became part of the
whole sub-genre and cultural atmosphere surrounding the whole ‘dollar’
explosion within the UK and in particular the London regions. Amongst the disc’s
generous contents, you will find here the groups unique title track ‘Clint
Eastwood’, ‘Return of the Ugly’ and ‘For a Few Dollars More’.
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| Original Album reverse |
These albums are of course for the real hard core fans and completists.
For me they are an essential part of the whole cultural scene and the ‘Dollar’ social
history. The Eastwood trilogy was without doubt a major influence on The
Upsetters and their contributions only helped in broadening the films greater popularity.
I can only hope that Doctor Bird and Cherry Red Records see fit to release The
Good, The Bad & The Upsetters (1970) – watch this space…
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