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Big Seven – The best of Judge Dread

Released on 8 September 2003.

Well I'm sorry but if this sounded risque then, it sounds pretty infantile now. The passage of time i suppose, or alternatively I'm getting old. I don't think so though I just think that this kind of thing would not work these days. As far as I know the Judge's head and heart was in the right place and he probably did an awful lot to open up barriers but it was also a bit of a mickey take.

As i said it was moderately amusing and we all liked to think that in our youth we knew all the words to the rhymes that couldn't be played on top of the pops. Yes it had it's place and that is the reason why it can be seen on a Trojan back compilation. Once you have recalled the better ones of the package, i.e. Big six, seven and maybe eight there isn't much else to keep your attention. The beat and rhyme on deception is one of the better other cuts.

As a retrospective not much, of the days fashions escaped the Dread's vision from Rasta, Skanking, Kung Fu movies, other banned hits of the day (Je t'aime), Jamaican dialect and so on. Finger was on the pulse but not now I'm afraid.

 

JUDGE DREAD: Big Seven: The Best Of (TJACD059)

 

Big Seven features 25 of Judge Dread's best-loved works from the early seventies, including his biggest UK hits. With fascinating sleeve notes by leading Reggae writer Michael de Koningh plus rare photos and memorabilia, this is undoubtedly the finest ever introduction to the man and his music.

 

 

Tracklisting

  Big Six -

  One Armed Bandit -

  Big Seven -

  All In The Mind -

  Deception -

  Mary Ann -

  Ding A Ling -

  The Biggest Bean You've Ever Seen -

  The Blue Cross Code -

  Dread's Almanack -

  Big Eight -

  Oh She Is A Big Girl Now -

  Big One -

  Molly -

  Dr. Kitch -

  Big Nine -

  Nine And A Bit Skank -

  Dance Of The Snods -

  Take Off Your Clothes -

  The Belle Of Snodland Town -

  Big Five -

  Dread's Law -

  What Kung Fu Dat -

  Je T'aime (Moi Non Plus) -

  Look A Pussy -

 

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