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Original Jamaican issue in a screenprint sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Banana Walk; Quick Stick (You Don't Love Me); Rub A String (Puppet On A String); Jamaica Back (Heptones Gonna Fight); Ready Rock (Get Ready Rock Steady) // Guiding Star (Guiding Star); Better Dub (Heavy Rock); Congo Call (Unchained); Never Rub A Dub (College Rock); Dub Me Girl (Mean Girl); Gready G

A strong set of classic Studio One rhythms. Gready G, the obligatory Jackie Mittoo 'jazz/funk opus', subsequently became much sought after as a 12" discomix.

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Jamaican reissue in an alternative screenprint sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Banana Walk; Quick Stick (You Don't Love Me); Rub A String (Puppet On A String); Jamaica Back (Heptones Gonna Fight); Ready Rock (Get Ready Rock Steady) // Guiding Star (Guiding Star); Better Dub (Heavy Rock); Congo Call (Unchained); Never Rub A Dub (College Rock); Dub Me Girl (Mean Girl); Gready G

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Jamaican reissue as above, but with title and track list screen-printed over a 'Look, Listen & Learn' generic sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Banana Walk; Quick Stick (You Don't Love Me); Rub A String (Puppet On A String); Jamaica Back (Heptones Gonna Fight); Ready Rock (Get Ready Rock Steady) // Guiding Star (Guiding Star); Better Dub (Heavy Rock); Congo Call (Unchained); Never Rub A Dub (College Rock); Dub Me Girl (Mean Girl); Gready G

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1980s Jamaican reissue in screenprint sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Banana Walk; Quick Stick (You Don't Love Me); Rub A String (Puppet On A String); Jamaica Back (Heptones Gonna Fight); Ready Rock (Get Ready Rock Steady) // Guiding Star (Guiding Star); Better Dub (Heavy Rock); Congo Call (Unchained); Never Rub A Dub (College Rock); Dub Me Girl (Mean Girl); Gready G

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Jamaican reissue with SOLD matrix, again with title and track list screen-printed over a 'Look, Listen & Learn' generic sleeve. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Banana Walk; Quick Stick (You Don't Love Me); Rub A String (Puppet On A String); Jamaica Back (Heptones Gonna Fight); Ready Rock (Get Ready Rock Steady) // Guiding Star (Guiding Star); Better Dub (Heavy Rock); Congo Call (Unchained); Never Rub A Dub (College Rock); Dub Me Girl (Mean Girl); Gready G

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Jamaican reissue with SOLD matrix. Sleeve design by O'Neil Harris-Nanco. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Banana Walk; Quick Stick (You Don't Love Me); Rub A String (Puppet On A String); Jamaica Back (Heptones Gonna Fight); Ready Rock (Get Ready Rock Steady) // Guiding Star (Guiding Star); Better Dub (Heavy Rock); Congo Call (Unchained); Never Rub A Dub (College Rock); Dub Me Girl (Mean Girl); Gready G

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Jamaican reissue. Side A1 plays Side 1 tracks starting with Banana Walk; Side B1 plays Side 2 tracks starting with Guiding Star. The titles listed on the labels on incorrect, with sides recersed. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Banana Walk; Quick Stick (You Don't Love Me); Rub A String (Puppet On A String); Jamaica Back (Heptones Gonna Fight); Ready Rock (Get Ready Rock Steady) // Guiding Star (Guiding Star); Better Dub (Heavy Rock); Congo Call (Unchained); Never Rub A Dub (College Rock); Dub Me Girl (Mean Girl); Gready G

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Jamaican reissue with BETTA DUB matrix. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Banana Walk; Quick Stick (You Don't Love Me); Rub A String (Puppet On A String); Jamaica Back (Heptones Gonna Fight); Ready Rock (Get Ready Rock Steady) // Guiding Star (Guiding Star); Better Dub (Heavy Rock); Congo Call (Unchained); Never Rub A Dub (College Rock); Dub Me Girl (Mean Girl); Gready G

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BETTER DUB
Dub Specialist (1972)

Studio One
matrix: FCD 7481 A // FCD 7481 B

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BETTER DUB
Dub Specialist

Studio One
matrix: FCD 7481 A // BD-B

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BETTER DUB
Dub Specialist

Studio One
matrix: FCD 7481 A // BD-B

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betterdubFCD1

BETTER DUB
Dub Specialist

Studio One
matrix: SOLD 0001 A // SOLD 0001 B

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BETTER DUB
Dub Specialist (1980s)

Studio One SELP-001
matrix: SOLD 001 A // SOLD 0001 B

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BETTER DUB
Dub Specialist

Studio One SO D 0001
matrix: SOLD 0001 A // SOLD 0001 B

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BETTER DUB
Dub Specialist

Studio One SO D 0001
matrix: MML- ASIDE-091-BETTA DUB // MML- BSIDE-092-BETTA DUB

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BETTER DUB
Dub Specialist

Studio One SO D 0001
matrix: A1 // B1

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