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Leroy Sibbles, Earl Morgan and Barry Llewelyn first came together as “The Hep Ones” in 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica but they soon changed their name to “The Heptones”.
They recorded for the major Jamaican producers at the time, including Coxsone Dodd of Studio One fame. The Heptones had a number of Jamaican hits for Studio One, including “Pretty Looks Isn’t All”, “Fattie Fattie” and “I Hold the Handle.” They went on to record with Joe Gibbs, Harry J (Harry Johnson), and Rupie Edwards. In 1977, they recorded “Party Time” for Lee Perry, one of Perry’s finest productions, which included a version of Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released.”

Sibbles left the group in 1977 to start a successful solo career. He was replaced by Naggo Morris. After Sibbles left, the group’s popularity waned. The original trio reunited in 1995 and released Pressure! produced by Tappa Zukie

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1	Cool Rasta full track	343
2	Book of Rules full track	261
3	Party Time full track	142
4	Country Boy full track	128
5	Sufferer's Time full track	102
6	Hypocrite full track	73
7	Pretty Looks Isn't All full track	70
8	Gunmen Coming to Town	65
9	I Shall Be Released full track	64
10	Message From a Black Man	55
11	Babylon Falling full track	50
12	Meaning of Life full track	39
13	Equal Rights full track	36
14	Why Must I full track	35
15	Baby full track	34

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Zamza-Abadede wrote:
last week

please share "cool rasta" lyrics!

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Zamza-Abadede wrote:
last week

magnificent!

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Conradub wrote:
last month

harmony and good vibrations

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tame1999 wrote:
May 2009

massive massive band. anyone know where to get a recording of 'Mystery Babylon' without the 3 minutes of dub at the end?

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fredxmertz wrote:
March 2009

POW!

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thiburcegeraldo wrote:
February 2009

COOL RASTA COOL

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BS-Pedro wrote:
February 2009

love jah!

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OdedFriedGaon wrote:
January 2009

Fantastic kings of harmony

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charliedub1 wrote:
November 2008

Loved this,it's been a long time since i heard last,

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October 2008

class
formij wrote:
September 2008

to all the freind i knew in the 60/70 thats when reggae was.big up to mucic citiy when it first came to kensal rise.long live the old school.

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BlindWilliam wrote:
September 2008

son, I ain't got no food today tit for tat, butter for fish there's a little porridge in the dish

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Crapon wrote:
July 2008

fore de zucca sto last!

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vaportrailmark wrote:
June 2008

Before we're cold.. we haffa live some life!!! Nice words to live by..

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runabeat wrote:
May 2008

The Mighty Sparrow will be appearing at The Troxy, 490 Commercial Road, London, E1 0HX, England on 19th July 2008 at 8pm. The show is called 'Soca Invasion' and other artistes include the Jamesy P and Shurwayne Winchester. More artistes to be confirmed. Tickets on sale 3rd June 2008. Call 08707 602603 or visit stellatickets.co.uk.

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balzadelia wrote:
May 2008

waka waka de wak wak

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ojones12 wrote:
May 2008

country boy just makes me wanna jam

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blueyz wrote:
January 2008

hey i forgot,include in the shout below,,,,another great track suffering so,,

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blueyz wrote:
January 2008

dunno bout lp,s but,book of rules,equal rights,hypocrites,make up to break up,meaning of life,oil my lamp,heptones gonna fight,suffers time,tripe girl,and theyre 1st version of party time, would be amongst my top tracks by them,,and my heptones ,university of dub cd,brilliant,

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cloverdaledave wrote:
August 2007

I'm clueless- can anyone tell me how to upload clips? Just think that the Original of Fattie Fattie ought to be on here- that and We are in the mood. My favorites for sure

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