Another very worthy re-rip to lossless audio. I don't own many reggae records and shamefully admit that I own this one for the wrong reasons.
A very early Factory Records release, produced by reggae maestro producer Dennis Bovell, though I still do wonder how it would have sounded if Martin Hannett had been allowed to produce this. The flipside See Them A'Come is superb. A dubby reminder of all that was bad about God's Cop : James Anderton, and what the then Greater Manchester Police commissioner stood for (and was allowed to get away with).
X-O-Dus, originally named Exodus, were a Manchester roots reggae band with members from Hulme and Moss Side. They initially formed in mid 1975 by Honey, Leddy, Trevor Bell, and shortly after, Dave Reid. They were joined in 1978 by Ricky Jones, Johnny Caton and Gayle Reid. They changed the name to avoid confusion with a London reggae band. Their aim was to give a new, young British sound to reggae. They recorded just one 12" on Factory Records, this FAC 11. A planned follow up single and LP failed to materialize.
English Black Boys : ripped from a first pressing 12" vinyl single (or is it a dubplate?) released on Factory Records (FAC 11) in 1979
A. English Black Boys
B. See Them A'Come
