Adults Only,LP,Various,TrojanTRLS305 UK92 1st NM "Lee Perry,Kid Gungo,Max Romeo"
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SORRY to my buyers from USA – I will be unable to send!
Instead of paying £13.02 for a record to USA today (July 10), I have just been charged £17.73!
Apparently prices on parcels to USA have dramatically increased making it unviable as a posting destination at present.
Various
Title and label: Adults Only, Trojan TRLS 305, UK 1st Press 1992
Condition of vinyl: Near-Mint
Matrix Side 1: TRLS-305-A1 A PORKY PRIME CUT.
Matrix Side 2: TRLS-305-B1 A PORKY PRIME CUT.
Condition of sleeve: EX
Review by Jo-Ann Greene
An album stuffed with 18 "adult listening" classics, or to rip away the hyperbole, a compilation of rude reggae greats.
Most are drawn from the early reggae years; however, the sugar daddy of them all, Max Romeo's "Wet Dream," the song that launched the whole rude reggae raft into the British charts, is a surprising omission, although the Inspirations do offer up a spirited cover.
As with that hit, the innuendos are all in the mind of the listener, and there's actually nothing X-rated to be found within; on the Termites' "Rub up Push Up," only the title hints at more than a bit of canoodling.
However, there's plenty of hot-and-heavy suggestion elsewhere -- Lee Perry & the Soulettes' "Rub and Squeeze," the Tennors' salacious childhood memories of "Khaki," Junior Byles' climax into an aria on the Versatiles' "Push It In" -- while pussycats are subjected to a wide variety of indignities, including a good washing from Lloydie & the Lowbites on "Birth Control."
But that's nothing compared to the "Barbwire" Nora Dean discovers beneath her boyfriend's belt. Dave Barker & the Gaylads are convinced "She Want It"; perhaps they bumped into the Soul Sisters on their desperate search for sex on "Wreck a Buddy."
After chasing kitties across two songs, Lloydie & the Lowbites are now looking for a "Fat Fat Girl," a lovely cover of the Heptones' "Fatty Fatty." The Observers have set their sights abroad with "International Pum Pum," a sexual unity anthem.
Fay wants a sexy song, and DJ Charlie Ace is happy to satisfy her, while Max Romeo sweetly seduces "Sexy Sadie" (not the Beatles' song). Like the risqué seaside postcards so popular in the 1950s and early '60s, there's more smirking than smut.
But more memorable than the racy lyrics are the phenomenal rhythms, from "Khaki"'s ska fest to a clutch of rocksteady simmers and on to the upbeat reggae scorchers.
Side 1:
Lee Perry & The Soulettes: Rub And Squeeze
Phyllis Dillon: Don't Touch Me Tomato
Dermot Lynch: Adults Only
The Termites: Rub Up Push Up
The Versatiles: Push It In
The Tennors: Khaki
The Soul Sisters: Wreck A Buddy
Kid Gungo: Hold The Pussy
Lloydie & The Lowbites: Birth Control
Side 2:
The Inspirations: Wet Dream
Nora Dean: Barbwire
Clancy Eccles: Open Up
Dave Barker & The Gaylads: She Want It
Lloydie & The Lowbites: Fat Fat Girl
The Observers: International Pum Pum
Charlie Ace & Fay: Punanny
Max Romeo: Sexy Sadie
Lloydie & The Lowbites: Pussy Cat
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