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Greetings,
I would like to discover all the roots tracks made by the group, The Silvertones. They have a lot of lovers, but the roots tracks that I heard are all killer. Here's a list of some tracks in roots style:

* Rejoice Jah Jah Children
* African Dub
* Financial Crisis/Dub
* When Knotty Come

Are there any others like this? I've heard that their roots output was fairly small, but I wanted to make sure I'm not missing some roots scorchers!

Irie,
Jah Chicken

Sufferer´s child
Thing´s gonna change
Be thankful

are in the Young at Heart Lp and Cd

Greetings Jah Chicken,
Where can these roots tracks from the Silvertones be found?

Jah guide,
Peter

Ites Peter,
I have 'Rejoice Jah Jah Children' and 'African Dub' on the Trojan Roots Boxset, which is a very nice roots collection. I actually have 'Rejoice Jah Jah Children' in several different places, and the Dub as well, on the version side of the Black Art 7". This track is one of the all time great roots anthems, imho. 'Africa Dub' is a version of 'Rejoice Jah Jah Children' as well with a diffent drum riddim (inna steppers style maybe?). It is interesting the 'African Dub' is called a "Dub", as it doesn't follow the usual dub format... Sounds more like a version. 'Financial Crisis' and 'Financial Dub' can be found on the "Produced and Directed By The Upsetter" Pressure Sounds Compilation. This is a very addictive track! A rather simple tracks.. but a creeper, as they say. There is also an original Studio One cut of 'Financial Crisis' that over a riddim that's not as hard hitting as the Upsetter's, but nice as well. As for 'When Knotty Come'.. I'm still looking for this one. I've heard sound clips and it seems very nice, but don't have a full sound sample or 7" to really appreciate it. There's a release on the bogus Lee Perry album, "The Quest", but I'm trying to stay clear of bogus albums.

Iration,
Jah Chicken

'Make a Joyful Noise' (7" Studio One)
'Let Us Give Praise' (12" Summer Rec)
'Have a Little Faith' (7" Studio One)
'King of Kings' (7" Studio One)
'Boys In The Ghetto' (7" Mummy)
'Mumbling & Grumblin' (LP Black Ark Vol.2)
'Young at Heart' (12" Studio One)

Not so much a Roots tune , but surely worth checking out is "Broken Hearted Melody" by Delroy Denton on a Treasure Isle 7".

Ites Ron and PF,
Many thanks for your suggestions. I better check into those. The 'Let Us Give Praise' 12" sounds very intriguing.

Roots,
Jah Chicken

"Bluebirds Flying Over" (Moonwalk: Treasure Isle Skinhead Reggae Anthems)
"Burning In My Soul" (Studio One 7")
"Come Forward" (Studio One 7")
"Cool Down" (Rocksteady Vol. 2 - That's The Way You Like It)
"Endlessly" (Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection Vol. 1)
"Financial Crisis" (The Lee Perry 7-Inches (Vinyl) - Vol VI)
"It's Real" (Ska After Ska After Ska)
"Kiddyo" (The Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection Vol. 1)
"Make A Joyful Noise" (Young At Heart)
"My Desire (Extended Version)" (Grooving At Studio One)
"Rejoice Jah Jah Children" (Trojan Roots Box Set)
"Rejoicing Skank" (Silver Bullet)
"Smile" (Original Jamaican Classics Vol. 1)
"Stop Crying" (Studio One 12")
"Sweets For My Sweet (Rehearsal)" (Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters)
"Take A Little Love" (Studio One 12")
"Teardrops Will Fall" (Freedom - The Anthology 1967-73)
"That's When It Hurts" (Trojan Lovers Box Set)
"True Confession" (The Best Of & The Rest Of Ska)
"When Natty Dread Came" (Clocktower 7")

I love the Silvertones..I learn that the lead vocal Delroy Denton have make some singles for Lee Perry.I try to find info about Delroy Denton and this is what i found:

Delroy Denton was a London criminal affiliated with the Yardies who became a police informant during the early 1990s. Facing deportation following his arrest during a police raid of Brixton's Atlantic pub in May 1994, Denton agreed to become a police informer after being approached by Brian Fotheringham and Steve Barker. Although immigration officials reported Delroy to be "..[a] dangerous Jamaican criminal, given 16 years in Jamaica for firearms/aggravated burglary offences" who had fled Jamaica for the murder of seven women, he was allowed to remain in the country and soon released from custody. [1]

While in the service of SO11, the criminal intelligence division of Scotland Yard, Denton committed several violent crimes including the sexual assault of a 15-year-old schoolgirl on December 19 and, on February 1, 1995, he would be acquitted of rape charges due to lack of evidence. The following April, Denton murdered 24-year-old trainee beautician Marcia Lawes after sexually assaulting and then stabbing her 18 times after breaking into her Brixton residence. Although initially arrested by police on June 28, he would be released due to lack of evidence on November 1, 1995.

Becoming the subject of an investigation by the Number Five Area Major Investigation Pool, detectives informed Fotheringham of Denton's immigration status, however, he took no action Baker continued to meet with Denton.

However, to the protest of senior officials within SO11, Denton would later be retried and convicted for her murder for which he would be sentenced to life imprisonment in July 1996. His later appeal to the House of Lords would be declined.

Going to court, the family of Marcia Lawes successfully petitioned to sue the Metropolitan Police and Home Office on the grounds that, by allowing Denton to be an informer, police had acted unlawfully in permitting a man with a violent criminal record to remain free by endangering the public, the first lawsuit to be brought against the Home Office and London police officials.

Could this man be the great vocalist of the Silvertones????
Does anyone know other source of good info..this info i got it from Wikipedia

nope it's another Delroy, this 'gangster' was born in 1960......

Quick question are "Let us Give Praise" and "Rejoice Jah Jah Children" the same tune? I know the chorus for "Rejoice..." has those words in it.