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Hi RA massive,
I'm trying to find some info about the different pressings that has been made of this absolutely fantastic rocksteady record.
Especially interested in knowing about the original issue...

Did it originally come out on light blue Coxsone label?

My copy is on Coxsone - CSL 8008. The label looks like this (ignore the graffiti):
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5484 ... 216yg1.jpg
matrix number stamped in the wax is 7CD-1960

I don't know if its the original pressing... I know for sure this has been reissued.

Can anybody shed some light?

According to **["Downbeat Special"](http://www.downbeat-special.co.uk/shop.html#booksale)**

Alton Ellis Sings Rock and Soul - 1967

Coxsone/Studio One CSL 8008
(i) FCD 8001 A
(ii) FCD 73 A
(iii) CSL-8008-A
(iv) CSL+8008+A
(v) SOLP 0135 B/A

(i)+(ii) JA issues, no details known
(iii) JA issue mono
(iv) UK press (with stamped matrix number)
(v) US re-mix, sides reversed, mono