The Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection Vol. 1 (1998)

"In 1968/69, the rock steady sound of Jamaican pop music was slowing down and becoming what would be called 'reggae'. It was also the period during which the British Trojan Records realized that Lee Perry's Upsetter label was making some of the best reggae and rock steady recordings anywhere. So over the course of 1969, Trojan released 25 Upsetter singles in the UK, all of which are presented with their B-sides on this two-disc set. And pretty much everything here is fairly spectacular. Early tracks by David Isaacs (incl. a wonderful cover of Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go") and Winston Jarrett, classic Upsetters instrumentals, obscurities by such little-known groups as the Ravers and the Bleechers - all of it shimmers with that special weirdness that suffuses all Lee Perry productions. The Upsetters' rhythm section would later form the core of the Wailers, and you can hear the beginnings of the heavy but stately, almost thoughtful groove that would typify their work with Bob Marley." (Rick Anderson, Allmusic)