Party Time

Infobox Album | Name = Party Time
Type = Album
Artist = The Heptones
Released = 1977
Recorded = ???
Genre = Reggae
Length = ???
Label = Island
Producer = Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Reviews =
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This album = "Party Time"
(1977)
Next album = "Better Days"
(1978)

"Party Time" was an album by The Heptones and backing band called The Upsetters, released in 1977. Along with Junior Murvin's "Police and Thieves" and Max Romeo's "War Ina Babylon", this album can be seen as part of a Black Ark Lee 'Scratch' Perry produced "holy trinity". Highlights include the title track, a Rasta-influenced cover of Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released", the menacing "Storm Cloud", and the determined "Road Of Life". After years of being out of print, this classic album has been remastered and re-released on Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures label.

Track listing

Original LP:

#"Party Time"
#"Crying Over You"
#"Now Generation"
#"Mr. President"
#"Serious Time"
#"I Shall Be Released"
#"Storm Cloud"
#"Road Of Life"
#"Why Must I"
#"Sufferer's Time"

Extended 2 disc version:

Disc 1

#"Party Time"
#"Party Time Part 2" - The Upsetters
#"Crying Over You"
#"Crying Over You Dub" - Jah Lion
#"Now Generation"
#"Mr. President"
#"Mr. President Dub" - Jah Lion
#"Serious Time"
#"I Shall Be Released"
#"I Shall Be Released Dub" - The Upsetters
#"Storm Cloud"
#"Storm Cloud Version" - The Upsetters
#"Road Of Life"
#"Why Must I"
#"Why Must I Dub" - The Upsetters
#"Sufferer's Time"

Disc 2

#"Party Time 12” Part 1"
#"Party Time 12” Part 2"
#"Come In To My World 12 Part 1"
#"Come In To My World 12 Part 2"
#"Mystery Babylon"
#"Mystery Babylon" - Ranking King
#"Mystery Dub" - The Upsetters
#"Babylon Falling"
#"Babylon Falling Dub" - The Upsetters
#"Sufferers Time"
#"Sufferers Dub" - The Upsetters
#"Sufferers Heights" - Junior Dread
#"Heavy Manners"
#"Sufferers Heights (alt mix)" - Junior Dread
#"Serious Time"
#"Sufferers Time"
#"Serious Time Dub (Fast version)"
#"Serious Time Dub (alt?)"
#"Make Up Your Mind"
#"Rebels Dub" - The Upsetters
#"Crying Over You"
#"Crying Time" - The Upsetters"

References

* [http://www.upsetter.net/scratch/disco/albums/party_time.htm Party Time - The Heptones]