Vinyl records
The Heptones vinyl records
17 albums with 264 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.
Jamaican reggae group. Formed in Kingston in the early 1960's as "The Hep Ones" by Leroy Sibbles, Earl Morgan, and Barry Llewelyn, the Heptones played a key role in the transition between ska and rocksteady. Signed by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd shortly after their debut, they stayed with Studio One until 1971. Unhappy with Dodd's control they left Studio One to work with Joe Gibbs, and then in 1973 teamed up with Lee "Scratch" Perry to update their sound. Their first album with Perry, "Party Time", which contained new versions of many of their Studio One tracks, gained them international popularity. Sibbles left the group in 1977 to launch a solo career.
Most collected The Heptones albums
The Heptones discography on vinyl
- 1967Fattie Fattie / Jump For Joy10 pressings
- 1967The Heptones19 pressings
- 1967Why Must I / Try Again10 pressings
- 1968On Top37 pressings
- 1969I Shall Be Released / Darling I Love You15 pressings
- 1970Black Is Black10 pressings
- 1971Freedom Line15 pressings
- 1971Suspicious Minds10 pressings
- 1973Book Of Rule22 pressings
- 1973Love Without Feeling12 pressings
- 1976Night Food24 pressings
- 1977Mystery Babylon13 pressings
- 1977Party Time22 pressings
- 1982Ting A Ling14 pressings
- Love Won't Come Easy11 pressings
- Party Time / Party Version10 pressings
- Pretty Looks10 pressings