The sioux label

[pacef8]

Just came across this after reading about Fees Matador 600 pound tunes.

01 - Roosevelt Singers - Heavy Reggae
02 - Funky Brown - African People
03 - J.D. The Rock - Super Bad
04 - Joe Higgs - Lay A Foundation
05 - The Circles - Mammy Blue
06 - Exodus - Julia Sees Me
07 - Joe Higgs - World Is Spinning Around
08 - Twinkle Brothers - The Happy Song
09 - Joe Higgs - Wave Of War
10 - Phillis Dillon - In The Ghetto
11 - King Reggie - Funny Man
12 - Jumbo Sterling - My Sugar & Sweet.
13 - Errol T - I Need You Now
14 - Exodus - Pharoah's Walk.
15 - Pooch Jakson & Harry J All Stars - King Of The Road
16 - Jackie Rowland - Lay A Foundaton (Version)
17 - Jumbo Sterling - Slave Driver
18 - Lloyd The Matador - The Train (Engine 54)
19 - Montego Melon - Swan Lake
20 - Nyah Earth - Knight Of The Long Knives

What else should i seek out

[zapatoo]

Some of those "aren't very good", pace mate...IMHO

Ray Martell's SHE CAUGHT THE TRAIN b/w TONY B'S THEME (originally on Joe) got another release on Sioux (SI012)

Sammy Jones did a cover of WORRIED OVER YOU ...a grand song whoever records it - the B side of Pharaoh's Walk (Sioux SI001)

[steverice]

make it reggae is on souix and is sought after but is a terrible press and sounds so bad it's not worth playing out..

[zapatoo]

Courtesy of Tapirs...

SI 001 Exodus - Pharaoh's Walk // Sammy Jones - Worried Over You
Produced by Jack Price and Terry Dwyer
1971

SI 002 Sammy Jones - Mendocino // The Rum Runners - Sugar Brown
A Redifussion Production
1972

SI 003 Twinkle Bros. - The Happy Song // Sammy Jones - Little Caesar
A Roosevelt Production
1972

SI 004 Montego Melon - Swan Lake // The Hong Gang - Reggae Mento
Produced by Landester, Roosevelt
1972

SI 005 Joe Higgs - The World Is Spinning Around // The Reaction - Hallelujah
Produced by Harry Johnson
1972

SI 006 The African - Cock Mouth Kill Cock // Errol T - I Need You Now
A Roosevelt Production
1972

SI 007 T. Man And T. Bones - True Born African // Jayboys - Tropical Chief
A Roosevelt Production
1972

SI 008 J. D. (The Roc) - Superbad // Montego Melon - Lucky Dip
Produced by Duke Reid
1972

SI 009 Phylis Dillon - In The Ghetto // Nyah Shuffle - Night Of The Long Knives
Produced by Duke Reid
1972

SI 010 Lloyd The Matador - The Train (Engine 54) // Exodus - Julia Sees Me
1972

SI 011 Honey Boy Martin - Unchained Melody // Sammy Jones - You Are My Girl
A Roosevelt Production, Jack Price
1972

SI 012 Ray Martel - She Caught The Train // Joe's Allstars - Tony B's Theme
Produced by Joe Mansano
1972

SI 013 Pooch Jackson - You Just Gotta Get Ready // Brother Dan - Django's Valley
A Roosevelt Production
1972

SI 014 Joe Higgs - Wave Of War // Jumbo Sterling - Shaft
A Roosevelt Production, Jack Price
1972

SI 015 Jackie Rowland - Indian Reservation // Junior Smith - I'm In A Dancing Mood
A Roosevelt Production, Jack Price
1972

SI 016 Pooch Jackson With The Harry J. Allstars - Once Bitten // King Reggie - Slave Driver
A Roosevelt Production, Jack Price
1972

SI 017 Wireless Django - Play To Stay // U Roy Junior - King Of The Road
Produced by Harry Johnson
1972

SI 017 The Circles - Mammy Blue // Pooch Jackson With The Harry J Allstars - King Of The Road
A Roosevelt Production
1972

SI 017 Pooch Jackson - Mammy Blue // U Roy Junior - King Of The Road
Produced by Roosevelt
1972

SI 018 Funky Brown - African People (Indian Reservation) // Jumbo Sterling - Elizabethan Reggae
Produced by Roosevelt, Jack Price
1972

SI 019 Jumbo Sterlings All Stars - Hot Dog // Junior Smith - Saturday Child/
Produced by Jack Price
1972

SI 020 Bob Andy - Everyday People // Hong Kong Gang - Smoking Wild
1972

SI 021 Joe Higgs - Lay A Foundation // Jackie Rowland - Lay A Foundation (Version)
A Roosevelt Production
1972

SI 022 Joe Mansano - Trial Of Pama Dice // Jackie Rowland - Lonely Man
Produced by Joe Mansano
1972

SI 023 Junior Smith - I Don't Know // Jumbo Sterling - My Sugar Ain't Sweet
Produced by R. Smith & J. Price
1972

SI 024 U Roy Junior - The Wedding // Lloyd's All Stars - Buttercup
Produced by Jack Price & Lloyd Campbell
1972

SI 025 The Roosevelt Singers - Heavy Reggae (Johnny Reggae) // The Hong Gang - Smoking Wild
A Roosevelt Production
1972

[I]

I have the catalogue for this label and there's very little good on it, just the Joe Higgs tunes and the brilliant Phyllis Dillon all you sidewalk fans. 'Cock Mouth Kill Cock' credited to The African but I think by The Ethiopian is another good track, as is Lloyd Daley's variation on 'The Train'. Can't say I know of 'Make It Reggae', unless of course you mean the Ernest Wilson cut on Mudie, which I know is in big demand.

Observer

[steverice]

shark wilson and the basement heaters..aka ernest i suppose i had it on a blank which got lost and now my only copy is the crap souix issue

[zapatoo]

Here's the original UK issue - the first release on the first run of the Ashanti label:

[steverice]

souix/ashanti look remarkably similar don't they..same crappy blue!!

i'll get me coat!

[zapatoo]

steverice said:

souix/ashanti look remarkably similar don't they..same crappy blue!!

i'll get me coat!

Have one of mine, Steve mate - I think Paul's all out of 'em just now ;D ;D

[skanick]

Errol T - "I Need You Now" is quite a nice version of "Let The Music Play" by the Flames and thought Jackie Rowland - "Indian Reservation" is not too bad either out the ones not mentioned already.

[steverice]

skanick said:

Errol T - "I Need You Now" is quite a nice version of "Let The Music Play" by the Flames and thought Jackie Rowland - "Indian Reservation" is not too bad either out the ones not mentioned already.

i've got the errol t. cut on harry j and it is a good funky tune..ditto the indian reservation tune...don't have that anymore but it was a big tune when it came out.

[doorpeeper]

I agree with Scotty. An easy rule of thumb is if it's a UK production avoid it and only go for JA producer's work such as Duke Reid and Harry J.

[soulselector]

Depending by how charmed by Engine 54 you are, the Matador's pass at the riddim
is not considered bad on my turntable.

[bmd]

09 - Joe Higgs - Wave Of War - WOT A TUNE...... what was the version with flute on called again???

[reggie]

Make it reggae is also on one of the 100% dynamite compilations

[acidmintz]

I've a bit of a soft spot for Sammy Jones, after getting loads of those Sioux singles in packs of fifty assorted records from Oldies Unlimited in Telford in the early '80s. Sold them in the '90s, which I regret to this day. Did get his album Reggae On My Mind at a fair yesterday though

[Deleted]

Aaah Oldies Unlimited! I still have some Banana label singles & some Good Vibrations punk singles that I bought as a pack from them in the early 80's.

[arvid]

The tracklist of the first post is from roots-archives.com/release/516. I chased that down after hearing My Sugar Ain't Sweet on a Rock-A-Shacka podcast. Not too bad a compilation I would say. Joe Higgs is included. That's enough for me.