TRACKLIST
A - Bookie Man (AKA What’s Wrong With You)
B - Bookie Man (Original Version)
DESCRIPTION
This killer double sider is the first release of the stunning “Bookie Man - What’s Wrong With You”. It was previously released as a white label only in 1968 and was wrongly credited to The Bleechers. On the B side, “Bookie Man” is a completely different track and it is a rare and brilliant song in its own right. This is the first time the two “Bookie Man” songs are featured together on a 7". Very little is known about The Race Fans except that the well-known Jamaican singer David Isaacs was in it. In the late 60s and early 70s Isaacs recorded for Lee Scratch Perry and Trojan before joining the Itals with whom he performed for over 20 years. Beside the 3 songs with the Race Fans, Isaacs also recorded about 50 singles and 6 albums under his own name throughout his long career. Although officially produced by Lee Scratch Perry, both songs are credited to “Anderson”, probably Lynford Anderson aka Andy Capp, a gifted sound engineer, producer and vocalist who founded the Upset label with Lee Scratch Perry in 1967.