TRACKLIST
A - Some Having A Bawl
B - Whip Them
DESCRIPTION
Produced By Joe Gibbs
First reissue on 7 inch of the super rare killer single by The Pioneers Only 500 copies pressed in this edition - one release only
The Pioneers were formed in 1962 by two brothers Derrick and Sidney Crooks and their friend Winston Hewitt later replaced by former Heptone Glen Adams. The Pioneers' early singles were not successful, and the group broke up in 1967. Sydney started working at Joe Gibbs shop and then in the studio where he met a talented new young singer: Jackie Robinson. The new Pioneers were reborn as a duo. They recorded several successful singles such as "Longshot" "Jackpot", "Catch the Beat" with Gibbs before joining producer Leslie Kong where they recorded “Samfie Man” which topped the Jamaican charts. They then recruited George Agard and became a trio again.
They scored in the charts again with "Long Shot (Kick De Bucket)" a sequel to “Long Shot”, the tragic story of a race horse that never won and died racing! “Kick De Bucket” became an instant hit both in Jamaican and in the U.K. particularly among skinheads in 1969. More hits followed and the band moved to the UK in 1970. Over time, their sound changed and became more sophisticated and pop and they eventually recorded soul albums with Eddy Grant as a producer in 1976. It was not successful and the band split . They have been performing sporadically since then.
This is the first re-release on 7inch of this super rare killer single by mega group The Pioneers released in 1968 on Amalgamated Records in Jamaica and on Doctor Bird in the U.K. . Both tracks have never been reissued until now. Super rare and super good