This is a release from 1981, incorporating newer renditions of classic songs from the Paragons, identifiable because there is no famous violin line in their famous track ''The Tide Is High'', which was covered by Blondie. John Holt is a truly tremendous singer and songwriter whom I truly idolise greatly. I think some of the highlights on this album of well-known Paragons tracks and dub versions include ''Wear You To The Ball'' and its dub version ''Wear Out The Dub''. On this release there is a great blurring of the lines between rocksteady and dub, these two sub genres of reggae have often been overlooked because, the spaced out dub versions and effect laden sounds of dub really suit rocksteady's slow pace, thus it should be called ''dubsteady''.
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