Album lore

Kingston Town, credited to Clancy Eccles & Friends and issued by Trojan Records in August 2020, assembles a robust collection of 25 tracks spanning rocksteady, ska, calypso, and reggae. The album includes the titular track "Kingston Town," alongside selections such as "Stand By Your Man," "Hallelujah Free at Last," and "John Crow Skank," each reflecting Eccles's enduring imprint on Jamaican music. The presence of cuts like "Haile Selassie" and "Ganja Free" anchors the record in the spiritual and social currents that informed much of Eccles's work.This compilation, drawing on a range of sessions and collaborators, offers a signal of mid-century Jamaican rhythms filtered through Trojan’s archival lens. With over 14,000 scrobbles on Last.fm, it remains a favored artifact among aficionados seeking the textured grooves and vocal cadences emblematic of Eccles’s era. Its breadth—from upbeat ska to the slower, more deliberate rocksteady—maps a lineage that rewards the crate-digger’s patience and ear.

Album lore

Kingston Town, credited to Clancy Eccles & Friends and issued by Trojan Records in August 2020, assembles a robust collection of 25 tracks spanning rocksteady, ska, calypso, and reggae. The album includes the titular track "Kingston Town," alongside selections such as "Stand By Your Man," "Hallelujah Free at Last," and "John Crow Skank," each reflecting Eccles's enduring imprint on Jamaican music. The presence of cuts like "Haile Selassie" and "Ganja Free" anchors the record in the spiritual and social currents that informed much of Eccles's work.This compilation, drawing on a range of sessions and collaborators, offers a signal of mid-century Jamaican rhythms filtered through Trojan’s archival lens. With over 14,000 scrobbles on Last.fm, it remains a favored artifact among aficionados seeking the textured grooves and vocal cadences emblematic of Eccles’s era. Its breadth—from upbeat ska to the slower, more deliberate rocksteady—maps a lineage that rewards the crate-digger’s patience and ear.