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Best Dressed Chicken in Town

by: Dr. Alimantado

Release Date April 30, 2001
Prior to Greensleeves acquiring the rights, none of Dr Alimantado's 45s had been released outside Jamaica, and he remained very much an obsxcure cult figure until Johnny Rotten named his "Born for a Purpose" as a great comfort to him after being attacked in the street.

Following this, it sadly became de rigueur for followers of punk, who usually knew next to nothing about reggae, to profess undying admiration for "the Doctor". Despite that cavil, this album does contain some of his finest recordings; the title track versions his own "Oil Crisis" (the voice chanting "help us" is his own), on Horace Andy's "Ain't No Sunshine" riddim, while "Poison Flour" rides a mid-seventies recut of the Partagons "Man Next Door", and "Gimme Mi Gun" ... Read More: