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First reissue of two super rare Boss Reggae Anthems!

“GUN THE MAN DOWN” /

“YOUR BOSS DJ”

By DICE THE BOSS

7" VINYL 45 RPM - LIMITED EDITION

RELEASE: JUNE 21, 2024

ABOUT THIS RELEASE:

“Gun The Man Down ” by Dice The boss aka Pama Dice was first released in 1969 on the Trojan sublabel Joe with the track “Thief” by Joe Mansano on the B side. “Thief” is also reissued by us on a separate single dedicated to Joe Mansano. 

“Your Boss DJ” was also released in 1969 on the Joe Label with the track “Read The News” by Joe All Stars on the flip.

Both titles are skinhead reggae classics that have never been reissued and are very much demand.

About Joe Mansano:

“Gun The Man Down ” and "Your Boss DJ" were both credited to Joe Mansano, real name Joel Mansano, who also produced the songs. Joel was a Trinidadian who moved to London in 1963. He was a record shop seller, song writer and producer and became heavily involved in the early reggae era producing and writing tracks for several Jamaican artists, enough for Trojan to dedicate a label to him: the “Joe” label aimed at the emerging Skinheads market. He also owned a shop the Joe's Record Centre in Brixton and recorded two handfuls of singles under the name Joe The boss…

About Dice The Boss/ Pama Dice:

Not much is known about Dice The Boss. His real name was Hopeton Reid and he was alternatively known as “Pama Dice”. But we know more about Pama Dice thanks to Gaz Mayall!

"Pama Dice was one of Prince Busters ‘no-shoes’ ‘Sunday school gang in west Kingston Jamaica. According to the Prince there wasn’t a car that Pama couldn’t nick. He used to nick the cars uptown with no shoes on & take them to the ghetto to teach the youth to drive. They were called the Sunday school or no-shoes gang as they were so poor that they only had one pair of shoes each & only wore them to church on Sundays. Pama Dice rose in the ranks to become one of Prince Busters main sound system DJs before emigrating to London in the late sixties where he MC’d for Duke Vin & recorded many great records for the UK/Jamaican booming new Reggae market in its infancy on the shoulders of the Bluebeat & Ska & Rock Steady music scene."

Source Gaz Mayall 27/2/2021

A SIDE:

Title: "GUN THE MAN DOWN" Artist: DICE THE BOSS - Limited Edition 500 copies

Year: 1969

Genre: Boss Reggae

Produced and written by Joe Mansano

This is the first reissue on 7inch vinyl of this upbeat Boss Reggae anthem performed by Pama Dice  and released in 1969 on the Trojan sublabel Joe in the U.K.

The title was take from the eponymous 1956 movie about an outlaw left for dead by his gang after being shot. A year later, he is released from jail with one thing on his mind: Revenge!

B SIDE:

Title: "YOUR BOSS DJ " - Artist: DICE THE BOSS - Year: 1969

Genre: Boss Reggae

Produced and written by Joe Mansano

Here is another rare and cracking track written by Joe Mansano with Pama Dice on the mike…

This is the first reissue on 7inch vinyl single of this Boss Reggae anthem released in 1969 on the Trojan sublabel Joe in the U.K.