1973
DON'T GET WEARY - JOE FRAZIER * I. ROY * DIP 5006 * GB

Produced by Winston Edwards, this is I Roy's dedication to the boxer, and then, world heavyweight champion, Joe Frazier, in January of 1973, in the fight against George Foreman in Kingston, Jamaica. Unfortunately that time I Roy had backed a looser, Foreman dropped Frazier six times before the fight was stopped in Round 2, bringing Frazier's reign as champion to an end.

'Smokin' Joe Frazier, as he was sometimes called, was certainly a popular man in Jamaica at the time, if the mentions he gets in records of the time are anything to go by (see below); though quite what Roy Shirley was on about calling him Joe Razor', in his song of the same name (see below).

JOE RAZOR * ROY SHIRLEY * SOUL SOUND * JA

ZION TRAIN (DON'T GET WEARY) * UNKNOWN DJ * UNKNOWN * JA


RETURN TO THE DEE JAY PAGE