Name: Abba / Better Man Than I
Brand: The Paragons

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ALT45001

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Black

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

12-page booklet included

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-06-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Kudos

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0619843385931

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Total Cap

Black 7"

Artist

The Paragons

Genre GB

Garage / Surf / Trash

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Altercat

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With a focus on quality over quantity, Altercat carefully curates its releases, ensuring that each album or EP represents the best work from its *artists*. From electronic beats to indie rock anthems, the label's catalog spans across various genres, appealing to a wide range of music enthusiasts.

The Paragons are a Jamaican vocal group known for their rocksteady tracks. Originally formed as The Binders, the group consisted of Bob Andy, Garth Evans (aka Tyrone Evans), Junior Menz, and Leroy Stamp. In 1964, John Holt replaced Stamp and Howard Barrett replaced Menz, leading to a name change to The Paragons. After Bob Andy left in 1965, the group continued as a trio.
Following Holt's departure to pursue a solo career, the group collaborated with Roslyn Sweat and later Vic Taylor. This new trio recorded three albums together. In the early 1980s, after Blondie covered their song "The Tide Is High," the classic line-up of Holt/Barrett/Evans reformed briefly before Holt left again after recording with [a5064].
For fans of The Paragons' rocksteady sound, similar artists include The Jamaicans, Derrick Harriott, Derrick Morgan, Hopeton Lewis, Pat Kelly, The Gaylads,and more.

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First official reissue of this 60s garage anthem, a true classic of its genre, original single going for $2000+. After multiple bootlegs, countless appearances in illegitimate compilations over the years and prices for the original vinyl sky-rocketing in recent times, this teen-rock gem receives the Altercat treatment with a deluxe reissue.

Done in cooperation with the band members, it includes a 12-page booklet with the band's story written by Mike Stax (Ugly Things magazine) and featuring previously unseen pictures. Transferred from the original vinyl and remastered by Tim Warren of Crypt Records / Back From The Grave fame.

It didn't appear in any national sales charts, but "Abba" by the Paragons is a smash hit record by any other measure. Ebullient, melodic, infectious, and eminently danceable, it's impossible not to love. For DJs at sixties events worldwide, it's a surefire crowd pleaser. Bands continue to cover it onstage and on record, including the Satelliters, the Cynics, and most recently the Rosalyns. Record collectors fight tooth and nail to get their hands on the original 45. As an exemplar of pure joyous American teenage garage bliss, it's pretty much unsurpassed.

Abba / Better Man Than I

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