Calico Suit

Althea & Donna - Up Town Top Ranking / Calico Suit album cover

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Label:	Lightning Records (2) – LIG 506
Format:	Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Solid Centre
Country:	UK
Released:	1977
Genre:	Reggae
Style:	Reggae, Dub

Tracklist

A	Althia & Donna*–	Up Town Top Ranking Written-By – A. Forest, D. Reid, E. Thompson*	3:53
B	Mighty Two*–	Calico Suit Written-By – E.T.*, Joe Gibbs	3:42

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Warner Communications
Distributed By – WEA Records Ltd.
Published By – Lightning Music Ltd.
Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton

Credits

Producer, Arranged By – Joe Gibson*

Notes

Issued with solid centre labels; repressings may have dinked or push-out centres instead.

Revival of Alton Ellis' I'm Still In Love With You / Up Town Top Ranking riddim

Made in England

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): LIG 506-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): LIG 506-B
Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 1): LIG.506.A 2 C
Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 1): LIG·506.B·2 C
Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 2): LIG 506-A1 Y
Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 2): LIG 506-B1 | A

Other Versions (5 of 42)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Up Town Top Ranking / Calico Suit (7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress, Injection Moulded Label)	Lightning Records (2)	LIG 506	UK	1977
New Submission	Up Town Top Ranking / Calico Suit (7", 45 RPM, Single)	Warner Bros. Records	17 098	France	1977
	Uptown Top Ranking (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	WB 17 098, LIG-506	Netherlands	1977
New Submission	Up Town Top Ranking / Calico Suit (7", 45 RPM, Single)	Sire	SRE 1019	US	1977
	Up Town Top Ranking / Calico Suit (7", 45 RPM, Single)	Warner Bros. Records	WBA 4089	New Zealand	1977

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Reviews

dwilpower Mar 26, 2023
A real chart oddity. This record came out of left field and soared to the UK No1 spot in early 1978. The girls disappeared quicker than they's arrived. A real one hit wonder. One of just a handful of Reggae records that reached the No1 spot in the UK
fulhambob Aug 15, 2014
Another label variation exists with both sides as Side 2, and the credit for publishing going to Lightning/carlin