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    • Upsetters – Tight Spot
    • 1. Carltons – Better Days
    • 2. Upsetters – Tight Spot

    Killer roots doubleheader from Carlton and His Shoes with the mighty early roots tune from 1973 with the tuff roots inst. cut "tightspot" more well know as the rhythm for Leroy Sibbles "Revolution"

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