Untamed

Hello people,

A quick one again, but what a tune!
Tonight feature has been long enough in my want list and I was very happy to finally get my hand on a good original copy of it.
This is a self production by the great, still quite unknown, Mighty Abijans.
For a full review of the band's output, I invite you to have a look at the nice post Digikiller did when reissuing almost all of their discography recently, see here : http://digikillerrecords.blogspot.fr/2014/03/untamed-history-of-fashioneers-mighty.html

I also urge you, if you like it as much as I do, to go and get yourself a copy of it, to support the artists and those who reissue these top notch tunes.
Here is a link directly to reissue label :
http://dkr.bigcartel.com/category/swing-bird

Well enough promotion for the repress, this is the original bizness and it's a tough 7" nugget. As Honest Jon's put it : "defiant, sublime roots on a dreadnought rhythm, with full dub. Jaiq Sterling, Leonard Billings, Kingsley Irons and Glenford McLeggan with the Roots Radics at Channel One, in the early 1980s. Killer."

Here is what I understand of the lyrics, corrections are welcome!

Ever since I been born
Loneliness and poverty
Have been the ...and friends everyday
So no bother with your pitty
For I no licky licky
And no bother with your lasso
For I no su su su so (I no whisper)
Untamed!
And you can't (kill we?) 
When you're down and need a friend
Ain't no one to take your hand
Leave it to the dog(?)
And there's a lot to take in
Fullfill I...no heart fe get
But I was born in the wild open
The sun, the rain and cold
Them pression can't take me in

So no bother with your pitty

For I no licky licky

And no bother with your lasso

For I no su su su so (I no whisper)

Untamed! (I'm wild so wild)

...

At the end a DJ seems to take over but then the song vanishes quickly (would be interesting to get the DJ version...does anyone know if it is the same that appears on the 12" issued later on N1 Rock label?).

Discogs mentions a 12" issue on Swing Bird but I have never seen even a picture of it, does it exists?

Version is classy Roots Radics, best Channel 1 period, with guitar (with heavy effect) and organ  in and out of the mix, some cool percussions in the back, well balanced dub!

Top draw stuff!

Share The Mighty Abijans - Untamed - Swing Bird 7''.zip - 15 MB

As always, click on the download link under the labels (I say blue but I just noticed that it finally appears red on the blog...) to listen to the full song and version.

More to come soon hopefully,

Peace to y'all

Ben

Goombay sounds for my Pap's

Hello people,

As winter is coming (according to Game of thrones and to the snow in my yard) and news from earth are not that good, let's try to have some fun with music from Bahamas.

George Symonette was the king of that specific kind of calypso from Nassau (more info about the style here :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goombay).
This LP is a good reflect of the fun and good humor carried by that style, and is also a "madeleine de Proust" to me, as my dad used to play an old tape of it.
I have been searching for this one for a long time now and was very pleased to finally got my hand on it for a few bucks, thanks to Paperstax NY based auctions.

The copy is in very good condition and sounds great even though it was issued in 1956!

As you can expect from calypso, the songs are a mix of "earthy humor", to quote the backcover text, and sexually orientated jokes like the favorite tune of mine Freckles (first tune on B side).

Hope you like it , summer vibes to enjoy your winter, perfect to sip a good aged Caroni rum by an open fire when it's cold outside, trust me.

Share George Symonette and his Goombay sextette - Goombay Rhythms.zip - 67 MB

As always, click on the blue link above to DL the whole album, sit back, relax and have a good listening.

Specially livicated to my old man, bon anniversaire Papa!

Peace,

Ben

Reggae gone Int.

Hello People,

 A quick one tonight, one tune I love from a great early eighties album.
This tune is very representative of what I think is a specific kinda thematic you will find in reggae music : a song that celebrates reggae music itself, or a substyle of it, or the feelings this music inspires.

Splash it out (see here : ...) was a celebration of the dancehall parties you found at that time, this one is about reggae spreading all over the world, a style of music finally enjoyed everywhere.

There are quite a few tunes about that topic (Reggae exprence from the Adoms treo for example).
The title of tonights feature is explicit, it's a tune from Delton Screechie's Suffering in the ghetto LP called Reggae gone int
The LP was issued in 1982 as Moa Ambessa MALP 002, a very young label at that time.
The lyrics are not complicated or very interesting but the mix is crazy stuff, the engineer should had fun on the console doing this one !

Share Delton Screechie - Reggae gone international.mp3 - 9 MB

Hope you like it, please play this one loud with lots of bass.

More to come soon,

Peace,

Ben

Super heavy stuff (Yabby You, Tommy McCook and UF30E...)

Hello people,

I am spending some time alone at home,  both girls are asleep, so I enjoy some reggae 7'' and digitalize some of my collection for future posts.

To match with the old school roots mood, I pulled out of the bar a very old Demerara rum from Vellier selections, rare and precious, with mysterious name : UF30E...

This is what remains of an experiment conducted when planting a special sugar cane variety at Uitvlugt on the Field (UF) on their 30 East (30E) plantation zone in 1985. They distilled the cane separately from the rest of the crop (Uitvlugt distillery was still active then) and put it to age on the spot (Guyana).

Luca Gargano from Velier bought what was left of it (3 barrels) after 30 years and bottled the precious nectar at cask strenght (60.7%).
I had the chance to buy one of the 814 bottles ever produced (with an angel's share of more than 90%, there is not much left in the barrel after all that time under the tropics...) and I am sipping some while working for you, cheers!

This is a hell of a drink, with all the nuts flavors due to long aging in wood, but plenty fire as it is not diluted. This liquid stands the test of time like no other : ripped banana, burnt sugar, precious spices explodes in your mouth and stand there for a long moment.
If you can spot one, I recommend you acquire it, you would do yourself a favor, this is a must!

To match the level of the drink, here is a superb instrumental roots 7'' I was willing to transfer to digital for a long time.

I had the chance to get it for not much $$$ as it is mislabelled.

Actually this is the great Tommy McCook doing is version of Yabby You "Jah Vengeance". This is called "Revenge" and it is one of my favorite Yabby You (aka Vivian Jackson) output as producer.

Tommy blows is saxophone in a jazzy mood, beautiful trumpet respond, the whole horns section repeats the theme with that laidback drumming paterns...Roots perfection!

To be complete, B side is a quite effective King Tubby's dub. Deep mixing skills, instruments playing hide and seek, some ghost voices (harmonies) if you listen carefully. 

Reverb and Echo use demonstration from the master to render this superb dub piece, love it, can listen to it ten times in a row... 

Share Tommy McCook - Revenge - Mislabelled Prophet 7''.zip - 13 MB

As always, click on the blue link below the labels to listen to the tune or download it.

I sincerely hope you like it as much as I do.

Peace to you all, 

Ben

Jah is my light

Hello there,

Just a quick one to let you know i am still there...
Not much info on this artist I'm afraid, just two 7'' on that same imprint according to Discogs, from 1978, the best period for roots.
It also seems these are the only output from that label, produced by a certain Carl Wolf.
I love the "little birds" sounds during the intro, nice nyabinghi drumming also on the dub side, quite well mixed.
Pretty rare and enjoyable, such as the label design itself.
The lyrics are pure Rasta inspiration as the title shows, speaking of the beauty of mother Africa, and the powers of Jah.
It seems that the dub side has some cracking, hope you won't mind.
Enjoy and don't hesitate to share if you know more about the artist or label.
Peace to ya all,
Ben

Share Walyn Rickets - Jah is my light 7'.zip - 16 MB

Unity Stars - Africa

Hello people,

Just a quick post tonight for a tune I like since long but only recently got an original copy in my box.

Sir Collins was a London based sound system operator and producer since the early days of British reggae scene (he launched his Collins down beat label in 1967!).

The tune featured tonight came on another imprint in 1976 and is classic super roots material.
Slow pace, nice drumming, slavery repatriation themed lyrics, echo put to good use, all ingredients are there.

What makes this number special to me is the clarinet solo and ornaments on side A, and the thematic difference between the two sides.

Side A is about remembering the slavery days (basically : they take us from Africa, "can't you remember" somehow like Burning Spear's Slavery days) when side B is about repatriation : "Africa oh Africa is calling, take off all your baggage, get on that freedom train. We gonna start with Ethiopia where we all will be free...".
Side B is more like part 2 of the tune than a straight version, it's therefore relevant to hear both, which you will find by cut/pasting the dropbox link below the label scans.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4asr8jstyi5wa5m/Unity%20Stars%20-%20Africa%20-%20Nice%201%20label7%27%27.zip?dl=0

As always, if you can, please buy records to support the artists. Sir Collins has reissued this nice piece which you may find here (hum, it seems that the reissue itself is now expensive also...) :

http://www.discogs.com/Unity-Stars-Big-Dread-Unity-Stars-Africa-Africa-Is-Our-Home/release/3816979

As always, it's nice to share this with you all and it's also nice to hear what you think, so please feel free to comment, add more info, or whatever!

Love to each and everyone,

Ben

Canadian reggae murder! Black Society

Hello There,

One of the good things with social media is that you easily get to know new people with the same passion as yourself, in my case, roots nuggets!

So today I came to chat with a nice fellow who reminded me of this one tune.
As carnival time is coming, I thought it's a good reason to share one of the more obscure yet fantastic production for the great Oswald Creary's Half Moon label.

Here you will find a little more about this canadian label (one of the 3 greats with Summer Records and later King Culture) : http://reggaelicious.pbworks.com/w/page/8799800/Half%20Moon

So, tonight feature is a beautiful tune by Bongo Ossie & The Moon Lights aka Super 8 Corporation and titled Black Society.

This is actually a very rare piece of wax and I had the chance to grab a copy a few years earlier, in near mint condition, from a guy in Florida who had bought a dead stock of 3 or 4 copies.

The tune is dark and roots as it gets. Nice skank from rythmn guitar, plenty of echoes on solo guitar which sounds like twinkling star (sounds a little bit like some Bullwackies productions...), plaintive singing, elusive but nice bass line and something like a ghost sounding organ. Roooooots!
The lyrics go like this :

A thousand miles in Babylon
I heard a voice crying loud
Take these chains from my heart
And set black people free
Long long time since I am here
I should have learned by now
You took me away and you put me in jail
From Black Society
I don't know I don't know
What you want from me
You take me away and you put me in jail
From Black Society

As a bonus (this tune you may find on the excellent Half Moon comp that Honest Jons and PK put together some years ago : http://honestjons.com/shop/artist/Half_Moon/release/Glory_Dominion_Majesty_Power) here you get the superb dub with much more echo to drive you insane.

 Share Super 8 Corporation - Black Society.zip - 13 MB

This is one of the my very very favorite tunes of all times, I hope you dig it too!

I'll try to post some more before hitting London next WE, in the meantime enjoy what's left of summer for those of you in Northern Emisphere,

Peace

Ben

Christmas in summer!

Hi people,

Boosted by summer vibes and carnival time coming its way, here is another roots missile for your enjoyment!

And yes, it's not appropriate for this time of the year, but well, on my blog it's christmas every time for music lovers ;-)

So this nice and quite rare 7'' comes from the US again.
Don't know of other records on this Hot Stuff label (except the 12'' of this same song). Backing band is the Roots Radics and after some research, Scoobey Doo (LOL) also known as Michael Powell, is the lead singer of Determination, a US reggae band from the early 80's Have a look here : http://www.discogs.com/artist/1913803-Determination-4).
He sings on A3 of Determination showcase vol. 1 (also a rare and enjoyable piece).

The lyrics are about christmas period in the ghetto, the singing is plaintive all the way, very nice organ gimmick, the riddim is tough like early 80's can be with mixing sharp as a razor.

Christmas is a time for everyone
Brothers and sisters let's all have some fun
Like dicing to downtown
in a one unseated mini bus
smoking a sensi spliff
down to variety show (?)

Christmas time, christmas time
And...
with all the pretty girls that look pon me
while me sit aside like santa claus
...
giving little presents to the likkle boys and girls
in dis ya christmas time

If anyone as the whole lyrics, please share!

Share Scoobey-Doo aka Michael Powell - Christmas time - Hot Stuff 7'.zip - 15 MB

There are lots of christmas related tunes in reggae, even "christmas" LP's, but this one is the very best in my humble opinion and stands alone as a great reggae tune in its own right.

As a plus, you get the wicked Christmas dub on b side!

As always, comments are welcome, so enjoy and pass the word!

Greetings,

Ben

Going home

Hello people,

Long time since my last post, sorry for that.

Summer is here and I spend lots of time in my garden, taking care of all greens and fruits...fresh vegetables is such a blessing!

But I have not forgotten you all and here is a proof with this super nice rare 10'' that should have been reissued long ago.

The artist, Tony Clark (or Clarke) has not done any other song it seems and no information is to be found on the internet.

Ultrasonic was a NY based label and noticeable output from them also includes Cornell Campbell's "African Woman" 7'' which I will share later on.

The label says "Produced by Lizzy and Val, made in Jamaica, distributed by Ultrasonic Recs & Tapes, Bklyn, NY"

Tonight feature presents in the form of a dark piece of roots with beautiful horns arrangements, sharp guitar line and piano ornaments and repatriation topic lyrics.

It goes like this :

I'm going away, I'm going home

No matter what the people say

I man will never go a stray

I give thanks and prais to the most high, Selassie I

So long rastaman so long

I a I leave Babylon

We got to be free from captivity

oh natty natty

Keep Jah light shining

Cause soon we'll be go away

Far far away to Zion

Oh let Jah Jah know now...

It comes in all its 10'' glory with extended haunting dub.

This is a very enjoyable roots piece and collectors choice indeed.

Share Tony Clark - Going home - Ultrasonic 10'.mp3 - 15 MB

Click on the blue link below the label image to DL and enjoy this pretty piece of reggae.

See you soon I hope,

Peace and more peace to this troubled earth,

Ben

African choice, harmonica extension!

Hello people,

I received very pleasant feedback today about the blog, from an unknown to me person, which is actually pretty nice. So I feel like sharing some little more vibes with you.

The tune featured tonight is just landed in my crates few days ago.
I read a post recently on another fine French reggae blog about tunes with a bit of mouth harp/harmonica in them (https://killerswithoutfillers.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/du-reggae-avec-de-lharmonica-dedans/) which was very interesting so here is a little addition to that topic.

As you'll see the A side of this nice 12' titled African Choice from Hopeton Lindo has a supacool extended version with nice harmonica instead of the usual melodica. It gives a very nice bluesy feeling to that slow paced early 80's tune.
I didn't found much about H. Lindo on the web ut from the labels and photos, it looks that he's an 80's to 90's period singer. And apparently, he travelled to Canada as this cool record comes in a nice company sleeve made there.

Share Hopeton Lindo - African Choice 12'.zip - 29 MB

B-Side is not as good (regular rub a dub stuff) but you'll have it also!

Hope you like it, peace to ya all

Ben

Crucial Knowledge tune!!!

Hello People,

Finally I put my hand on a copy of this superb tune I've been searching for so long.
Knowledge is a fantastic band from the late 70's period.
They began recording for DJ/producer Tappa Zukie on his Stars label and who also produced their first LP on A&M.
The band didn't output much before splitting and three of its members, died young in violent 80's Jamaica (see here :http://www.makasound.com/ms_boutique.php?id_famille=1&id_sous_famille=11&id_rubrique=63&id..).

This 12' was produced after Michael Samuel left the band on a californian label.
The tune features beautiful flute arrangements and Robbie "Basspeare" Shakespeare on cello!
The pace is very slow, adding to the tragedy tone of the lyrics. To all of you who still think that poor people are poor because they don't want to work, hear this and come again tell me so...

It is quite a rarity these days so I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do, great roots music in extended glory!

Share Michael Knowledge Samuel - Give I and I some work - Drum

Peace to you all,

Ben

We need some loving, that's for sure

Hello people,

New post tonight full of roots nuggets for your enjoyment.
When I read the news I see much violence and hatred these days so we will focus on love, be it physical or mystical as it seems that we lack of this.
The title tune is a nice little 12' coming out of Canadian Big Mac Soul Power label.
Not much info about this one, the label seems to have issue a pair of LP's and some 7' and 12' as we can see on Discogs : http://www.discogs.com/label/369955-Big-Mac-Soul-Power

Funny note : this is produced by H.C. Mc Donald and the label is named "Big Mac"...
Well, this is no burger but sweet, slow paced, conscious reggae.
The lyrics go like this :
Dark days and lonely nights
it's only for the wicked
for the wicked which blinded to love
They use their brothers they use their sisters
to get where they want to go
they don't look back
they don't care at all who they hurt, how this hurt(?)
They need love, a little bit of love
They need love a whole lotta love
...

The tune is extended but not dubwise, as if it was repeated, but no problem, you can manage the almost  7 minutes of the tune with pleasure.

Share The Up-Lifters - We need some loving - Big Mac Soul Power 12'.mp3 - 16 MB

Next tune is form one of my favourite singers from Jamaica, the one and only Winston Jarrett.
Mr Jarrett (no to be confused with Wayne Jarrett...) is a long lasting reggae star born in 1940 in Lime Tree Gardens. He began singing in Alton Ellis's Flames in the early 60's.
At the end of the sixties he recorded he formed the Righteous Flames and recorded for major producers of the island such as Duke Reid and Coxsone Dodd.

Many of his hits are hard core roots such as Wise man 12' on Warrior records, Run away 7' on Shaflames or Spanish town road on Rite sound (JA) and Write sounds (UK).
Some of them were reissued recently by Iroko and Pressure Sounds, if you want to grab some :
http://honestjons.com/shop/search/winston%20jarrett

Well the song featured here is more romantic, but still has that roots feeling, specially due to some nice percussion in the back. Laid back rhythm, gently rolling bassline, nice organ here and there and lovers lyrics :

Give more of your love little girl!
...
Your love means heaven to me, yeah
Your eyes they're always dreaming of me
Your lips means the world to me
Little girl you are my one and only, little girl
You set my soul on fire, little girl
Just rock and come in,
I know your heart is clean...

As far as I know it is the only output of this beautiful label, I dig the design!
The dub is enjoyable but quite straight forward so I just featured A side (if you want it, feel free to ask).

Share Winston Jarrett

Next tune is from a US label, quite rare one, from a band called The Strugglers, obscure bit from the very early 80's titled Light my fire (nothing in common with the song from the Doors!).

Doing my research for this post I got to know that this was originally released in Ja on the 1st Choice label.

You may grab an original copy for decent price here :

 http://www.groovecollector.com/mp/used-item:-strugglers-light-my-fire-version-original-press-/r/3019749560/

It's a lovers tune but, backed by The Souls Syndicate, the rhythm i sharp. Nice dub on B side as well, enjoy!

Share The Strugglers - Light my fire 7'.zip - 17 MB

One last "love" tune and I'm gone,

This one is also pretty obscure tune, 1st release on Watty Burnett's own Rythm Force imprint.

It's a tune about a love that has ended. The singer is asking his past lover to leave and go her way as she  behaved badly and cheated on him.

Burnett's baryton's singing suits perfectly the mood of the tune, what a voice!

Here you see exactly why Lee Perry added Watty Burnett to the Congos, the bass of this voice makes a perfect balance with Cedric Myton's falsetto and Ashanty Roy tenor.

The production here is classic Lee Perry style, recorded at the Ark, even if it is issued at a time when the Black Ark didn't existed any more.

Nice copy with company sleeve 

Share Watty Burnett - Too late - 12'.mp3 - 13 MB

Well, that's all for tonight but I will be back soon as I recently got some nice records in ;-)

Peace to you all!

Ben

Saturday nite jamboree

Hello Earth,

Special feature tonight, a quick post for this extra classic roots party tune, inna early eighties style.
The tune came out in 1980 on the Jah Life label in JA and on the quite new Greensleeves label in the UK (ref as GRED 41 in the label's catalog). It is also featured on "Chip in" LP, which you should find as a reissue.

It's a soundman tune about the enjoyment of being in the dancehall to enjoy the music and have a nice time with your lady : "It was a saturday night jamboree, you should have seen I with I queen...I just smoke up my splif and feel so irie". Prescription : play it LOUD!

My copy is a "blank" and should be the JA version as it features a DJ lick by Silver Fox on the B side (not featured here, it will be another time). UK version features another song on B side ("Got to be sure").

The riddim is nice and slow but still jumpy (eighties I said!) with that special keyboard sound that goes through your head, you'll know what I mean... The 12' format is perfect to enjoy the sharp mix and dubwise treatment.

Hope you like it, this one is dedicated to my little sis' Marion who surely did ;-)

See you soon for more roots vibes,

PEACE!

Ben

https://www.dropbox.com/s/atjrk8xvyk2tv0r/Wayne%20Jarrett%20-%20Saturday%20Nite%20Jamborree%20-%20Jah%20Life%20blank%2012%27.mp3?dl=0

cut and paste the link above in your browser to DL the tune

Allah International, beware, this is...killer...reggae

Hello All,

New tune in the crates, long time I was searching for.

Rare Label, rare tune, murderous 7' on Allah International imprint, ah, ah!
This is not very surprising in Jamaica, Prince Buster had an "Islam" label after all.
The song is based on the same riddim as Sydney Wilson's "Why do I cry" on the Angwa label (this one I still search for...very rare...) and another cool DJ tune that I'll post just below.
So here you have tremendous roots with beautiful trombone and female backing vocals sounding like the I-Threes!
What could we ask for more? Perhaps better sound, this copy has been played a lot, but that's OK, no skips ,no jumps.
Enjoy!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1xymwij9mh3t2kf/Clement%20Moore%20-%20Everytime%20I%20do%20my%20thing%207%27.zip?dl=0

(cut and paste the link above in your browser to DL the tune)

Has I said, there is a DJ lick to this riddim, by unknown Jah Minkie on the Rocket label, followed by a nice straight version.

Funny stuff, this DJ cut is produced by S. (Sydey?) Wilson, JA stuff..."la boucle est bouclée" as we say in Fance!

Share Jah Minkie - Wickedness 7'.zip - 16 MB

Hope you like it, 

Good night,

Peace!

Many moods...of Johnny Osbourne

Hello people,

I recently goy my hand on a 12' I've been looking for long.
It's a must have for all roots collectors and features a back to back killer tunes by Johnny Osbourne on Winston Riley Techniques label.
On the A side is that great social tune titled Inflation : "The mothers are crying, the children are crying too, Inflation is rising, the dollars are very few...". Think about it when you hear today leaders saying that they want inflation back...(even if they don't think of this level...).

Osbourne did another version of this tune with one of his latest groups called Ishan People.

On the B-side is the great roots classic "Purify your heart".
Both tunes come with extended version, originally out in 1973 if i'm correct.

Share Johnny Osbourne - Purify your heart 7'.zip - 15 MB

 Purify your heart also came on the Riley Imprint as a 7' (see below) and on the Black Joy label in the UK as a 12' at the same era.

Then in 1981 came out a re-cut on W. Riley Mummy label, that is worth the listening. It is my personal favorite version and speaks nothing but the truth : "You go into church on sunday, there's no love in your heart on monday..." and "It's not by how long you grow your natty, you come and say that you know Selassie" (thematic of the "false dread which inspired many singers).

Share Johnny Osbourne - Purify your heart 7'.zip - 15 MB

Hope you like it,

Peace,

Ben

The same song...different song, Top Ranking special!

Hello people,

Tonight feature will be about Top Ranking label and antithesis in Tommy Cowan stable.

First comes the very classic little 7' that launched Israel Vibration legend : The same song.

It's an anthem about unity between the various Rasta congregations. Classic lyrics : " oh wether you're an Orthodox, oh whether you're a Bingy natty dread, oh wether your a Bobo, oh whether you're a Twelve Tribes of Israel... we all gonna sing the same song etc".
Every reggae lover knows it so no further introduction, here you have the tune plus the dub titled Jam this jam  (and please excuse some cracks and pops, my copy has seen better days) :

Share Israel Vibration - The same song.zip - 17 MB 

Quite ironically, on the same label came out another tune, well less known, from Devon Irons, titled..."different song".

And the lyrics goes "Each and everyone have a different way of going around, each and everyone sing a different song in a different town..."ah!

Nice 12' on the same imprint with great sax works in the extended part by the one and only Dean Fraser.

Thanks to Greg (Graal recds) for introducing me to this one!

Share Devon Irons - Different song 12'.mp3 - 13 MB

As always, click on the blue link below the label image to DL the tune and if you like it, support the artists an go buy records!

Good news also, it is likely that I will be spinning some records from my crates in the near future in Geneva, Switzerland. I will keep you posted about this and hope to see some of you there if it works!

Peace to you all,

Ben

Man a kill man & more...

Hello people,

Let's move on with some news related thematic lyrics (even if at the time the violence depicted was strictly Jamaican...).

Tune of the day came out on the Uhuru label, mighty Calvin Cameron production (another pressing was made under LPA Productions label it seems, don't know which is the original one...this one I think).

Uhuru label means nice horns in the riddim, and this is very true here, check the beautiful trumpet solo!
Thematic is close to Horace Andy classic Money Money (is the root of all evil) and goes on describing all reasons someone could kill another person : money, women or vengeance... Don Carlos also made is own interpretation of that theme in the also classic Money and Women.

Check this one and let me know your feelings!

Share Omar Bernard - Man a kill man 7'(2).zip - 16 MB

As an extra, do you remember the Jah Lamy and Jah Vini tune that I posted at the end of last year?

Well, here is an instrumental version of it with BIIIIG trombone by Don D Jr, massive killer tune!

Came out on the Ripe label, don't know the producer, only clue is that it was distributed by Randy's...

All info welcome!

Share Don Drummond Jr - Jungle rock - Ripe 7'.mp3 - 7 MB

Love you all, 

Peace,

Ben

The Devil is here in the city (so true!)

Hi there,

The tune featured today is a classic from the Wackie's stable.
You may find various issues of it, as this post on the Blood and Fire website mentions :
http://www.bloodandfire.co.uk/db/viewtopic.phpp=231265&sid=22c60f8d30a8726f444f52c0708d9449

Some come with a dub on B side, some with a killer toast from "Jah Hugh" called Devil man skank.

The most known is the issue on the Rawse imprint from NY (Wackie's subsidiary), then you may find it on Hitbound as a 7' and on GG's as a 12'.

More recently, a japanese reissue on Negus Roots (!) imprint and green wax was made available.

And, if you like to get the whole thing (tune, dub, toast and dubplate version), French reissue label Kingston Connexion put out this nice little 12 :
http://www.discogs.com/Calman-Scott-Devil-In-The-City/release/1865112

My copy, it seems, is one from the first batch which was released as a pre-release in JA under the Psychedelic label. On the A side you get the original song, a killer militant tune, with crazy drumming. On the B side comes one of the best DJ sets I know (as I already mentioned, I am not a big fan of DJ business, but this is a stormer).

Hope you all enjoy it,

Peace,

Ben

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bcbwjnokg5xpmp1/Calman%20Scott%20-%20Devil%207%27.zip?dl=0