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