The three fat men, Jacob Miller and the Lewis Brothers are here with
a piece of sentiment. ‘Wanted for singing Jah Jah’s song’.
What can I say, I really don’t know how much I’ve played
this here record, but it was a hell of a lot.
And I still love it, this LP is truly ‘Wanted’ for being a ‘Killer’.

tracks;

1 Silver & gold
2 I’ve got the handle
3 Standing firm
4 Healing of the nation
5 Wanted
6 Sinners
7 Ital light
8 Peace treaty special
9 Bionic skank

Today’s Sunday is about Variety.
It’s so essential to have some, it keeps us sharp.
This LP is one of the first reggae-albums I bought in my life.
It’s from 1978, I was 20 in those days.
I always loved it and still do today, if you click on the backcover
you can easily see why, a huge personal favourite.

tracks;

1 Man of the ghetto
2 Jungle collie
3 Sheriff and his deputy
4 Fear not almighty dread
5 Sleepers
6 Chucky hark and shark
7 Kaya
8 My sheep
9 Cry to me
10 Born to be loved

Another 1979 treasure, I was 21 years old and still lived in a single
12 square meter room. When I play this LP, I go back in time and see
myself in that room. Funny how music always associates with something.
Israel Vibration is back with a true beauty.

tracks;

1 The same song
2 Weep & mourn
3 Walk the streets of glory
4 Ball of fire
5 I’ll go through
6 Why worrie
7 Lift up your conscience
8 Prophet has arise
9 Jah time has come
10 Licks & kicks

On Hitbound, which I think is a great label, this is another old
personal favourite. Don Carlos, former member of the original
‘Black Uhuru’, comes in with his buddy ‘Gold’.
Take a look at this line-up and you see that you can’t miss
this one. The sweet voice of Don Carlos persuades one and all.

tracks;

1 Natty Dread have him credential
2 Ginalship
3 Come in girl
4 Ride on Christine
5 Jamaican woman
6 Dice cup
7 Rain all night
8 Hog and goat
9 Oh girl
10 Untrue girl

Before the shooting of this photosession, U-Roy stuffed his ‘chalice’
with some Lambsbread Collie. Eric Tello shot some great pics here,
don’t you think ?, Love this cover. Recorded at Joe Gibbs’ and
backed by The Soul Syndicate and Skin, Flesh & Bones Band,
this is a fantastic reggae album,
better check it.

tracks;

1 Runaway girl
2 Chalice in the palace
3 I can’t love another
4 Dread locks dread
5 The great psalms
6 Natty don’t fear
7 African message
8 Silver bird
9 Listen to the teacher
10 Trench town rock

Originally released in 1982, this is a re-release.
Very nice album with Wayne Jarrett sounding very much like Horace Andy.
Dub heroe Adrian Sherwood must have listened to this ‘version’material too.

tracks;

1 Brimstone & fire
2 Every tongue shall tell
3 Magic in the air
4 Bubble up
5 Darling your eyes
6 Holy mount Zion

Okay okay, I get it, that was a bit too dark for y’all,
so I’ll make it up to ya.
Here’s a more sunny record, Lord Jellico makes the sun shine again.
Jamaican Calypso.

tracks;

1 papa Jack
2 Miss tourist
3 Yellow bird
4 Hold on to your man
5 Cuando cuando
6 Chi chi bud
7 Bungo free form
8 Obeah wedding
9 Land of the sea and sun
10 Man piaba

Now here’s one of my alltime Jamaican heroes, “Tappa Zukie”.
His records shook me when I first heard them early 80’s.
And then he came to ‘Paradiso’, Amsterdam, me and my friends went
totally nuts that night.
The forthflowing bass, and Tappa’s sweet voice, I still LOVE this.
Sorry about the quality, some cracking appears.

tracks;

1 A chapter a day
2 M.P.L.A.
3 What about the half
4 Chalice to chalice
5 Peace and love
6 Pick up the rocker
7 Rocker
8 Trebelation
9 Down and touch
10 Punch in piiate

I bought this LP early 80’s and played it a hell of a lot.
Especially nice is the bright yellow coloured vinyl that it’s
pressed in. A personal old time favorite.

tracks;

1 Automatic boom
2 Gimme gimme sensemillia
3 Loving feeling
4 Don’t cry
5 Born and grow ina dis
6 Tek you hand offa me
7 Yu too su-su-su-su
8 Me no copy
9 It’s you I’m talking to
10 Trouble possee

This ‘best of’ is not a ‘best of’ as I see it. It sounds more like a
one-session recording then like a collector. Tracks 2 and 3 are
written by ‘Alton Ellis’ if I’m not mistaking. Backed by ‘the
Revolutionairies’, ‘Gregory Isaacs’, with his voice
like sugar and glue, comes in with a great LP.
Recorded at Channel One Studio.
I like this one extremely much !

tracks;

1 Special guest
2 Willow tree
3 Breaking up
4 Double attack
5 My number one
6 No speech
7 Tear drops
8 Cool you
9 Freedom
10 Look before you leap