cut out, still sealed - The third volume devoted to the productions of King Jammy brings us to the recent past. Jammy's continuing deployment of the synthesizer had become so dominant that by the mid-'70s, horns were almost absent from reggae sessions. That didn't mean that the vocals lost their soulfulness, however; such singers as Johnnie Osbourne, Delroy Wilson, and John Holt, as well as groups like Black Uhuru and Dennis Brown, included the same zeal and fiery demeanor within the new backing as they had during the old days. At the same time, youthful performers like Half Pint and Cocoa Tea took a faster, more exuberant and contemporary approach in their songs. The 15 cuts on this disc show how Jammy accomodated both modern desires and veteran performance tendencies.
A1 | –Black Uhuru | I Love Selassie | 4:35 |
A2 | –Lacksley Castell | Million Miles From Home | 4:01 |
A3 | –Hugh Mundell | Jah Fire | 4:22 |
A4 | –Junior Delgado | Rasta Children | 3:52 |
A5 | –Jr. Reid* | Higgler Move | 3:37 |
A6 | –Half Pint (3) | Landlord | 3:27 |
A7 | –Dennis Brown | Africa We Want To Go | 3:24 |
A8 | –Echo Minott | Youth Man | 3:26 |
B1 | –Johnnie Osbourne* | Water Pumping | 3:09 |
B2 | –Cocoa Tea | Come Again | 3:57 |
B3 | –Delroy Wilson | Won't You Come Home | 2:46 |
B4 | –Thriller U | I'm Coming Home | 3:33 |
B5 | –John Holt | If I Were A Carpenter | 3:40 |
B6 | –Frankie Paul | Sarah | 3:12 |
B7 | –Sanchez | Here I Am | 3:16 |