Various - When Jah Shall Come DOUBLE LP
SKU: PSLP106
Description: UK import!
Bunny Lee recorded a massive volume of remarkably consistent music
in the 70s. This compilation brings together rare and unreleased
cuts that put the listener bang in the middle of a typical
recording session, complete with false starts and studio
banter.
Linval Thompson is represented by two unreleased tunes, and is also
heard in the runup to 'Tommy's Vibration'. Once the 'flying cymbal'
sound had taken off, Bunny often recorded a 'flyers' and a straight
version of the same rhythm: 'Tommy's Vibration' is a classic but
little known Tommy McCook instrumental on the flyers cut of
Linval's 'Jah Jah A The Conqueror'. 'Ethiopian Rock' is a total
scorcher, the only recorded tune by the deejay Jah Smile, before
Bunny persuaded him to turn to singing and changed his name to
Barry Brown.
In a healthy spirit of competition, Bunny often tried out different
singers on tunes that he thought would hit, hence Ronnie Davis's
soulful take on Johnny Clarke's 'Every Knee Shall Bow', Johnny's
version of Horace Andy's 'Better Collie', and Johnny and Horace
sharing vocals on 'No Man Is An Island', all unreleased until now.
'No Babylon Shall Escape In This Time' has Johnny Clarke and
'Bongo' Herman Davis recorded over the original version side of
Johnny's 'None Shall Escape The Judgement'. 'Life Of My Own' is a
beautifully constructed lament by a singer who neither Bunny nor
various expert ears have managed to identify: at Bunny's suggestion
he is credited as 'The Raver'. 'War Zone' and 'Keep On Running' are
examples of Tubby's mixes that have had further effects dubbed on
elsewhere; sound systems and foreign record labels occasionally did
this to manufacture their own specials from existing mixes.
'Jamaican Fruit Of African Roots' has recently been the subject of
the fascinating documentary 'Shella Record: A Reggae Mystery'; the
Lennox Brown cut here has only just been discovered. Also included
are two stinging dubplates by Cornell Campbell: the first is aimed
straight to the head of Arrows sound system, while the second,
recorded in the early 80s, sums up the vital partnership of two of
Jamaica's musical giants.
Format & package: Double LP
Record label: Pressure Sounds
Year of release: 2020 (compilation)
Tracks:
A1 Tommy McCook - Tommy's Vibes
A2 Johnny Clarke - No Babylon Shall Escape In This Time
A3 Jah Smile - Ethiopian Rock
A4 Lennox Brown & Sheila Rickards - Jamaican Fruit Of African
Roots
A5 Ronnie Davis - Every Knee Shall Bow
B1 Cornell Campbell - King Tubby's vs Arrows Dubplate
B2 Al Campbell - One Room Shack
B3 John Forbes - War Zone
B4 Linval Thompson - Look How Long Nyabinghi Calling You
B5 Tinga Stewart - Can't Be A Hypocrite
C1 The Aggrovators - Bell Road Rock
C2 Cornell Campbell - Keep On Running
C3 U-Roy - The Right To Live
C4 Al Campbell - Wicked A Go Feel It
C5 Tommy McCook - Joe Frazier
D1 Johnny Clarke & Horace Andy - No Man Is An Island
D2 Linval Thompson - Go Jah Jah Pickney
D3 Johnny Clarke - Better Collie
D4 Bobby Ellis & Val Bennett - The Arabian Sound Of Reggae
D5 Cornell Campbell - Bunny Lee & King Tubby's Dubplate
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