TOASTER / DJ

The Blackbeard years 1978-83

The compilation you hold in your hands features the best of U Brown’s 1983 release Jam It Tonight, cut at Channel One with the Roots Radics, coupled with enthralling earlier singles laid at Channel with the Revolutionaries. The high points are many in this thoroughly agreeable set that showcases the best of peak-period U Brown; beginning with the devotional ‘Jah Is My Father Still’ and ‘Walk With Jah Love’ from Jam It Tonight, the title track speaks of reggae music’s unstoppable nature and ‘Reggae Gone International’ is a celebratory take of the ‘Pick A Dub’ rhythm, here totally reconfigured, Maxfield Avenue style. ‘Rub A Dub All The Time’ (aka ‘Tu Sheng Peng’) is a killer take of the Dennis Brown song of the same name, while ‘Blow Mr Hornsman Blow’ is an awesome re-working of the ‘Take Five’ rhythm, and ‘Come Along’ a beautiful deejay counterpart to Sugar Minott’s ‘Steal Away Girl’. U Brown has since gone on to enjoy all kinds of musical adventures in the UK, USA, and Europe, where he settled in the 1990s; listen to the artistry on No Stoppin’ This Music and marvel at his enduring talents.

Taken from the original master tapes with two extra tracks !

Taken from the original master with two added tracks.
The original Dub mix of Three Mile Skank and the single mix of "A Lie The Gal A Tell"

New reissue for the epic Tapper Zukie’s first album, originally released in 1973.
Supervised by the original producer Clement Bushay !

Jamaican press from 1977

Transferred from the original master tapes. Gatefold sleeve.
Produced by Alvin Ranglin.

ORIGINAL US PRESS 1979