RETURN TO ORANGE STREET-ROOTS ROCK REGGAE CLASSICS
We hope you enjoy this musical journey and make a connection with messages portrayed here, as Mr Monty Morris points out on his contribution to this collection 'Times Are Dread'.... Dread indeed.....
| Genre | Reggae | Dub |
|---|---|
| Format | VINYL |
| Cat. no | KSLP009 |
| Label | JAMAICAN |
| Artist | VARIOUS ARTISTS |
| Release Date | 15/09/2023 |
| Carrier | LP |
| Barcode | 5036848002970 |
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TRACKLIST 1.DREAD IN A EARTH - PRINCE JAZZBO 2.ROOTS MAN TIME - I ROY 3.KNOW YOUR RIGHTS - DELROY WILSON & BUSTY BROWN 4.TOO LATE - TWINKLE BROTHERS 5.TRUE BORN AFRICAN - JAH STITCH & JOHNNY CLARKE 6.TO BE LOVED - CORNELL CAMPBELL 7.YOU FUNNY BOY - LEE PERRY & AGGROVATORS 8.WHO CARES - DELROY WILSON 9.ON THE RUN - I ROY & CORNELL CAMPBELL 10.WHERE IS THE LOVE - HORACE ANDY 11.GIRL OF MY DREAMS - CORNELL CAMPBELL 12.TIMES ARE DREAD - MONTY MORRIS 13.ITâ„¢S NOT WHO YOU KNOW - TWINKLE BROTHERS 14.TRYING TO FIND A HOME - SLIM SMITH INFO From 1968 through to the mid 1970â„¢s the reggae beat began to slow down,some say due to the extreme heat hitting down onto Kingston Town and its surrounding enclaves. People needed something less strenuous to dance to. The Ska and Rocksteady Sounds (see 101 Orange Street KS007) that rocked Jamaica previously, had now found a slower tempo and become more ËœDreadâ„¢ lyrically to suit the times. Reggae music has always moved within the social climate it found itself in and this set here, as we ËœReturn To Orange Streetâ„¢ was ROOTS ROCK REGGAE TIME.... The Rastafarian message that runs through this collection of ËœRealityâ„¢, sometimes labelled ËœSufferersâ„¢ music,is strong and works on many levels. It can come across on a heavy rhythm and vocal cut. Its example represented here by Prince Jazzboâ„¢s ËœDread in a Earthâ„¢ and ËœI Royâ„¢s ËœRoots Man Timeâ„¢, moving through to the popular new sounds of the DJâ„¢s working over an old rhythm and alongside its existing vocal. As with Busty Brown working with Delroy Wilson's ËœKnow Your Friendâ„¢ and Mr Jah Stitch working over Johnny Clarkeâ„¢s ËœRoots Natty Rootsâ„¢ to produce an even more dreader ËœTrue Born Africanâ„¢. The heartfelt lyric can also convey this message as we can see when Horace Andy laments ËœWhere is the Loveâ„¢ and Delroy Wilson again shows us on his ËœWho Caresâ„¢ cut. The great Twinkle Brothers also put the message across on their two cuts we have here, â„¢Too Lateâ„¢ one of their lost classics if ever there was one and the thoughtful ËœItâ„¢s Not Who You Knowâ„¢,being another prime example. Orange Street itself is always at the heart of all reggae's musical changes and some singers also ride these waves as Mr Cornell Campbell shows us here with two cuts. The mournful ËœToo Be Lovedâ„¢ and his uplifting ËœGirl of My Dreamsâ„¢, which uses the same rhythm as our previously mentioned Prince Jazzboâ„¢s 'Dread in a Earthâ„¢. Showing us that firstly you canâ„¢t keep a good rhythm down and secondly that two if not more great songs can work from the same source point. The light hearted ËœVengefulâ„¢ lyric also worked in this period when artists spared off to each other on records to vent their frustrations. As we can hear here with Mr Lee Perryâ„¢s ËœYou Funny Boyâ„¢. The song snipping back at a previous employer over what he felt were his misdoings to an under appreciated Mr Perry. We have culled these tracks together to show that the Dread Roots feel of the 1970â„¢s came across in many guises and even in earlier songs these sentiments were also prevalent. As represented in Slim Smithâ„¢s almost bluesy feel in ËœTrying To Find a Homeâ„¢, never a truer statement in Kingston's ghetto areas.
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