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ROOTS 046EP
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Heavy classic roots reggae double-sider produced by Niney The Observer.
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BSR 966LP
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"180 gram vinyl LP of Freddie's 1979 album with extensive sleeve notes. Produced by: Winston 'Niney The Observer' Holness. Recorded, voiced and mixed at: Channel One Recording Studio, 29 Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 13. Engineers: Anthony 'Crucial Bunny'/'Bunny Tom Tom' Graham and Lancelot 'Maxie' McKenzie/ Musicians: drums - Max 'Feelgood' Edwards amd Leroy 'Horse Mouth' Wallace; bass guitar - George 'Fully' Fullwood; lead guitar - Earl 'Chinna' Smith; lead guitar and rhythm guitar: Albert Valentine 'Tony' Chin and Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont; keyboards - Jamaba Johnson and Keith Sterling; tenor saxophone - Enroy 'Hot Train' Grant; trumpet - Arnold 'Willie' Brackenridge and Donald Vidan-Greaves; percussion - Herman 'Bongo Herman' Davis and 'Brooksy'."
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GREL 039LP
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Reissue, originally released in 1982. "R&B has long been a major influence on reggae (just as it influenced ska and, before that, mento). In the early 1980s, different reggae artists were being influenced by different types of R&B -- some were getting into slick, keyboard-driven urban contemporary sounds, while others maintained their devotion to 1960s and 1970s soul. On 1982's Big Ship, Freddie McGregor's love of African-American soul music comes through loud and clear -- even though many of the more Rastafarian-oriented lyrics are very much a product of the Jamaican experience. True to form, the singer provides a variety of political and apolitical songs. While gems like 'Holy Mount Zion' and 'Get United' underscore his political/spiritual beliefs as a Rastafarian, McGregor favors more of a lovers rock approach on 'Let Me Be the One,' 'Stop Loving You,' and 'Sweet Lady.' In reggae circles, the term lovers rock refers to reggae that chooses romantic themes over social or political topics -- essentially, it is the reggae equivalent of romantic R&B. And any soul lover who has spent a lot of time savoring the romantic sweet soul of the Delfonics or Brenton Wood should have no problem getting into the lovers rock on this album. For that matter, McGregor's more sociopolitical songs have just as much classic soul appeal..." --AllMusic
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BSR 936LP
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"180 gram vinyl LP of Freddie's 1982 album recorded at Joe Gibbs studio."
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BSR 936CD
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"First time on CD for this 1982 album by Freddie McGregor."
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BSR 966CD
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"CD reissue of this 1979 reggae classic from Freddie McGregor, produced by Niney the Observer."
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LPCT 889LP
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"Another breezy old melody returns to the dancehalls in fine fashion with 'Roots Man Skanking'. The Roots Radics revel in the possibilities, with the keyboards carrying the delicate melody in effervescent style, the guitar riffs are sharp but cheery, while the thumping bass and slamming drums powering the arrangement into the modern age. Producer Linval Thompson and mixer Scientist keep the accompaniment stark, but dubby in atmosphere, sending the drum beats booming like mortar fire. It's an enticing sound, that is as iridescent as it is militant. It's also the perfect backing for Freddie McGregor's ode to the dancehalls and the rhythms that drive them. 'Skanking' is a glorious number, and indeed in 1982 'everyone rocked to the rhythm,' just as the singer claimed" --Jo-Ann Greene, AllMusic. Tracks: "Sugar Baby," "Roots Man Skanking," "Big Ship Sailing," "Works of Jah," "Holy Mount Zion," "Faithful Love," "No More War in the Ghetto's," "Give me your Love," "Serious Times."
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