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01. Johnny Osbourne - Lend Me Your Chopper
02. Fantails - Name Of The Game
03. Lacksley Castell - What A Great Day
04. King Jammy’s - Slaughterhouse Five
05. Hugh Mundell - King Of Israel
06. Augustus Pablo - King Pablo
07. Michael Rose & Jammy - Born Free - Extended Mix
08. Junior Reed - Jailhouse - Extended Mix
09. Noel Phillips(Aka Echo Minott) - Youth Man
10. King Jammy’s - Youth Man Dub
11. Hugh Mundell - Walk With Jah
12. Barry Brown - School Days
13. Johnny Osbourne - Folly Ranking
ARTIST
TITLE
King Jammy in Roots
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
LUXX 008CD LUXX 008CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
1/24/2005

"King Jammy is best known as the man that launched Jamaican music's digital revolution. Indeed, he produced 'Sleng Teng', the first fully digital Jamaican hit and one of the most-versioned rhythms of all time. King Jammy in Roots collects some of Jammy's most enthralling productions from the late 1970s and early 1980s with high-calibre artists such as Black Uhuru, Hugh Mundell, Augustus Pablo, Lacksley Castell, Junior Reid and Johnny Osbourne ; Jammy's unique, atmospheric dubs complete the picture. After an uneventful youth in Montego Bay, Lloyd 'Jammy' James found himself living a few doors down from King Tubby in the Waterhouse ghetto of western Kingston. The pair became very close and as Tubby's young apprentice, Jammy learned the vital electrical knowledge that is key to operating a sound system. After spending the early 1970s in Toronto, Jammy returned to Jamaica to become the right-hand man at Tubby's legendary studio; he then started recording local talent after receiving encouragement from producers Bunny Lee and Yabby You."