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01. LEROY SMART - God Helps the Man
02. LEROY SMART - Mr. Smart
03. LEROY SMART - Pride and Ambition
04. LEROY SMART - Wreck Up My Life
05. LEROY SMART - Man Is Great
06. LEROY SMART - Jah Show Them the Way
07. LEROY SMART - My Heart and Soul
08. LEROY SMART - Mr. Richman
09. LEROY SMART - Bad Minded People
10. LEROY SMART - It Makes No Sense
11. LEROY SMART - How Long
12. LEROY SMART - Natty Dread I Strong
13. LEROY SMART - Let Your Heart Be Pure
14. LEROY SMART - Look What You Do
15. LEROY SMART - It's a Long Time, I've Been Waiting* (CD bonus track)
16. LEROY SMART - We Are One* (CD bonus track)
ARTIST
TITLE
The Don Tells It Like It Is...
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
KSLP 045LP KSLP 045LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/19/2013

LP version. Reggae singer and producer Leroy Smart, the self-proclaimed Don, carries much respect in the Jamaican musical community. He came through the Alpha Boys School in Kingston that produced the cream of Jamaican artistic talent -- such legends as Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, and Johnny Dizzy Moore, to name but a few. Leroy Smart's talent lay in his vocal attacking style that gives his lyrics and tune that extra meaning. His best work came in the heady mid '70s, working with "The Hitmaker from Jamaica" Mr. Bunny Striker Lee. Bunny put Leroy Smart on some of his best rhythms, starting in 1973 with "God Helps the Man" and "Wreck Up My Life." Other killer hits were to follow such as "Mr. Smart," "Pride and Ambition," "Bad Minded People" and "Mr. Richman." All tracks tell it like it is. Kingston Sounds has compiled all these cuts together, every song a story in itself, told only as Leroy Smart could.