Late seventies; Channel One.
Burial Mix numbers 6 to 12: classic after classic, like King In My Empire, Queen In My Empire, We Been Troddin’...
Their 1990 masterwork expanded to include everything from the recording sessions previously restricted to CD.
Religious chants over a layered, dubwise backdrop of African hand percussion.
An outernational classic.
Both sides are stone classic, archetypal UK reggae, produced by Dennis Bovell.
Dennis in full flight, over genius Niney rhythms, tuff like iron. Two all-time reggae greats at the height of their powers, plus Soul Syndicate and King Tubby pon spot. Classics like Tribulation, If You Are Rich Help The Poor, and Travelling Man. Always very hard to find.
Start-to-finish killer combination of heavier-than-lead Roots Radics rhythms, wild Scientist mixing, and the Flick’s unique singing, often falsetto. Kicks off with an Ain’t Too Proud To Beg.
Earl Morgan and Barry Llewellyn joined by Naggo Morris in 1978, with the genius engineer Sylvan Morris and the mighty Niney the Observer at the controls, and a crack band featuring Sly Dunbar. Every Day Life and Mr. Do Over Man Song are crucial, tip-top Heptones.