Their two excellent LPs with Niney Observer, plus the Observation Of Life dubs of Better Days, and a bunch of killer 12” mixes, including the killer Through The Fire I Come.
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.
Masterpiece. Top-drawer songwriting — thoughtful, soulful lyrics and ace tunes — and definitive performances. In the top three Studio One LPs; one of the greatest reggae LPs of all time.
An ace, urgent version of Joe South’s stinging denunciation.
Easy to imagine Andy and South — who also wrote Walk A Mile In My Shoes — getting on very well together.
Haunted, hurt reasoning rides a chunk of brawny Revolutionaries, with wailing organ and moody horns.
This Rebel Music anthem is for us the prime example of Bob Andy’s songwriting genius.
The perfect accompaniment to following your own path in life. Non-conformity set to music.
The defiantly carefree scatting at the end is killer: the coup de grace.
What a record.