Rock ‘n rolling Reid. With a Little John.
With a Nitty Gritty dubplate do-over of Trial And Crosses.
Good grief, it’s actually The Chi-Lites, on a John John update of Sleng Teng.
Rock Fort Rock and China Town excursions.
Stalag… and The Carpenters’ Top Of The World.
A teenaged Montgomery and friends from school, trying out Wild Bill Davis and stuff from the radio, with a JA twist.
Tremendous, transformative interpretation of the Bassies at Studio One — mournful, trenchant, rocking, heavy, dubwise… bad.
Celebrated dubplate version of DEB’s Promised Land; and Earl 16 on Trial And Crosses.
An unnerving ride on Yabby You’s almighty Conquering Lion rhythm — a darkly atmospheric tale of pestilence and the dark arts, our kind of Christmas Carol. Crowning a great year for Digikiller, this is essential.
Ace late-seventies roots featured in the Deep Roots documentary — so coolly poised — from the Breakfast In Bed hit-maker. Tough Dennis Brown composition, written specially for Sheila.
Heartfelt, blessed early-eighties Maxfield Avenue roots, in short supply from the off. Pressed from the original stamper, Digikiller-style: a few clicks at the start can’t test rudie.
Pious sex-pol, on a tuff Billie Jean lick. ‘When you come home, a next man asleep in your pyjamas… and then you charge fi murder, Jah Jah know. The man them a worries but the woman them a problem.’
Tasty rudeboy anthems from Cedric ‘Congos’ Myton, Devon Russell and co — a dancehall tribute and a jailhouse portent. Double-bass in the place.
Rudie gone soft. Irresistible love songs — with simmering brass, splashing cymbals on the A; classy sax on the flip.