Unmissably looking back over Sleepy’s almighty discography, with top-notch On-U cohorts like Style Scott, George Oban, Dr Pablo, and Skip McDonald, and Adrian Sherwood’s loving, respectful artistry, and Horace himself gloriously on song.
Magnificent do-overs of timeless classics like This Must Be Hell, Safe From Harm, Rock To Sleep, Materialist, Mr Bassie; plus six new songs.
Ortical fire.
Dub-plate-style Adrian Sherwood departures from the Midnight Rocker set.
Radical re-works, with interjections from Daddy Freddy and Lone Ranger; and stripped-back dubs. Plus some new stuff.
Phil Pratt productions, 1972-1974; Sunshots recorded at Channel One, Black Ark, Dynamic Sound and Randy’s Studio 17, with house engineers Ernest Hoo Kim, Lee Perry, Carlton Lee and Errol Thompson at the helm, and backing by Sly & Robbie, Family Man, Chinna, and co, aka Soul Syndicate. Check the versions of Money Money Money and I Don’t Want To Be Outside.
With a sweet Hamlins on the flip.