Pressure Sounds dip back into the Black Ark for another judicious selection of previously unreleased material from the second half of the seventies, the result is probably the strongest yet in this series. Most of the tracks are sourced from a single surviving master tape, with other tracks lifted from vintage dubplates. Once more, praises should be heaped upon Pressure Sounds for persevering in their mission to bring this previously completely obscure music to our ears.
Some, as they have done before, might quibble about sound quality, but they should nurse their greivances amongst themselves. Rejoice instead that we are now able to access such joys as Jah Lion’s title track and the version featuring Augustus Pablo’s melodica on a killer rhythm…
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…unheard until now. Or Althea & Donna’s insane Loco Negril, on a seriously interfered with piece of the rhythm previously heard under Devon Irons’ Talent Corp side Jerusalem. Or Junior Byles’ next vocal on the old Beat Down Babylon rhythm. There are also alternative mixes to Dyon Anasawa off the Return Of The Super Ape album, the Fantel’s Stand & Look and many other delights besides.
01. Jah Lion & The Upsetters – Truths And Rights 5:21
02. The Upsetters – Upsetters Shuffle 3:01
03. Jah Lion & The Upsetters – Roaring Lion 4:19
04. Augustus Pablo & The Upsetters – Pride 3:33
05. Althea & Donna – Loco Negril 3:10
06. The Upsetters – Big Gal Sally 4:19
07. Jah Lion & The Upsetters – Generation From Creation 4:49
08. The Upsetters – Big Boy Wally 3:24
09. Junior Byles & The Upsetters – Beat Down Comrade Man 2:14
10. The Fantels – Stand And Look 4:13
11. The Upsetters – Rocky Road Dub 4:08
12. Bob & The Upsetters – Natural Mystic 3:36
13. The Upsetters – Anasawa Dub 5:27
14. The Upsetters – Dub Dyon 5:35
15. The Upsetters – Emotional Dub 4:15
16. The Upsetters – Dub Stand 4:28