Jammys From The Roots [1977-1985]

by King Jammy

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1.	Johnny Osbourne - Fally Ranking 03:46	buy track
2.	Black Uhuru - Tonight Is The Night To Unite 03:07	buy track
3.	Sugar Minott - Give The People What They Want 03:45	buy track
4.	Black Crucial - Conscience Speaks 03:34	buy track
5.	Johnny Osbourne - Jah Ovah 04:10	buy track
6.	Noel Phillips - Youth Man 03:22	buy track
7.	Earl Zero - Please Officer 07:06	buy track
8.	Augustus Pablo - Pablo In Moonlight City 07:02	buy track
9.	Junior Delgado - Love Tickles Like Magic 02:45	buy track
10.	Hugh Mundell - Jah Fire Will Be Burning 04:12	buy track
11.	Barry Brown - It A Go Dread 04:40	buy track
12.	Wayne Smith - Time Is A Moment In Space 03:13	buy track
13.	Travellers - Jah Gave Us This World 02:33	buy track
14.	U Black - Natty Dread At The Controls 03:14	buy track
15.	The Fantails - Name Of The Game 02:52	buy track
16.	Lacksley Castell - What A Great Day 09:03	buy track
17.	Johnny Osbourne - Mr Marshall 03:46	buy track
18.	Life Hard A Yard 03:24	buy track
19.	Prince Alla - Last Train To Africa 03:37	buy track
20.	Frankie Jones - Collie George 03:39	buy track
21.	Black Uhuru - Willow Tree 02:57	buy track
22.	The Jays - Jah Do Love Us 03:35	buy track
23.	Junior Reid - Higgler Move 03:35	buy track
24.	Junior Delgado - Liberation 03:41	buy track
25.	Half Pint - One Big Ghetto 03:12	buy track
26.	Frankie Paul - Foreign Mind 03:42	buy track
27.	Dennis Brown - Africa We Want To Go 03:11	buy track
28.	Frankie Paul - Children Of Israel 03:51	buy track
29.	Junior Reid - Boom-Shack-A-Lack 03:33	buy track
30.	Half Pint - Mr. Landlord 02:03	buy track
31.	Frankie Paul - Do Good 03:17	buy track
32.	Dennis Brown - They Fight I 03:21	buy track

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Skilled producer and sound engineer Lloyd “Jammy” James had been involved in the Jamaican recording scene since the late ‘60s, when he headed up his own sound system and picked up work around Kingston building speaker systems and performing repairs for rival soundmen. He didn’t truly come into his own until the late ‘70s, when—after serving an apprenticeship with King Tubby—he established his own label, Jammy’s. The work he produced during this period for artists like Johnny Osbourne, Earl Zero, Lacksley Castell, and others changed the face of Jamaican music. Jammy’s spare, crisp production style swept aside the murky psychedelia of the roots era and replaced it with minimal, percussive rhythms that paved the way for dancehall in the mid-‘80s.

"Jammys From The Roots" is an intelligently curated compilation that collects 32 of Jammy’s most vital productions from this era. It opens with "Fally Ranking"—Johnny Osbourne’s ferocious indictment of gang-related violence—and never lets up in intensity. Standouts include Noel Phillips’ relentless “Youth Man” and Dennis Brown’s “They Fight I.”

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released March 30, 2010

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Greensleeves Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Greensleeves Records Ltd.
Recorded At – King Tubby's Studio
Recorded At – Harry J's Recording Studio
Recorded At – Channel One Recording Studio
Recorded At – Jammy's Recording Studio
Mastered At – Finyl Tweek
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC – A0101526803-0102
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC – A0101526803-0202
A&R, Coordinator [Project Co-ordinator] – Chris O'Brien
Backing Band – The High Times Band, The Aggrovators
Bass [The Aggrovators] – George 'Fully' Fullwood, Robbie Shakespeare
Bass [The High Times Band] – Chris Meredith
Cover, Photography By – Winfried Nacke
Design – Tony McDermott
Drums [The Aggrovators] – Carlton 'Santa' Davis, Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar*
Drums [The High Times Band] – Basil 'Benbow' Creary*
Executive-Producer – Olivier Chastan
Keyboards [The High Times Band] – Tony Asher
Lead Guitar [The Aggrovators] – Radcliffe 'Duggie' Bryan
Lead Guitar [The High Times Band, The Aggrovators] – Earl 'Chinna' Smith
Liner Notes – Harry Wise
Mastered By – Pete Norman
Organ [The High Times Band] – Errol 'Tarzan' Nelson
Percussion [The Aggrovators] – Uziah 'Sticky' Thompson
Percussion [The High Times Band, The Aggrovators] – Noel 'Zoot/Scully' Simms
Photography By [Additional Photography] – Beth Lesser
Piano [The Aggrovators] – Ansel 'Pinkie' Collins, Keith Sterling, Oswald 'Ossie' Hibbert
Producer – Lloyd 'Prince Jammy' James
Rhythm Guitar [The Aggrovators] – Earl 'Chinna' Smith, Tony Valentine Chin
Rhythm Guitar [The High Times Band] – Fazal Prendergrass
Saxophone [The Aggrovators] – Herman Marquis, Lennox Brown, Richard 'Dirty Harry' Hall, Tommy McCook
Trombone [The Aggrovators] – Ron Wilson, Vincent 'Don D. Junior' Gordon
Trumpet [The Aggrovators] – Bobby Ellis

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