Big Youth - Chi Chi Run (1972)

 

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Here's another one for our friend John John. Technically BY's first recording, released shortly before his studio debut, Chi Chi Run is more of a feature of artist produced by Prince Buster, however it still features Big Youth on easily half of the album. There's no pretense about this record, it's just 12 tracks of a bunch of artist having fun around BY. I've just learned that John Lydon and Big Youth were quite the acquaintances and that makes me very happy. Of course this means that I'll have to follow up with some PiL soon. Enjoy!

Chi Chi Run

Prince Far I - Dub to Africa (1979)

 

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A collection of dancehall tunes by one of Kingston's more prolific deejays. This is Prince Far I's 8th studio release, and my introduction to him. Working his way from a guard to a bouncer, and finally a deejay and producer, Price Far I had quite an impressive decade from the mid-70's through early 80's until his untimely death in 1983. Minor introductions at the beginning of each track, but other than that it's just straight dancehall gems. Take it for a spin. 

Dub to Africa

Big Youth - Screaming Target (1972)

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My good friend John John played Big Youth for me way back in the early aughts and that primal scream is what turned us on the most. It just feels raw and real, not like the watered-down shit those trust funds hippies sold us in our adolescence. 

Screaming Target