 Big Youth
Natty Universal Dread 1973 - 1979 (3-CD)
Big Youth created a new role for the Jamaican sound system deejay during the 1970s; often overtly spiritual, but also more militant than the generation who followed the great U-Roy. At the time (1974-1976) Big Youth's popularity rivalled, even eclipsed, that of Bob Marley. This 51-track, 3-CD set collects the totally crucial music he made between 1973-1977. These tracks are drawn from the definitive and legendary self-produced sessions from the man who coined the phrase 'Natty Dread'. 3-CD set with fully illustrated 36 page booklet. |
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| 1 | Chucky No Lucky | | 2 | Waterhouse Rock | | 3 | Hot Cross Bun | | 4 | River Jordan | | 5 | Children Children | | 6 | Mr Buddy | | 7 | Hot Stock | | 8 | Downtown Kingston Pollution | | 9 | Hell Is For Heroes | | 10 | African Daughter | | 11 | Things In The Light | | 12 | Sky Juice | | 13 | Not Long Ago | | 14 | Is Dread In A Babylon | | 15 | I Pray Thee Continually | | 16 | Streets In Africa | | 17 | Give Praises | | 18 | Mama Look | | 19 | Reggae Phenomenon | | 20 | Battle Of The Giants Part 1/featuring U-Roy | | 21 | Battle Of The Giants Part 2/featuring U-Roy | | 22 | Plead I Cause | | 23 | Hip Ki Do | | 24 | Riverton City | | 25 | Love and Happiness Leroy Smart, vocal | | 26 | Weeping In The Night | | 27 | Every Nigger Is A Star | | 28 | My Time | | 29 | Natty Universal Dread | | 30 | Jim Screechy | | 31 | Mosiah Garvey extended | | 32 | Wolf In Sheep Clothing Version 1 | | 33 | Wolf In Sheep Clothing Version 2 | | 34 | Keep Your Dread | | 35 | I Light and I Salvation | | 36 | Hit the Road Jack | | 37 | Keep On Trying Leroy Smart, vocal | | 38 | Jah Man Of Syreen | | 39 | Dread High Ranking | | 40 | Hotter Fire | | 41 | Miss Lou Ring A Ding | | 42 | Same Something | | 43 | Ten Against One | | 44 | River Boat | | 45 | Dread Is The Best | | 46 | Sugar Sugar featuring Junior Byles | | 47 | The Wise Sheep | | 48 | Jah Jah Love Them extended | | 49 | The Upful One | | 50 | Can't Take Wah Happen On A West | | 51 | Political Confusion |
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In a city that has produced more than its fair share of musical heroes, Manley Augustus Buchanan remains one of Kingston, Jamaica’s greatest exports. Buchanan, aka Big Youth, was – along with the earlier U-Roy – one of the two great ambassadors of “toasting”, the Jamaican DJ talkover style that enlivened reggae in the early 1970s. Youth took the popular dancehall style’s mix of US radio-derived jive talk, outrageous hiccups and yelps, and gratuitous boasting, and gave it substance in the shape of Rastafarian sloganeering and psalm-like pleas for peace and love. As Steve Barrow’s excellent sleevenotes to this three-disc box set point out, Youth coined and popularised the term “natty dread” while Bob Marley was still doing stuff about being a soul rebel. The man’s revolutionary blend of rasta chant, black-power politics, nursery rhyme and spooked yelp is magical enough, but his self-produced backings of bass-heavy exuberance and brassy, stalking depth seal the deal. These 51 tracks contain no filler or flab, just a testament to one of the most innovative and complete artists of his time. Gary Mulholland The Guardian (UK) 26th January 2001
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