 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, Jamaicas 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 styles 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 Barrows 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 mans 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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