- 01“Tell It Black”‘How the people react to that, it show me the power; I see what it means to them, and I go on and do a couple of songs for Phil Pratt, like “Tell It Black”.from the chapter
- 02“Chi Chi Run”In a couple of weeks me and Keith Hudson take a bike in the studio and we did the “S90 Skank”, same day we did “Chi Chi Run” for Prince Buster.from the chapter
- 03“Simmer Down”When Bob Marley was still a soul rebel with “Bend Down Low” and “Simmer Down” and all them things, I'm already telling the people to “Do It Jah” and “Live It Up Jah” and “Jah Wah Wah”.from the chapter
- 04“Do It Jah”When Bob Marley was still a soul rebel with “Bend Down Low” and “Simmer Down” and all them things, I'm already telling the people to “Do It Jah” and “Live It Up Jah” and “Jah Wah Wah”.from the chapter
- 05“Live It Up Jah”When Bob Marley was still a soul rebel with “Bend Down Low” and “Simmer Down” and all them things, I'm already telling the people to “Do It Jah” and “Live It Up Jah” and “Jah Wah Wah”.from the chapter
- 06“Jah Wah Wah”When Bob Marley was still a soul rebel with “Bend Down Low” and “Simmer Down” and all them things, I'm already telling the people to “Do It Jah” and “Live It Up Jah” and “Jah Wah Wah”.from the chapter
- 07“One Eye Giant”Trumpeter Baba Brooks scatted his way through a few singles, notably the mildly obscene ‘One Eye Giant’, in the mid-1960s, but the first deejays on wax were Sir Lord Comic and King Stitt, both of whom started off as dancers and both of whom admit to drawing inspiration from Count Machuki.from the chapter
- 08“Fire Corner”His ‘Fire Corner’ finished as one of that year’s top-selling tunes, and the follow-ups ‘Dance Beat’, ‘Vigorton’, ‘Herbsman’ and ‘Van Cleef’ all did well, but neither man did quite enough to remove the stigma of ‘novelty record’ from deejay cuts.from the chapter
- 09“Dance Beat”His ‘Fire Corner’ finished as one of that year's top-selling tunes, and the follow-ups ‘Dance Beat’, ‘Vigorton’, ‘Herbsman’ and ‘Van Cleef’ (Harder than hard / You can’ believe) all did well, but neither man did quite enough to remove the stigma of ‘novelty record’ from deejay cuts indeed, Sir Lord Comic didn't make a decent record until ‘Jack of My Trade’ with Joe Gibbs several years later, and…from the chapter
- 10“Vigorton”His ‘Fire Corner’ finished as one of that year's top-selling tunes, and the follow-ups ‘Dance Beat’, ‘Vigorton’, ‘Herbsman’ and ‘Van Cleef’ (Harder than hard / You can’ believe) all did well, but neither man did quite enough to remove the stigma of ‘novelty record’ from deejay cuts indeed, Sir Lord Comic didn't make a decent record until ‘Jack of My Trade’ with Joe Gibbs several years later, and…from the chapter
- 11“Herbsman”His ‘Fire Corner’ finished as one of that year's top-selling tunes, and the follow-ups ‘Dance Beat’, ‘Vigorton’, ‘Herbsman’ and ‘Van Cleef’ (Harder than hard / You can’ believe) all did well, but neither man did quite enough to remove the stigma of ‘novelty record’ from deejay cuts indeed, Sir Lord Comic didn't make a decent record until ‘Jack of My Trade’ with Joe Gibbs several years later, and…from the chapter
- 12“Van Cleef”His ‘Fire Corner’ finished as one of that year's top-selling tunes, and the follow-ups ‘Dance Beat’, ‘Vigorton’, ‘Herbsman’ and ‘Van Cleef’ (Harder than hard / You can’ believe) all did well, but neither man did quite enough to remove the stigma of ‘novelty record’ from deejay cuts indeed, Sir Lord Comic didn't make a decent record until ‘Jack of My Trade’ with Joe Gibbs several years later, and…from the chapter
- 13“Jack of My Trade”…‘Herbsman’ and ‘Van Cleef’ (Harder than hard / You can’ believe) all did well, but neither man did quite enough to remove the stigma of ‘novelty record’ from deejay cuts indeed, Sir Lord Comic didn't make a decent record until ‘Jack of My Trade’ with Joe Gibbs several years later, and Stitt's work with Clancy Eccles would only be fully appreciated in retrospect over a quarter of a century later.from the chapter
- 14“You Don't Care”Within days, a customized version of the Techniques’ ‘You Don't Care’ with U-Roy chatting on top became Home Town's signature tune.from the chapter
- 15“Version Galore”…the Paragons, Alton Ellis, Hopeton Lewis and the Techniques, all recorded to the highest technical standards, and dubbed U-Roy's dancehall fashion on top of them. ‘Wear You to the Ball’, ‘Version Galore’, ‘Wake the Town’, ‘Tom Drunk’, ‘Words of Wisdom’, ‘On the Beach’… U-Roy's first two Treasure Isle releases, ‘Wake the Town’ and ‘Rule the Nation’, both went straight to the top of JBC's and…from the chapter
- 16“Wake the Town”…Alton Ellis, Hopeton Lewis and the Techniques, all recorded to the highest technical standards, and dubbed U-Roy's dancehall fashion on top of them. ‘Wear You to the Ball’, ‘Version Galore’, ‘Wake the Town’, ‘Tom Drunk’, ‘Words of Wisdom’, ‘On the Beach’… U-Roy's first two Treasure Isle releases, ‘Wake the Town’ and ‘Rule the Nation’, both went straight to the top of JBC's and RJR's charts and…from the chapter
- 17“Tom Drunk”…Lewis and the Techniques, all recorded to the highest technical standards, and dubbed U-Roy's dancehall fashion on top of them. ‘Wear You to the Ball’, ‘Version Galore’, ‘Wake the Town’, ‘Tom Drunk’, ‘Words of Wisdom’, ‘On the Beach’… U-Roy's first two Treasure Isle releases, ‘Wake the Town’ and ‘Rule the Nation’, both went straight to the top of JBC's and RJR's charts and stayed there…from the chapter
- 18“Words of Wisdom”…the Techniques, all recorded to the highest technical standards, and dubbed U-Roy's dancehall fashion on top of them. ‘Wear You to the Ball’, ‘Version Galore’, ‘Wake the Town’, ‘Tom Drunk’, ‘Words of Wisdom’, ‘On the Beach’… U-Roy's first two Treasure Isle releases, ‘Wake the Town’ and ‘Rule the Nation’, both went straight to the top of JBC's and RJR's charts and stayed there long enough for the…from the chapter
- 19“On the Beach”…recorded to the highest technical standards, and dubbed U-Roy's dancehall fashion on top of them. ‘Wear You to the Ball’, ‘Version Galore’, ‘Wake the Town’, ‘Tom Drunk’, ‘Words of Wisdom’, ‘On the Beach’… U-Roy's first two Treasure Isle releases, ‘Wake the Town’ and ‘Rule the Nation’, both went straight to the top of JBC's and RJR's charts and stayed there long enough for the deejay's third…from the chapter
- 20“Rule the Nation”…on top of them. ‘Wear You to the Ball’, ‘Version Galore’, ‘Wake the Town’, ‘Tom Drunk’, ‘Words of Wisdom’, ‘On the Beach’… U-Roy's first two Treasure Isle releases, ‘Wake the Town’ and ‘Rule the Nation’, both went straight to the top of JBC's and RJR's charts and stayed there long enough for the deejay's third record, ‘Wear You to the Ball’, to catch them up, giving the music the top three…from the chapter
- 21“Wear You to the Ball”…‘Version Galore’, ‘Wake the Town’, ‘Tom Drunk’, ‘Words of Wisdom’, ‘On the Beach’… U-Roy's first two Treasure Isle releases, ‘Wake the Town’ and ‘Rule the Nation’, both went straight to the top of JBC's and RJR's charts and stayed there long enough for the deejay's third record, ‘Wear You to the Ball’, to catch them up, giving the music the top three positions in both charts for several weeks.from the chapter
- 22“Teach the Children”After a few underachieving releases for small labels in 1970, he hooked up with first Duke Reid then Coxsone and Bunny Lee for a lengthy run of success – ‘Teach the Children’, ‘Wake Up Jamaica’, ‘Number One Station’, ‘Guns Don’t Argue’, ‘Ripe Cherry’, ‘My Voice is Insured for Half a Million Dollars’ and so on.from the chapter
- 23“Wake Up Jamaica”After a few underachieving releases for small labels in 1970, he hooked up with first Duke Reid then Coxsone and Bunny Lee for a lengthy run of success – ‘Teach the Children’, ‘Wake Up Jamaica’, ‘Number One Station’, ‘Guns Don’t Argue’, ‘Ripe Cherry’, ‘My Voice is Insured for Half a Million Dollars’ and so on.from the chapter
- 24“Number One Station”After a few underachieving releases for small labels in 1970, he hooked up with first Duke Reid then Coxsone and Bunny Lee for a lengthy run of success – ‘Teach the Children’, ‘Wake Up Jamaica’, ‘Number One Station’, ‘Guns Don’t Argue’, ‘Ripe Cherry’, ‘My Voice is Insured for Half a Million Dollars’ and so on.from the chapter
- 25“Guns Don't Argue”After a few underachieving releases for small labels in 1970, he hooked up with first Duke Reid then Coxsone and Bunny Lee for a lengthy run of success – ‘Teach the Children’, Wake Up Jamaica’, ‘Number One Station’, ‘Guns Don't Argue’, ‘Ripe Cherry’, ‘My Voice is Insured for Half a Million Dollars’ and so on.from the chapter
- 26“Ripe Cherry”After a few underachieving releases for small labels in 1970, he hooked up with first Duke Reid then Coxsone and Bunny Lee for a lengthy run of success – ‘Teach the Children’, Wake Up Jamaica’, ‘Number One Station’, ‘Guns Don't Argue’, ‘Ripe Cherry’, ‘My Voice is Insured for Half a Million Dollars’ and so on.from the chapter
- 27“My Voice is Insured for Half a Million Dollars”After a few underachieving releases for small labels in 1970, he hooked up with first Duke Reid then Coxsone and Bunny Lee for a lengthy run of success – ‘Teach the Children’, ‘Wake Up Jamaica’, ‘Number One Station’, ‘Guns Don’t Argue’, ‘Ripe Cherry’, ‘My Voice is Insured for Half a Million Dollars’ and so on.from the chapter
- 28“My Voice is Insured for Half a Million Dollars”After a few underachieving releases for small labels in 1970, he hooked up with first Duke Reid then Coxsone and Bunny Lee for a lengthy run of success – ‘Teach the Children’, Wake Up Jamaica’, ‘Number One Station’, ‘Guns Don't Argue’, ‘Ripe Cherry’, ‘My Voice is Insured for Half a Million Dollars’ and so on.from the chapter
- 29“Sesame Street”…in their wake was Scotty, a former singer with the Chosen Few and the Federals, who took Dennis Alcapone's melodic, almost sing-jay style further with a string of hits for Derrick Harriott (‘Sesame Street’, ‘Musical Chariot’ ‘Riddle I This’, ‘Draw Your Brakes’) and Harry J (‘Breakfast in Bed’); Rupie Edwards was recording Shorty the President and the shamelessly named U-Roy Junior; Winston…from the chapter
- 30“Musical Chariot”…Scotty, a former singer with the Chosen Few and the Federals, who took Dennis Alcapone's melodic, almost sing-jay style further with a string of hits for Derrick Harriott (‘Sesame Street’, ‘Musical Chariot’ ‘Riddle I This’, ‘Draw Your Brakes’) and Harry J (‘Breakfast in Bed’); Rupie Edwards was recording Shorty the President and the shamelessly named U-Roy Junior; Winston Scotland hit big with…from the chapter
- 31“Riddle I This”…singer with the Chosen Few and the Federals, who took Dennis Alcapone's melodic, almost sing-jay style further with a string of hits for Derrick Harriott (‘Sesame Street’, ‘Musical Chariot’ ‘Riddle I This’, ‘Draw Your Brakes’) and Harry J (‘Breakfast in Bed’); Rupie Edwards was recording Shorty the President and the shamelessly named U-Roy Junior; Winston Scotland hit big with the marvellous…from the chapter
- 32“Draw Your Brakes”…Few and the Federals, who took Dennis Alcapone's melodic, almost sing-jay style further with a string of hits for Derrick Harriott (‘Sesame Street’, ‘Musical Chariot’ ‘Riddle I This’, ‘Draw Your Brakes’) and Harry J (‘Breakfast in Bed’); Rupie Edwards was recording Shorty the President and the shamelessly named U-Roy Junior; Winston Scotland hit big with the marvellous ‘Buttercup’, a…from the chapter
- 33“Breakfast in Bed”…Dennis Alcapone's melodic, almost sing-jay style further with a string of hits for Derrick Harriott (‘Sesame Street’, ‘Musical Chariot’ ‘Riddle I This’, ‘Draw Your Brakes’) and Harry J (‘Breakfast in Bed’); Rupie Edwards was recording Shorty the President and the shamelessly named U-Roy Junior; Winston Scotland hit big with the marvellous ‘Buttercup’, a version of an updated take on the…from the chapter
- 34“Buttercup”…‘Draw Your Brakes’) and Harry J (‘Breakfast in Bed’); Rupie Edwards was recording Shorty the President and the shamelessly named U-Roy Junior; Winston Scotland hit big with the marvellous ‘Buttercup’, a version of an updated take on the Techniques’ ‘You Don't Care’; Charlie Ace cut records for Lee Perry, Coxsone, Sonia Pottinger and Bunny Lee; and among the lesser lights were Lizzie…from the chapter
- 35“Roots Natty Roots Natty Congo”Jah Stitch, who, during the first years of the seventies, made the transition from singer to sound-system deejay to recording star with toasts like ‘Roots Natty Roots Natty Congo’ and, following his getting shot, ‘No Dread Can’t Dead’, remembers Bunny Lee holding what amounted to an open audition one night at King Tubby’s studio.from the chapter
- 36“No Dread Can't Dead”Jah Stitch, who, during the first years of the seventies, made the transition from singer to sound-system deejay to recording star with toasts like ‘Roots Natty Roots Natty Congo’ and, following his getting shot, ‘No Dread Can't Dead’, remembers Bunny Lee holding what amounted to an open audition one night at King Tubby's studio.from the chapter
- 37“Danger Zone”I had recorded, but I only cut my first record that morning, “Danger Zone” for Channel One, so I went along.from the chapter
- 38“The Killer”He asked me to go first and I did my You better set up yourself dreadlocks / natty was down in the valley for a very long time / and now 'im come out…, which he record and it come out as “The Killer”.from the chapter
- 39“Guiding Star”That was Jah Bull, him get the tune “Guiding Star” and he couldn't manage it, which shock us all because he gwan in the studio and say “Lion!” in a voice so big and so gruff he sound so wicked.from the chapter
- 40“Touch Me in the Morning”Neither was he scared to take someone else's song and rebuild it into his own (‘Touch Me in the Morning’).from the chapter
- 41Screaming TargetFor five years he ruled, with such sublime deejay albums as Screaming Target, Reggae Phenomenon, Natty Culttural Dread, Dreadlocks Dread and Hit the Road Jack.from the chapter
- 42Reggae PhenomenonFor five years he ruled, with such sublime deejay albums as Screaming Target, Reggae Phenomenon, Natty Culttural Dread, Dreadlocks Dread and Hit the Road Jack.from the chapter
- 43Natty Culttural DreadFor five years he ruled, with such sublime deejay albums as Screaming Target, Reggae Phenomenon, Natty Culttural Dread, Dreadlocks Dread and Hit the Road Jack.from the chapter
- 44Dreadlocks DreadFor five years he ruled, with such sublime deejay albums as Screaming Target, Reggae Phenomenon, Natty Culttural Dread, Dreadlocks Dread and Hit the Road Jack.from the chapter
- 45Hit the Road JackFor five years he ruled, with such sublime deejay albums as Screaming Target, Reggae Phenomenon, Natty Culttural Dread, Dreadlocks Dread and Hit the Road Jack.from the chapter
- 46Ready Natty DreadieIn his wake was Dillinger, whose style owed plenty to U-Roy, but who told street-life tales with wit and invention, and produced two of the greatest ever deejay albums, Ready Natty Dreadie for Coxsone and CB 200 for Joe Joe Hookim (which featured the cut ‘Cocaine in My Brain’).from the chapter
- 47CB 200In his wake was Dillinger, whose style owed plenty to U-Roy, but who told street-life tales with wit and invention, and produced two of the greatest ever deejay albums, Ready Natty Dreadie for Coxsone and CB 200 for Joe Joe Hookim (which featured the cut ‘Cocaine in My Brain’).from the chapter
- 48“Cocaine in My Brain”In his wake was Dillinger, whose style owed plenty to U-Roy, but who told street-life tales with wit and invention, and produced two of the greatest ever deejay albums, Ready Natty Dreadie for Coxsone and CB 200 for Joe Joe Hookim (which featured the cut ‘Cocaine in My Brain’).from the chapter
- 49Ital CornerPrince Jazzbo cut the Ital Corner album for Lee Perry, a combination which puts Scratch's dense, dripping idiosyncrasies into a lively and accessible but devastatingly cultural setting, and the unforgettable ‘Mr Harry Skank’ single for Glen Brown.from the chapter
- 50Psalms For IPrince Far-I excelled with Joe Gibbs, and the notion that he sounded as if he’d fallen into a particularly deep well and wasn’t too happy about it was half the charm of albums like Psalms For I, Message from the King and Under Heavy Manners.from the chapter
- 51Message from the KingPrince Far-I excelled with Joe Gibbs, and the notion that he sounded as if he’d fallen into a particularly deep well and wasn’t too happy about it was half the charm of albums like Psalms For I, Message from the King and Under Heavy Manners.from the chapter
- 52Under Heavy MannersPrince Far-I excelled with Joe Gibbs, and the notion that he sounded as if he'd fallen into a particularly deep well and wasn't too happy about it was half the charm of albums like Psalms For I, Message from the King and Under Heavy Manners.from the chapter
- 53“Original Ragamuffin”And Jah Stitch's deceptively lightweight sound may have been a lover's type of breezy but was as militant as you like with numbers like the above mentioned and ‘Original Ragamuffin’, ‘Zion Gate’ and ‘Give Jah Glory’ for Bunny Lee and ‘African Queen’ for Vivian Jackson.from the chapter
- 54“Zion Gate”And Jah Stitch's deceptively lightweight sound may have been a lover's type of breezy but was as militant as you like with numbers like the above mentioned and ‘Original Ragamuffin’, ‘Zion Gate’ and ‘Give Jah Glory’ for Bunny Lee and ‘African Queen’ for Vivian Jackson.from the chapter
- 55“Give Jah Glory”And Jah Stitch's deceptively lightweight sound may have been a lover's type of breezy but was as militant as you like with numbers like the above mentioned and ‘Original Ragamuffin’, ‘Zion Gate’ and ‘Give Jah Glory’ for Bunny Lee and ‘African Queen’ for Vivian Jackson.from the chapter
- 56“African Queen”And Jah Stitch's deceptively lightweight sound may have been a lover's type of breezy but was as militant as you like with numbers like the above mentioned and ‘Original Ragamuffin’, ‘Zion Gate’ and ‘Give Jah Glory’ for Bunny Lee and ‘African Queen’ for Vivian Jackson.from the chapter
- 57Screaming TargetGussie Clarke was barely out of school when, in 1972, he produced two of the style's seminal albums: Big Youth's Screaming Target and Presenting I-Roy.from the chapter
- 58Presenting I-RoyGussie Clarke was barely out of school when, in 1972, he produced two of the style's seminal albums: Big Youth's Screaming Target and Presenting I-Roy.from the chapter