- 01“Caught You in a Lie”‘By the time “Caught You in a Lie” was a hit, in 1974 or 1975, I'd personally begun to disregard Jamaica.from the chapter
- 02“Silly Games”And a few years later, by the time “Silly Games” was a hit, I was cocky enough to try and change the drum beat in reggae.from the chapter
- 03“Brother Louie”‘The first Matumbi record was on Trojan and was a cover of Hot Chocolate's “Brother Louie”.from the chapter
- 04“Cupid”If you go back to that time there wasn't no David Rodigan, there wasn't no Tony Williams [British radio presenters who specialized in reggae]; you might hear the odd reggae record on the radio every now and again – maybe a Desmond Dekker, a Millie Small, Nicky Thomas… the few records that climbed into the national charts… Johnny Nash's “Cupid” or “Hold Me Tight”, but that was it.from the chapter
- 05“Hold Me Tight”If you go back to that time there wasn't no David Rodigan, there wasn't no Tony Williams [British radio presenters who specialized in reggae]; you might hear the odd reggae record on the radio every now and again – maybe a Desmond Dekker, a Millie Small, Nicky Thomas… the few records that climbed into the national charts… Johnny Nash's “Cupid” or “Hold Me Tight”, but that was it.from the chapter
- 06“After Tonight”“After Tonight”, “The Man in Me”, “Empire Road”… pure pop, but the drum parts and the bass-lines are reggae roots.from the chapter
- 07“Empire Road”“After Tonight”, “The Man in Me”, “Empire Road”… pure pop, but the drum parts and the bass-lines are reggae roots.from the chapter
- 08“Man in Me”“After Tonight”, “Man in Me”, “Bluebeat and Ska”, “Empire Road”, “Point Of View”… all these songs were verse-bridge-chorus format and it allowed us to not lighten up the rhythm section.from the chapter
- 09“Bluebeat and Ska”“After Tonight”, “Man in Me”, “Bluebeat and Ska”, “Empire Road”, “Point Of View”… all these songs were verse-bridge-chorus format and it allowed us to not lighten up the rhythm section.from the chapter
- 10“Point Of View”“After Tonight”, “Man in Me”, “Bluebeat and Ska”, “Empire Road”, “Point Of View”… all these songs were verse-bridge-chorus format and it allowed us to not lighten up the rhythm section.from the chapter
- 11“Don't Turn Around”Likewise Aswad: brilliant musicians with a vibrant, engaging presence, they created a whole slew of fantastic blues-dance tunes from lovers' rock to Rastafari yet only broke through on a big scale with a cover version of ‘Don't Turn Around’.from the chapter
- 12Who Seh Go Deh‘As well as the singles, and there were a lot of them because we didn't have to worry about release-schedule timing, we made a few albums: Who Seh Go Deh, Ah Fi We Dis, Leggo Fi We Dis, Higher Ranking Scientific Dubwise and Yuh Learn.from the chapter
- 13Ah Fi We Dis‘As well as the singles… we made a few albums: Who Seh Go Deh, Ah Fi We Dis, Leggo Fi We Dis, Higher Ranking Scientific Dubwise and Yuh Learn.from the chapter
- 14Leggo Fi We Dis‘As well as the singles… we made a few albums: Who Seh Go Deh, Ah Fi We Dis, Leggo Fi We Dis, Higher Ranking Scientific Dubwise and Yuh Learn.from the chapter
- 15Higher Ranking Scientific Dubwise‘As well as the singles… we made a few albums: Who Seh Go Deh, Ah Fi We Dis, Leggo Fi We Dis, Higher Ranking Scientific Dubwise and Yuh Learn.from the chapter
- 16Yuh Learn‘As well as the singles, and there were a lot of them because we didn't have to worry about release-schedule timing, we made a few albums: Who Seh Go Deh, Ah Fi We Dis, Leggo Fi We Dis, Higher Ranking Scientific Dubwise and Yuh Learn.from the chapter
- 17“Mammy Blue”…around the UK since the mid-1960s, made it off Planet Trojan with their credibility intact, but at this point they were still cutting reggaefied pop and soul cover versions: theirs is a catalogue that manages to include a take of Neil Diamond's ‘Mammy Blue’, while the album that sanctioned their roots perspective, the highly rated On the Rock, was recorded during an extended stay in Kingston.from the chapter
- 18On the Rock…around the UK since the mid-1960s, made it off Planet Trojan with their credibility intact, but at this point they were still cutting reggaefied pop and soul cover versions: theirs is a catalogue that manages to include a take of Neil Diamond's ‘Mammy Blue’, while the album that sanctioned their roots perspective, the highly rated On the Rock, was recorded during an extended stay in Kingston.from the chapter