Browse by Artist: ROMEO, MAX

Artist:	ROMEO, MAX
Title:	Crazy World of Dub
Label:	JAMAICAN RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	JR 021CD

Absolutely classic mid-70s' dub recordings with Max Romeo on the mic, recorded at Randy's, Harry j, Channel 1 and Dynamic. Featuring Robbie Shakespeare, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Tommy McCook, Bobby Ellis, etc. "Out of the vaults of Jamaican Recordings comes a collection of rare and wondrous dub versions of some of Max's classic vocal tracks, working rhythms such as 'Arti Bella,' 'Tribal War,' 'Steppin' Razor,' 'Clock,' 'Legalize It,' 'Keep Moving' and many more."

Artist:	ROMEO, MAX
Title:	Birth of Reggae Music
Label:	WACKIE'S (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	WACK 003EP

This majestic rhythm was brought from Channel One to Wackies by Sugar Minott. First to voice it was Jah Batta -- his bathetic version makes a comic interlude in Chris Coy's 1983 film about the label, when he mimes the lyrics to his companion, strolling in the park -- originally released on Junior Delahaye's Sun Force label, the production credited to Batta, aka Tony Omeally. (The flip was the Jezzreel cut here, reworking The Upsetter's classic "Fever" b-line. Even this you need.) Max Romeo's myth-making is more in tune with the genius of the rhythm. The song appeared originally on his 1885 album One Horse Race. And it's up there with "Melt Away" as the best side he made away from the Black Ark; and surely the best of his twelve years away from Jamaica, from 1978-1990.

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