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Artist:	ROMEO, MAX
Title:	The Coming of Jah: Anthology 1967-1971
Label:	EARMARK (ITALY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$29.00
Catalog #:	EAR 43024LP

"Can you think of a better way to celebrate Maxie Smith's 35 year long career in the music business? This exhaustive collection reminds you what Max Romeo was and still is for reggae music today. Since his 1968 success with 'Wet Dreams' (that gave him notoriety for being banned by the BBC for its hot contents) he has been cutting hit after hit as a solo artist backed by the best Jamaican musicians. On this double album you can enjoy 31 of his best pieces from 1967 to 1971 and at the same time immerge yourself in music history with the in-depth liner notes that will tell the tale of Jamaica's efforts to rise to the top of the music industry against the musical powers that be."

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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