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Artist:	WACKIES
Title:	African Roots Act 1
Label:	WACKIE'S (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	WACK 001CD

"Originally released on the Five Arts Label in 1977, then re-issued on Wackies in 1980, this album provides a register of producer Clive Hunt's work with a who's who of Jamaican music -- including done-over tracks from his time at Channel One (Ernest Wilson's return to 'Undying Love'), with Joe Gibbs (Trinity's 'Three Meals A Day'), Sonia Pottinger (Marcia Griffiths' 'Mark My Words'), and Geoffrey Chung (Pablo Moses' 'We Should Be In Angola'); and not least with Bullwackies, on a couple of one-away rhythms. Enough Upsetter in the mix too. Another essential dub set from the Bronx. Wackies' lineage is classical -- rooted in Studio One and Black Ark -- but cut with the acid urbanity of New York City. Its sound is characterized by pervasive echo and deep bass: the atmosphere is luminous and unique. Lloyd Barnes, Clive Hunt, Noel Delahaye and Douglas Levy were the key engineers; Jerry Harris, Tony Allen, Owen Stewart, the Sylvester brothers and Jerry Johnson played on almost all the albums; reggae legends like Jackie Mittoo and Roland Alphonso were studio regulars. Several local artists made their names here, and a roll-call of great Jamaican singers -- including Horace Andy, Leroy Sibbles, Sugar Minott, Max Romeo and Stranger Cole -- recorded some of their best sides at Wackies. Yet this great music has struggled to move beyond cult status: many of the recordings are still obscure, and most are very hard to find. Now the Rhythm & Sound reissue programme will provide further pointers."

Artist:	WACKIES
Title:	Creation Dub
Label:	WACKIE'S (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	WACK 041CD

"Pretty much since its original release in 1977, Creation Dub has been as wanted amongst reggae bounty hunters as its Wild West cover typography suggests --every track a killer, a key Bullwackies dub album. The record inaugurated Wackies' fruitful London connection: the second-pressing sleeve carries a nostalgic distribution credit for the long-gone Maroons Tunes shop, run by Rae Cheddie for Honest Jons. The core musicians here are Allah, Clive Hunt and Jerry Harris, with outstanding contributions from hornsman Sel Wheeler and Roy Robertson on bass, and John Clarke on the single vocal track. Included are dubs of rhythms voiced for Wackies by the Chosen Brothers, Joe Auxumite and K.C.White, alongside versions of Mammy Blue, Bo Kirkland's soul classic 'I Want To Get Next To You', and a superb reprise of Sel Wheeler's 12" cover of Jo Jo Bennett's 'Leaving Rome'."

Artist:	WACKIES
Title:	African Roots - Act 3
Label:	WACKIE'S (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	WACK 1717CD

"Originally issued in 1983, African Roots Act 3 is basically the dub counterpart of Sugar Minott's Wicked Ago Feel It album (also out in Rhythm & Sound's Bullwackies reissue programme). Lloyd Barnes' key collaborators here are Sugar himself and stalwart Jackie Mittoo, with the core of his studio musicians drawn from the group Itopia. Subdued and hypnotic, musically more sparse than its predecessor, African Roots Act 3 offers the same trademark combination of Wackie's originals and classic Studio One rhythms, nodding again to The Heptones ('I Hold The Handle', 'Love Me Always'). Worth buying for the version of 'Real Rock' ('the rhythm most known with the song 'Armagideon Time' by Willie Williams or covered by The Clash) alone and a must have for the fans of Sugar Minott, the Wackies label in general and for all lovers of dub reggae."

Artist:	WACKIES
Title:	Jamaica Super Dub Session
Label:	WACKIE'S (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	WACK 1720CD

"The musicians on this classic early 80ies dub release are Itopia augmented by Leroy Sibbles and Jackie Mittoo. Also Annette Brissette on drums -- her solo album provides three outstanding cuts here, featuring Menelik in fine style on percussion. 12Inches by Barrington Spence and Lloyd Hemmings take dub honors from the Wackie's mixing desk -- also Sugar Minott, Leroy Sibbles' redemptive version of Lionel Richie's 'Truly', and the rhythms behind still-unissued vocal tracks by Milton Henry and -- best of all, the killing Super Dub cut -- The Shades. More resplendent dub from Bullwackies!"

Artist:	WACKIES
Title:	Natures Dub
Label:	WACKIE'S (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	WACK 306CD

Available again. "As there haven't been any information with the original album release from 1982, the short and basic info is as follows: 'The Reckless Breed in Jamaica, the New Breed in New York! Scotty and crew rock rootical Jezzreel rhythm tracks like 'Roman Soldiers', with fine sing-jaying from Jah Batta; also Clive Hunt's inimitable take on the 'Rockfort Rock' rhythm; and a steppers version of Junior Delgado's Upsetter classic 'Sons Of Slaves'. 'Natures Dub' -- this sound a rockers.rockers.rockers.me say a rockers.rockers. Essential dub music!"

Artist:	WACKIES
Title:	African Roots - Act 2
Label:	WACKIE'S (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	WACK 617CD

"Another Rhythm & Sound presentation from Bullwackies' golden year of 1982, this album offers fully-worked dubwise versions of tracks voiced elsewhere by such Wackies' luminaries as Max Romeo, Barrington Spence and Junior Delahaye. Only the treatment of Horace Andy's 'Lonely Woman' -- from the original release of 'Dancehall Showcase' -- contains traces of a song. Alongside producer Lloyd Barnes aka Bullwackies himself of course, Junior Delahaye's contribution is crucial -- on keyboards, drums and drum machine, and at the mixing desk. Likewise Leroy Sibbles, on bass guitar, bringing to the session three classic Heptones Studio One rhythms: 'Fight It To The Top', 'Love Won't Come Easy' and 'Sea Of Love'. Vintage Wackies dub: all killers, no fillers!"

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