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DKR 269EP
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"Here's one of our favorite Wackie's tunes that we always thought ought to be on a single, ready to be played alongside the other cuts of the rhythm already issued. This 45 features Wayne Jarrett's 'Moses' as it appeared on the first volume of the Jah Children Invasion compilation series. This tune appears in a different mix on Wayne's Wackie's album as Brimstone & Fire, but here is the elusive compilation cut. The single is backed with the raw cut of its rhythm as played by the Soul Syndicate in Jamaica, before any of the overdubs later done at Wackie's studio in NYC."
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GREL 028LP
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2022 repress. 2012 reissue. Originally released in 1982. "Wayne Jarrett seems to have drifted in and out of the reggae spotlight like a late-night ghost, tracking the timeless 'Satta Dread' with Bunny Lee in 1976, then vanishing until he turned up to record the album Chip In with producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes in Kingston in 1982; later in the year he showed up in New York to put down six classic sides for Lloyd 'Bullwackie' Barnes' Wackies label which, along with the dubs, made up the Showcase, Vol. 1 LP. Then Jarrett, like a wisp of ganja smoke, was gone again, and rumors persist that he is now living in Connecticut, in New York, in Miami, or perhaps he's back in Kingston. Mysterious as these comings and goings are, Jarrett has managed to produce two marvelous roots albums, both of which feature his disarming, Horace Andy-like tenor vocals. His quavering delivery, which first appears to be a stylistic affectation, quickly becomes endearing, and on this set . . . listeners have what has to be called a lost reggae classic. Recorded at Channel One over some gorgeous Roots Radics rhythms and mixed by Scientist at King Tubby's in Kingston, Chip In was cut just as the roots influence of the 1970s was waning and the onset of dancehall was beginning to engulf Jamaica, and it is the perfect transitional set because of it, full of a dreamy, druggy flow, but still somehow fresh and sparse and perfectly nuanced and balanced as Jarrett's intimate phrasing floats in and out of the mix. It isn't a flashy album, and it isn't insistent or strident, but has all the feel of an unforced conversation with a close friend, unwinding with the sharp yet gauzy clarity of a perfectly recalled memory." --AllMusic
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WACK 191CD
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"Between stints in JA for legends like Glen Brown and Junjo Lawes, Wayne Jarrett travelled from his Connecticut base to record this album during the same weeks as the sessions for Horace Andy's Dance Hall Style. These are two of the great vocal reggae LPs of all time. With Clive Hunt in full effect, Showcase Vol. 1 follows the six-track dub-showcase format (and Wayne never sounded more like Horace!), including four unmissable Studio One versions -- Azul's deadly 'Rockfort Rock', Sleepy's 'Every Tongue Shall Tell' (with outrageous Isley fuzz), yet another Heptones via Leroy Sibbles, and a killer 'Drum Song'."
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WACK 191LP
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2014 repress. LP version. "Between stints in JA for legends like Glen Brown and Junjo Lawes, Wayne Jarrett travelled from his Connecticut base to record this album during the same weeks as the sessions for Horace Andy's Dance Hall Style. These are two of the great vocal reggae LPs of all time. With Clive Hunt in full effect, Showcase Vol. 1 follows the six-track dub-showcase format (and Wayne never sounded more like Horace!), including four unmissable Studio One versions -- Azul's deadly 'Rockfort Rock', Sleepy's 'Every Tongue Shall Tell' (with outrageous Isley fuzz), yet another Heptones via Leroy Sibbles, and a killer 'Drum Song'."
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WACK 1716EP
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"Wayne Jarrett is an artist from the front rank of reggae whose work for the legendary Wackie's label without question includes his very best. This 1983 release revived by Rhythm & Sound present the singer showcase-style, in mostly devotional mood. Wackie's sound is characterized by pervasive echo and deep bass: the atmosphere is luminous and unique. Several local artists made their names here, and a roll-call of great Jamaican artists including e.g. Leroy Sibbles, Max Romeo or Jackie Mittoo."
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