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01. BARRY BROWN - Happy Memories
02. BARRY BROWN - Leader Of The Massive
03. BARRY BROWN - No More Sugar
04. BARRY BROWN - Sitting In The Park
05. BARRY BROWN - Conversation Slip Away
06. BARRY BROWN - Me No Easy
07. BARRY BROWN - Head A-Go-Roll
08. BARRY BROWN - Ital Rock
ARTIST
TITLE
I'm Still Waiting
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
RR 305CD RR 305CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/10/2017

Radiation Roots present a reissue of Barry Brown's I'm Still Waiting, originally released in 1983. Roots reggae star Barry Brown has a readily identifiable vocal style that has long made him among the most preferred of many roots reggae fans. Drawing largely from the blueprint provided by Horace Andy, but changing that into something all his own through a unique form of vocal phrasing, interspersed with ad-hoc slurs, Brown was initially discovered through the many amateur talent contests that fringed his west Kingston ghetto neighborhood during the early 1970s; he was also making an impact at the same time by performing live on local sound systems. Several different producers have claimed to have been the first to record him, but it is undeniable that Brown had strong links with Sugar Minott's Black Roots collective, and some of Brown's very first recordings were released by Sugar, both in Jamaica and overseas. The exceptionally rare album I'm Still Waiting was released in 1983 by Rocktone International, a spin-off of Sugar's Black Roots outfit, based in Queens, New York, with a further branch in Toronto (which reportedly closed just prior to the album's release). As noted on the original sleeve, the musicians featured on the disc include Milo T, Snappin, Badness, Flowers, and Drummie, while Mr. Brown is on fine form throughout.