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01. John Wayne (With Sly, Robbie & The Aggrovators) - Jailhouse
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02. John Wayne (With Sly, Robbie & The Aggrovators) - Heavy Rhythm
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03. John Wayne (With Sly, Robbie & The Aggrovators) - African Princess
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04. John Wayne (With Sly, Robbie & The Aggrovators) - Bend Your Back
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05. John Wayne (With Sly, Robbie & The Aggrovators) - Boogie Down
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06. John Wayne (With Sly, Robbie & The Aggrovators) - Bubble With Me
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07. John Wayne (With Sly, Robbie & The Aggrovators) - You Too Greedy
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08. John Wayne (With Sly, Robbie & The Aggrovators) - Go John Wayne Go
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09. John Wayne (With Sly, Robbie & The Aggrovators) - Murder Style
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10. John Wayne (With Sly, Robbie & The Aggrovators) - Me Dear
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ARTIST
WAYNE (WITH SLY, ROBBIE & THE AGGROVATORS), JOHN
TITLE
Boogie Down
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
RADIATION ROOTS
CATALOG #
RR 342LP
RR 342LP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
11/20/2020
The Jamaican dancehall artist known as
John Wayne
was born
Norval Headley
in 1962 in rural St Elizabeth. He first reached the studio in the early 1980s, recording "Racket Girls In Jackets" for the Root Out label, where you can already hear the fearsome skill unleashed by Wayne at the microphone, showing why he was a favorite of top-ranking sound systems such as Black Scorpio, Kilimanjaro, Jammy's, and Studio Mix. In 1983 he traveled to New York, appearing on a 12" of
Sugar Minott
's "Jamming In The Street," while the
Hoo-Kim
brothers paired him with
Johnny Slaughter
for "Rain Fall, Sun Shine." That same year,
Bunny "Striker" Lee
produced his only album, titled
Boogie Down
and issued by Vista Sounds in the UK. Because Striker had access to such killer rhythms, the album is a real treat. Opening track "Jailhouse" rides a slow "Queen Of The Minstrel" recut, patterned similar to
Welton Irie
's "Army Life"; the aptly-named "Heavy Rhythm" recounts his skill at rhyming, "African Princess" praises black women over a sparse recut of "No More Will I Roam," "Bend Your Back" speaks of various aspects of ghetto life, before Side One closes out with title track "Boogie Down" on the immortal "Late Night Blues" rhythm. On side two, "Bubble With Me" uses a "Drifter" recut to give a massive salute to Bunny Lee and the engineer Professor at
King Tubby
's studio; "Too Greedy" rides a "Real Rock" recut while the self-referential "Go John Wayne Go" rides
Johnny Osbourne
's great "Yo Yo," the result so appealing that it gained airplay on
John Peel
's influential radio show in England (and Wayne keeps up the pressure on "Murder Style" and closing number "Me Deep" too). Wayne scored a massive hit in 1985 when
Jammy
placed him on "Sleng Teng" for "Call The Police" and he went on to record for
George Phang
,
King Tubby
, and
Witty Henry
before becoming a producer himself. Sadly, John Wayne died of kidney failure in 2014, so we are fortunate that
Boogie Down
captured the man at the peak of his powers.
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