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01. MAX ROMEO - Birth Of Reggae Music
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02. MAX ROMEO - Trickey Girl
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03. MAX ROMEO - Youth Man
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ARTIST
ROMEO, MAX
TITLE
Birth of Reggae Music
FORMAT
12"
LABEL
WACKIE''S
CATALOG #
WACK 003EP
WACK 003EP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
5/29/2007
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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