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01. Shorty The President - Kaya
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02. Shorty The President - I Am A King
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03. Shorty The President - Have Some Mercy
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04. Shorty The President - It's Not Every Day
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05. Shorty The President - Rootsman
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06. Shorty The President - Baby Why?
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07. Shorty The President - Win Your Love
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08. Shorty The President - Rub A Dub Style
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09. Shorty The President - Do My Thing
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10. Shorty The President - Sun Is Shining
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ARTIST
SHORTY THE PRESIDENT
TITLE
Fire Fire
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
RADIATION ROOTS
CATALOG #
RR 339CD
RR 339CD
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
12/13/2019
Radiation Roots present a reissue of
Shorty The President
's
Fire Fire
, originally released in 1979. Jamaican deejay Shorty The President may have been one of the more obscure figures to rise from the Kingston sound system scene, but the impact he made on vinyl recordings during the 1970s is no less important and his work remains coveted by reggae connoisseurs. Born
Derrick Thompson
in rural Trelawny in 1949, like many of his peers, he moved to the Jamaican capital as a teenager in search of better opportunities. As he gravitated to the Rastafari faith, an affiliation with the sound system Conquering Lion sparked interest from producer
Rupie Edwards
, who produced debut hits "President Mash Up The Resident" and "Yamaha Skank". Edwards issued debut album
Presenting Shorty The President
in 1976 and after sparse work for
Enos McLeod
,
Joe Gibbs
,
Pete Weston
,
Winston Riley
, and
Keith Hudson
, sophomore album
Fire Fire
was produced by
Bunny Lee
in 1978, with Shorty riding typically tough
Aggrovators
rhythms of the day, including
Ronnie Davis
's updated version of
Bob Marley
's "Kaya" and
The Cables
' "Baby Why",
Delroy Wilson
's "Have Some Mercy", and
Barry Brown
's take of Wilson's "I'm Not A King", as well as killer cuts of Brown's "Natty Roots Hold Them" as "Roots Man" and "Best Thing In Life" as "Do My Thing". Includes liner notes by
David Katz
.
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