NINEY THE OBSERVER PRESENTS | JAH FIRE, Various Artists 2CD coming soon...
- Numerous tracks new to CD.
- Features some of the biggest reggae stars of the era.
- Includes many of the finest roots reggae tracks of the 1970s.
By 1976, Niney The Observer was widely acknowledged by journalists and record buyers alike as one of the most accomplished and inventive record producers on the Jamaican music scene. Over the previous six years he had recorded a succession of major hits featuring an assortment of major stars, including Dennis Brown, Ken Boothe, Delroy Wilson, Junior Byles, Big Youth and Max Romeo, while also championing local up-and- coming performers, notably Michael Rose, Junior Delgado and Glasford Manning, all of which recorded seminal works under his direction.
This desire to work with established stars and relative unknowns continued over the years that immediately followed, so further solidifying his reputation as not just a producer of considerable talent and invention, but also as a man of the people.
This 2CD set collects his finest works from the golden age of classic roots music, with highlights ranging from classics from the likes of Gregory Isaacs, Cornel Campbell, Junior Byles and Horace Andy to long forgotten rarities, a number of which are made widely for the first time in almost 50 years.
This is roots reggae at its very best, performed by many of Jamaica’s most accomplished artists and produced by a legendary music-maker whose inventiveness and skill in the recording studio was arguably only matched by that of his good friend and rival, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry.
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DISC ONE
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DISC TWO 1 Weeping – Junior Byles 2 Water Rate – I Roy 3 Materialist – Horace Andy 4 Hold Not Thy Peace Oh Jah – Hubert Ford 5 Can You Feel It – Junior Byles 6 Natty Dread Come Over – Little Bop 7 Camp Road Skanking – I Roy 8 Dem Never Tell I – Horace Andy 9 I Got A Feeling – Tyrone Taylor 10 Zimbabwe – The Soul Syndicate 11 Jamaican Girl – I Roy 12 What Kind Of World – Junior Byles 13 Burn Me Out – The Rockstones 14 Jah Fire – Niney 15 Sufferation – Tyrone Taylor 16 Roll River Jordan – Niney 17 Jah Come Here – I Roy 18 Jah Jah I – Dhaima 19 Head Shot – Bobby Ellis & The Observers 20 King Of Babylon – Junior Byles 21 Nebuchadnezzer – Dillinger 22 Confusion In A Babylon – The Messiahs 23 Native Land – I Roy |
