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This is one of those albums that winds up on just about every list of essential reggae recordings, and with good reason. Like Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon (which is equally essential, and can be considered a companion to this one), it was recorded under the auspices of Lee "Scratch" Perry at his legendary Black Ark studio, and is saturated with Perry's trademark dense, murky sound. Junior Murvin sings in a fierce and beautiful falsetto, a voice which lends a unique weight to such dark masterpieces as "Lucifer," "Roots Train," and the title track (which was later recorded by the Clash). Perry surrounds Murvin's voice with great washes of echo and reverb and keeps the tempos slow and intense, giving the album an almost Biblical feel. Ignore the goofy album art on some issues -- there is nothing lighthearted about any of these songs, nor is there a single wrong note or misplaced effect. There may be eight or ten perfect reggae albums in existence, and this is certainly one of them.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Junior Murvin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, ComposerLyricist - Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist - The Upsetters, MainArtist
℗ 1977 Trojan Records, A Division of Sanctuary Records Group
Junior Murvin, ComposerLyricist - Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist - The Upsetters, MainArtist
℗ 1977 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
The Upsetters, MainArtist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist - The Upsetters, MainArtist
℗ 1977 Trojan Records, A Division of Sanctuary Records Group
Junior Murvin, MainArtist - Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist - The Upsetters, MainArtist
℗ 1976 Trojan Records, A Division of Sanctuary Records Group
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
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Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer
℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - Junior Murvin, MainArtist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer
℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Upsetter Revue, MainArtist
℗ 1977 Island Records Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dillinger, MainArtist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 Trojan Records, A Division of Sanctuary Records Group
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist - Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist - Mervin Smith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist - Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist - The Upsetters, MainArtist - Mervin Smith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 Trojan Records, A Division of Sanctuary Records Group
Junior Murvin, MainArtist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Junior Murvin, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jah Lion, MainArtist
℗ 1976 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Junior Murvin, ComposerLyricist - Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist - The Upsetters, MainArtist
℗ 1976 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Glen DaCosta, MainArtist
℗ 1976 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Junior Murvin, MainArtist - Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist - Earl Chinna Smith, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 Trojan Records, A Division of Sanctuary Records Group
Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist - Earl Chinna Smith, MainArtist - The Upsetters, MainArtist
℗ 1976 Trojan Records, A Division of Sanctuary Records Group
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Murvin, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lee Perry, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Album review
This is one of those albums that winds up on just about every list of essential reggae recordings, and with good reason. Like Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon (which is equally essential, and can be considered a companion to this one), it was recorded under the auspices of Lee "Scratch" Perry at his legendary Black Ark studio, and is saturated with Perry's trademark dense, murky sound. Junior Murvin sings in a fierce and beautiful falsetto, a voice which lends a unique weight to such dark masterpieces as "Lucifer," "Roots Train," and the title track (which was later recorded by the Clash). Perry surrounds Murvin's voice with great washes of echo and reverb and keeps the tempos slow and intense, giving the album an almost Biblical feel. Ignore the goofy album art on some issues -- there is nothing lighthearted about any of these songs, nor is there a single wrong note or misplaced effect. There may be eight or ten perfect reggae albums in existence, and this is certainly one of them.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 33 track(s)
- Total length: 02:15:11
- Main artists: Junior Murvin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Reggae
© 2009 Universal-Island Records Ltd. This Compilation ℗ 2009 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
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