yardie's reggae collection - artist page
BARRINGTON LEVY
HERE I COME
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1985 - 1993 - Spectrum Music - studio - discs: 1
Party oriented 80's Dancehall compilation from Levy. I am not a fan of this style, expecially if it goes too much in a crossover direction to meet the US black dance sounds. "Here I come" is the trademark of Levy second half of the 80's efforts. This compilation is for those interested in the late 80's early 90's party score. Look for the late 70's early 80's Levy's material to find his best music. Putting The Lion of Judah on the cover sheet is an insult to Rastafari artists and Rastafarians. Listen to the words and you get the nonsense.
ENGLISHMAN
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1979 - Greensleeves - studio - discs: 1
Barrington Levy was born in 1964 and started his career in 1977 with a group called the Mighty Multitudes. Soon they disbandled and in 1979 Levy started to cut tunes as a solo artist. Tracks as "A Yah We Deh", "Shine Eye Gal" and his first hit "Collie Weed" paved the way to the Dancehall era. Under the producer Henry "Junjo" Lawes and with the rhythms provided by one of the strongest band of the period, the Roots Radics, Levy's career started there. In 1979 he released his debut set called "Bounty Hunter". A new talent was quickly emerging in the upcoming Dancehall scene. Levy will be an important figure inside the 80's with probably his best material cut under Henry Lawes during the first half of the decade and later under the producer Jah Screw. Also in 1979 Barrington, fifteen years old at the time, cut the present set. This re-release presents the original ten tracks plus four bonus: two 12" mixes and two versions from the deejay Scorcher. The music played by the Roots Radics was recorded at Channel One and engineered by the great Overton H. "Scientist" Brown. While the vocals were cut at King Tubby's with Lloyd "Prince Jammy" James engineering. This is a good set especially if considering how the confident Levy approached the strong early Dancehall musical atmospheres of the Radics.
yardie-reggae.com - 2007