a r t i s t : Bullwackies All Stars
t i t l e : Free For All
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : wackies
g e n r e : Reggae
r l s. d a t e : May/2007
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 46,0 MB
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Out originally on the Aires label, in a plain, stencilled
sleeve, this is a thrilling early-mid-seventies dub album
based around three cuts of the dreader than dread Free For All
rhythm. The music is Melvin 'Munchie' Jackson and Lloyd Barnes
productions begun in Jamaica and finished at the Sounds
Unlimited studio in New York. Several surfaced at different
stages as sevens on BullwackiesÆ Aires imprint, and in JA on
the Tafari label which Munchie ran with his brother Maurice
and Little Roy, in the Washington Gardens district of
Kingston.
The title track was recorded at RandyÆs, and came originally
on The HeptonesÆ Hepic label, featuring Family Man Barrrett on
keyboards, and - on the deejay cut here, Meditation Dub -
sounds like Charlie Ace. There are dubs of Little RoyÆs Tribal
War and Black Bird; Stranger ColeÆs My Application, later
re-voiced by The Heptones, turns up as Dis Ya Dub; and if
things werenÆt smoke-filled enough, Roots is the rhythm of
K.C. WhiteÆs All For Free. Hard to imagine a heavier dub set
reissued this year.
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01-Free For All [03:49]
02-Space Age [03:03]
03-Roots [02:26]
04-Drum Call [02:35]
05-Tribal Dub [03:14]
06-All For Free [03:48]
07-Dis-Ya-A-Dub [03:06]
08-Boma-Ye-Dub [02:31]
09-Meditation Dub [03:24]
10-Blackbyrd [03:37]
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31:33 min