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:.: .Roots And Culture Proudly Present Another High Quality Release. :.:
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Release Name.... Big Youth - Screaming Target
Record Label............. Trojan
Original Year............ 1973
Compressed by............ El Ache
Rip Date................. 04/06/2003
Size..................... 52MB
Release Type............. Reggae, Full Album
Number of Songs.......... 12
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:.: Notes And Comments About The Release :.:
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Achieving his first success on wax with "S 90 Skank" for
producer Keith Hudson in 1972, Big Youth recorded Screaming
Target, his debut full-length, one year later for Gussie
Clarke. That album, along with a handful of 45s from the
period, was largely responsible for bringing the DJ art form
forward after U-Roy's innovations. Here, in place of hip,
jive-derived phrases, listeners find Big Youth ruminating on
themes that exemplified the new consciousness of the 1970s.
The set-opening title track, for instance, finds the DJ
promoting literacy and general positivity, Youth-style, over
K.C. White's "No No No." Similarly, he chants down slavery
and calls for equal pay for equal work on "Honesty."
Elsewhere, "Tippertong Rock" is a misspelled reference to
the sound system that the DJ got his start on, Lord
Tippertone Hi-Fi. Many of roots reggae's most innovative
releases emerged from the studios of young producers intent
on rivaling established businessmen like Coxsone Dodd, Duke
Reid, and Prince Buster, and Screaming Target is no
exception. Clarke was but 18 when he began producing and 20
when he oversaw the sessions for this album. The rhythm
selection is superb throughout, including Leroy Smart's
"Pride and Ambition," Gregory Isaacs' "One One Coco Fill
Basket," and Lloyd Parks' "Slaving," and Big Youth's toasts
are a pure joy to listen to. Unfortunately, Trojan decided
to separate the mix for the 1989 issue, sending Youth's
toasts to the left channel and the rhythm track to the
right, resulting in a rather unbalanced listening
experience, depending upon your proximity to the speakers.
That aside, the music on this release is simultaneously a
benchmark for reggae in general and the DJ form in
particular ù and a classic of recorded music, regardless of
the genre.
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01. Screaming target 3:41
02. Pride and joy rock 2:38
03. Be careful 3:36
04. Tippertong rock 3:28
05. One of these fine days 3:05
06. Screaming target 3:46
07. The killer 3:29
08. Solomon a gunday 3:09
09. Honesty 2:39
10. I am alright 2:43
11. Lee a low 2:19
12. Concrete jungle 3:48
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:.: Roots And Culture Production 2003 :.:
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