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: Artist: Prince Far I & The Arabs :
: Album: Dub To Africa :
: Tracks: 10 :
: Time: 39:41 min :
: Bitrate: 192kbit True Stereo :
: Source: CDDA :
: Genre: Reggae :
: Label: Pressure Sounds :
: Cat. No: PS002 :
: Str.Date: 00/00/1995 :
: Rip.Date: 10/10/2002 :
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.. About This Release .......................................
: :
: The year of 1979 was perhaps the most busy and fruitful :
: in the tragically curtailed career of the gruff but :
: genial reggae DJ known as Prince Far I. After some :
: fifteen years of dipping in and out of the music field :
: and generally skirting its fringes, he had finally :
: during the past couple of years consolidated a :
: following and now had a total of five albums to his :
: name, including two prestigious releases the previous :
: year on Virgin Records' Front Line label with "Message :
: From The King" and "Long Life". As well of course as :
: the "Under Heavy Manners" set for Joe Gibbs, which had :
: done brisk business and sealed his reputation. Now he :
: was pursuing new goals with a sense of urgency and had :
: set about investing his earnings in yet more :
: recordings, able now to fulfil an ambition to :
: concentrate on producing his own records and those of :
: other artists too. :
: :
: He gave prompt notice of this increased activity as :
: early as mid-January of that year with four new titles :
: on his Cry Tuff imprint among the first batch of :
: pre-release consigned to the UK following the Christmas :
: and New Year recess. In addition to his own "Love by :
: Everyone", there were DJs Jah Thomas with "Bimbo" and :
: Big Joe with "Nine Me Nine", plus singer Naggo Morris :
: reassuring that "Jah Will Explain" on the warm "Mean :
: Girl" rhythm, a Larry & Alvin original from Studio One :
: and a particular favourite of the Prince. He arrived :
: here in person the following month, stating at one to :
: Black Echoes' Observer columnist a release schedule :
: that included an album from Carol Kalphat, a various :
: artistes "Cry Tuff DJ Session" featuring contributions :
: from U Black, Jah Thomas, Black Skin the Prophet, Clint :
: Eastwood and Ranking Joe, and a bass and drum excursion :
: entitled "Crocus Bag Dub", though none of which :
: subsequently ever saw the light of day, at least not in :
: these proposed formats. :
: :
: What did next emerge in early March via Far I's link up :
: with UK label were three discomix releases featuring: :
: Bim Sherman backed by The Heptones and with Jah Buzz :
: appended for further diversion on "Love Jah", George :
: Calstock coupled with U Black for "The Ungodly", backed :
: with a Doctor Pablo instrumental "Righteous Melody", :
: and a UK release for the aforesaid Naggo Morris "Jah :
: Will Explain", also backed with a Doctor Pablo track :
: "Wicked Feel It", embelishing what one reviewer at the :
: time fancifully described as "melodica mix-up :
: marijuana-miracle animations." And later that same :
: month, a further six Cry Tuff pre-release titles that :
: had still been awaiting pressing when the Prince left :
: Jamaica for England now finally arrived here: Jennifer :
: Lara, "Music By The Score", Black Skin The Prophet, :
: "Red Blood", Rod Taylor, "Run, Run", Peter Brogo, "I A :
: Field Marshall", Prince Far I, "I And I A The Chosen :
: One" and Brigadier Jam Brown with "Freedom Fighter". :
: :
: At the beginning of April, Hitrun organised a Roots :
: Encounter Tour of the UK, starring Prince Far I :
: together with labelmates Bim Sherman and Prince Hammer :
: and backed by the Creation Rebel Band. The package :
: played a series of dates throughout the month with :
: shows in Liverpool, Bristol, Cheltenham, High Wycombe :
: and London engagements at Dingwalls, 100 Club, :
: Tavistock Hall, Club Noreik, Acklam Hall and others. :
: :
: During May, Prince Far I's third album for Virgin's :
: Front Line label was released. "Cry Tuff Dub Encounter :
: Part 2" was the follow up to "Cry Tuff Dub Encounter", :
: which had been issued on Hitrun the previous year. :
: Concurrent with the Front Line release, the Hitrun :
: set-up now put out an unsleeved, white label limited :
: pressing of eight new bass and drum workouts, this :
: present set "Dub to Africa". Boosted by his live shows, :
: both albums sold well in the UK and figured on the :
: reggae chart. What distinguished "Dub To Africa" from :
: "Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Part 2", however, was that :
: whereas the Front Line set employed the usual set of :
: musicians then recording variously as The :
: Revolutionaries, The Mercenaries, The Professionals and :
: for Prince Far I as Cry Tuff And The Arabs, "Dub To :
: Afrcia" drafted in Lincoln Valentine "Style" Scott :
: (drums) and Noel "Sowell" Bailey (guitar) alongside the :
: Prince's regular bassist Errol "Flaba" Holt under the :
: aegis Cry Tuff And The Originals. This was the nucleus :
: of the session group who were to revolutionise reggae :
: music in the early '80s as the Roots Radics, slowing :
: down the militant rockers sound of The Revolutionaries :
: and ushering in the dancehall era backing newcomers :
: such as Barrington Levy as well as established acts :
: like Gregory Issacs and Bunny Wailer. :
: :
: The title track "Dub To Africa" had already seen :
: service as the rhythm for both Peter Brogo's "I A Field :
: Marshall" and the Prince's own toast of the same "I And :
: I A The Chosen One", and if fact the dub version of "I :
: A Field Marshall" had been called "Dub To Africa" on :
: Cry Tuff single release, though it was actually the :
: flip on "I And I A The Chosen One", itself originally :
: titled "David", which was utilised now. For the rest, :
: The Orginials laid pared down reworkings of former :
: Studio One rhythms like "College Rock: ("Glory To God") :
: and Dawn Penn's "You Don't Love Me" aka "No No No" :
: ("Hello Love Brother"). :
: :
: The previous six months' itinerary could hardly :
: continue at the same hectic pace and the remainder of :
: 1979 was relatively quiet for Prince Far I. In July, :
: Hitrun put out bassist Errol Holt's vocal cut to the :
: "Hello, Love Brother" rhythm, cheekily reinterpreting :
: "No No No" as "Yes Yes Yes" coupled with a Rod Taylor :
: effort, "No One Can Tell I About Jah", and in September :
: the label dusted down Peter Brogo's "I A Field :
: Marshall" (retitled "Higher Field Marshall") together :
: with the Prince's version "I And I A The Chosen One" :
: and coupled with this Prince Far I featuring Brigadier :
: Jam Brown on "Loved By Everyone" for UK discomix issue, :
: and later the same year surfaced "Cry Tuff Dub :
: Encounter Chapter 3" on the Daddy Kool label and the :
: first of four Prince Far I LPs for Trojan, "Free From :
: Sin". Prince Far I died tragically in September 1983. :
: :
: from www.pressure.co.uk/disco/02.shtml :
: :
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.. Track List ...............................................
: :
: 01 Bass Ace 03:51 :
: 02 Dub To Africa 03:20 :
: 03 Good Music Brother 03:35 :
: 04 Glory To God 03:41 :
: 05 Hello, Love Brother 05:31 :
: 06 Cry Tuff + The Originals 03:22 :
: 07 Give Love 03:59 :
: 08 Big Fight Dub 04:13 :
: 09 Internal Dub 04:07 :
: 10 Out Of The Abyss 04:02 :
: :
: 39:41 min:
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