Cornell Campbell - I Man A The Stal-A-Watt (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 513 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 246 Mb | 01:46:28
Reggae | Label: 17 North Parade
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 513 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 246 Mb | 01:46:28
Reggae | Label: 17 North Parade
Cornell Campbell I Man A The Stal-A-Watt collects 32 tracks across two CDs, highlighting the singer’s prominence in the golden era of reggae from the early 70s to early 80s. The title is a boast from the early soundclash era when many of Campbell’s tracks, here produced primarily by Bunny Lee, would play first on King Tubby’s Home Town Hi-Fi in Jamaica. The songs run the range from clash-ready standards like “Mash You Down” and “The Gorgon” to cultural commentaries like “Jah Jah Me Horn Yah” and “Bandulu” to a lover’s masterpiece, “The Investigator,” which leads off the set. Stretching into the early 80s, the collection includes two originals that would spawn countless reinterpretations, “Rope In” and “Boxing Around.”