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This article is from the Reggae FAQ, by Mike Pawka eznoh@niceup.com with numerous contributions by others.

1]. Dub Recommendations p4

Prince Fari has always been one of my all time favorites. His voice sounds
like he used to drink Drano :-). He chanted my all time favorite reggae
lyric, "The humble cow gives the most milk." I probably feel sadder about
his death than Marley's overall.

The Cry Tuff album that was produced by Adrian Sherwood was the first Cry
Tuff Dub Encounter. It came out in 1978 on the Hitrun label and features the
Arabs as the musicians. (In actuality I think the Arabs were really Dub
Syndicate). ROIR has released this on cassette and Danceteria has the CD.
It's a great dub album, with lots of special effects. Lions roaring that
sort of thing; great for your answering machine message :-)

The Virgin/Caroline compilation called "Dubwize" has 4 unreleased singles/
versions & Cry Tuff Chap II. There are 8 songs listed for II. These Caroline
reissues were notorious for leaving various tracks from the original
albums off of the CD reissues. Does anyone out there have Cry Tuff II on
vinyl? Did they leave off anything?

Here's a Prince Fari discography: *Cd availability

Cry Tuff Dub Ch. 1 (Roir/Danceteria)*
Cry Tuff Dub Ch. 3 (Daddy Kool)
Cry Tuff Dub Ch. 4 (Trojan)
Dubwize (Virgin/Caroline)*
Voice of Thunder (Trojan)*
Umkhonto we Sizwe - Spear of the Nation (Wambesi)*
Musical Revue (ROIR/Danceteria)* - live with the Suns of Arka
Black Man Land (Virgin/Caroline)* - tracks from Message from the King &
Livity
Under Heavy Manners (Joe Gibbs)
Psalms For I (Carib Gems) - Bible verses chanted over reggae beats
Jamaican Heroes (Trojan)
Free From Sin (Trojan)
Musical History (Trojan)

Here's some more I only know about, (if anyone has these and would like to
do a trade swap, please mail me)

Message from the King (Virgin)
Long Life (Virgin)
Livity (Pre)
Rockers in a Suitcase (Pre)

Fari also did stellar work with Sherwood's Singers and Players:

Golden Greats (ON U)*
War of Words (ON U)
Staggering Heights (ON U)
Plus there is a nice Prince Fari love song where he sings and a DJ toasts
over HIM on the ON U release Reggae Archives Vol 1.

If I've left anything out, please let us know.

Robert.

From: pandit@news.delphi.com (PANDIT@DELPHI.COM)
Subject: Re: Dub Reggae Reccomendations

Well, where do we start? I guess I'll limit this too stuff that is in
print...

Dub Syndicate/African Headcharge/SIngers and Players -- some of the
spaciest and furthest out dub, produced by Brit A. Sherwood,
available on import from UK on On-U-SOund.

Mad Professor - DUb me Crazy Series, esp. 2, 4, 5, and 6. Wild,
playfull, slightly more electro dub from UK. Available domestically
from RAS.

Burning Spear - Living Dub I and II. REmixes are not as good as
originals
but what are you going to do? RAS.

Scientist - whatever is available. It's all good.

Prince Jammy - likewise - except for the electro stuff.

Dennis Bovell - some great stuff, some not so great.

Lee Perry - Blood Vapour, Blackboard Jungle Dub, SUper Ape,
Trojan Box Sets. One of the founding fathers.

Prince Far-I - I don't know what's in print, but most
dub titles are excellent.

That's probably about it. Unfortunatley, most of the best
stuff is long out of print, available only on small JA or
UK labels on LP, and all us collectors beat you to it.
Regards,
Pandit
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From: pandit@news.delphi.com (PANDIT@DELPHI.COM)

How could I forget? Black Uhuru's Dub Factor and SLy and RObbie's
Reggae Greats.
Pandit
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From: eznoh@niceup.com

30 Years of Dub on the Go, 2 CD set from Rhino. King Tubby, King Jammy,
Scientist and The Mad Professor.

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