This is the powerful debut album by this legendary vocal trio. Original release was in 1978 on LP by Top Ranking. 1979 and 1980 had seen consecutive releases on LP by the Harvest label and again off of Top Ranking. It came out rather quickly on CD in 1995 off of Pressure Sounds and is considered a cornerstone album for vocal trios. My CD version is off of RAS from 1996 and only has 10 tracks total. The EMI CD version is going to be your best bet with 14 tracks including 12" versions and discomixes. A couple of the nice tracks on this one are: #2 (Weep & Mourn), #6 (Why Worry), and #7 (Lift of Your Conscience). The roots radics blast some super bass tracks out of Channel One. Engineer Maxie has done a great job of setting these tracks up for killer dub versions, but definitely not overshadowing the sweetness of the crisp vocal work from Israel Vibration. Some tracks are heavy bass sapping with roots and others are slow and easy but they all come together to make this an overall great album.
