This was Hugh Mundell's breakout album, originally released in 1978 by
Message, along with the dub tracks on the same album later on CD by
Ras and
Greensleeves. There are 17 tracks total on this one, the first half is original vocals and the second half is all of the dub tracks. This is also one of the most well known Augustus Pablo produced albums. Pablo brought in great reggae talents to do the engineering : Errol Thompson, Sylvan Morris, & Phillip Smart. Tracks #1 (Let's All Unite) & #6 (Run Revolution A Come) are the highlights. Hugh Mundell was a hot commodity on the international reggae market from the get go. Mundell released two more outstanding albums in his short and sweet career. My favorite of the two is
Jah Fire and a great compilation disc opportunity is
The Blessed Youth from 2003. The "Africa Must Be Free" album was wildly popular at the time of its release and interest from the reggae public has never really slowed down. This is known as a reggae standard and benchmark milestone in the roots tradition history.
