Lambs Bread International : Sylford Walker & Welton Irie

This is a great original 1970's roots album to the bone.  Although this is a Blood & Fire CD release from 2000, the music was recorded in the '77-'78 season of the pleasin' for the rootsman tradition.  Sylford Walker has a timid voice with an aggressive delivery in his chanting/singing/rapping style.  This album was produced by Glen Brown and mixed by King Tubby, during the prime of both careers.  Welton Irie adds a hard deejay version to six of the tracks, complementing the vocal track to make a couple nice extended track versions.  There are 14 tracks total.  Track #2 "Rolling Stone" in a great version of the title track, witch is one of hardest herb anthems - although many have never heard its message.  These are two relatively unknowns to people outside the reggae, but the triumphant sounds they'll allow to blast out your speakers should be listed in at least your top twenty albums of your collection.  Search around for Sylford Walker's '75 -'76 track "Burn Babylon" produced by Joe Gibbs.  An earlier sample of Sylford's style.

Silver & Gold : Prince Far-I

One more time around for Prince Far-I.  This is one of my favorite roots & culture artists off all time.  He was sadly taken from us in 1983 when a group of gunmen broke in to his yard at night with unknown intentions, not much is known about incident specifics.  His gruff, honest voice and righteous messages will continually live on through all of his followers and aficionados.  Silver & Gold serves as a type of greatest hits compilation for the seventies ('73-'79) with 19 tracks total, three of witch are Errol Holt tunes, whom he was producing at the time.  It's a Blood & Fire release with a nice booklet and the story of Prince Far-I.  The first track "Johnny Get Worse" is a great version of The Slickers' "Johnny Too Bad" and the highlight of an outstanding album.  Other classic Far-I selections include : "Dub to Africa" &  "Cry Freedom Dub".  Prince Far-I's catalog of music is sadly a short, but potent list.  Listen to Far-I when you feal you need freedom and seek wisdom.