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.
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