Name: Gappy Ranks - Thanks & Praise (Unity Sound Dubplate) by Unity Sound
Duration: 3 min 3 s
Description: Gappy Ranks - Thanks & Praise (Unity Sound Dubplate)

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Fred Locks’ 1976 LP Black Star Liner sits on any short list of classics from reggae’s golden era of the 1970s. The LP, available in print again on February 9, 2024 in a newly remastered edition, evokes the earnest vision of repatriation that Marcus Garvey articulated and attempted to actualize a century ago. 

Writers Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton put the release in context in Reggae: The Rough Guide: “’Black Star Liners’ became an enduring roots anthem and was soon followed by an album that helped define the period. Fred Locks’ voice was totally apposite to the deep roots rhythms that supported it as well as to the serious themes of iniquity, faith and repatriation.”

At the time of the album’s initial release, the singer simply recalled, “I wasn’t so versed in Rasta but it’s really because of sufferation over the years why you find more to write about. Even ‘Black Star Liners’ was a song I start to write about two years ago (in 1973). It never reach completion until the day in the studio, you know, the very last words.”

The album is the result of the collaboration between producer Hugh Boothe and his friend Fred Locks (born Stafford Elliot), both of whom were members of Jamaica’s Twelve Tribes Of Israel (Rastafarian) organization. The album followed the release of the single “Black Star Liner” in 1975 on Boothe’s Jahmikmusik label (an affiliate of Twelve Tribes’ Jahlovemuzik soundsystem). 
Despite the frustrations of getting the album off the ground and distributed in the 1970s – it first was licensed to the UK Vulcan label which vanished within a few years – the recognition and impact of the album have been its lasting markers of its success. 

Singers including Carlene Davis and Luciano have paid tribute in the years since, and it has helped keep the vision and ideals of Garveyism close to the core of reggae lyricism for five decades. It is in many senses a roots reggae touchstone. Thanks to Fred Locks the melodic line and lyrics, “Seven miles of Black Star Liners coming in the harbor” remain well-known. 

This deluxe vinyl edition is presented in its original stereo mix, remastered, an upgrade on the pressings available in recent years. In addition, the cover art has been color-corrected for an accurate reproduction of the original. Extensive liner notes by Harry Wise and the original Michael Morgan on the printed inner sleeve give the release additional depth. The original purple Jahmikmusik labels found on the 45 are used for the LP.

Originally a member of the rocksteady duo The Lyrics with Albert Tomlinson, Fred Locks went on to record as part of Creation Steppers, contributing to the LP Love And Only Love, a Lloydie Coxsone production distributed by Greensleeves. In 1998, VP Records released the Fatis Burrell-produced album Never Give Up in 1998, including a remake of “Black Star Liners,” followed by The Missing Link in 2000, and Black Star Liner In Dub in 2012, the latter both produced by Hugh Boothe.

True Rastaman

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You Are My One of a Kind

Have No Fear

Giving Up on Love

Grab And Go

The Conqueror

Gappy Ranks - Thanks & Praise (Unity Sound Dubplate)

Freestyle jugglin recent and uncommon big tunes.. Grassroots!

EQUAL RIGHTS AND UNITY

BORN A WINNER
kinly character
fire burn a weak heart -bushman 
SO FAR GONE 
in heaven -daville 
rockaway 
golden hen -tennor saw 
stonger -fantan 
solid as a rock 
JAH JAH CITY
murderer -barrington 
police in helicopter-john holt 
keep them talking -garnett 
SWEEP OVER MY SOUL- LUCIANO
THEY GONNA TALK 
HOLD ON
PUT DOWN THE WEAPON
under mi sensi -barrington
GHETTO PEOPLE SONG-EVERTON 
IF JAH -TONY REBEL 
jah is always there

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Sentinel pres. Rekall - The Voice of Europe

Reggae in Europe is underground. That’s why it’s very important that the different activists work together and help each other to get the recognition they deserve - especially in the current situation where neither artists nor sounds are able to perform live. That’s why Sentinel teamed up with Austrian Reggae-Sensation Rekall to release „The Voice of Europe“ mixtape. The idea behind the project is to put together a compact musical package to introduce one of the most talented artists, the European Reggae scene has to offer, to the world. Hailing from Austria’s beautiful capital Vienna, Rekall basically started doing music from birth. Being blessed with an extraordinary musical talent he joined the world renowned Vienna Boy’s Choir and toured the world with this legendary outfit from a very young age. Later, he discovered Reggae and Dancehall, fell in love with this music and decided that this is what he wants to do with his life. This passion, combined with his talent and his education, makes him a force to be reckoned with and an artist that no Reggae fan can afford to not know. Therefore „The Voice of Europe“ is not just a compilation of his greatest songs, no, it’s full of exclusives, dubplates, unreleased songs, and it also features interview parts throughout the mix which give an insight into Rekall’s world. If you love Reggae, you simply can’t miss this mixtape!

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www.tinyurl.com/RekallSpotify


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Sentinel Sound pres. Rekall - The Voice of Europe

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