Solid Roots / Europe / RE 2024
Essential reissue for this rare album of dub instrumental reggae tunes recorded by Tommy McCook (on sax, The Skatalites) and Bobby Ellis (trumpet, The Upsetters, The Aggrovators) in 1977. Originally licensed on Grove Music, this amazing set features the likes of Sly and Robbie, Ansel Collins (organ), Clinton Fearon (from The Gladiators) on lead guitar and Bernard Harvey (of The Wailers fame) on piano. Recorded at Channel One and mixed at King Tubby Studio, the album was engineered by Yabby You and Barnabas.