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Format: LP
Label: Onlyroots
Year: 2023
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
A1 I Love I Bring
A2 Be Not A Dread
A3 Give I Fe I Name
A4 We Should Be In Angola
A5 Come Mek We Run
B1 Revolutionary Dream
B2 Where Am I
B3 I Man A Grasshopper
B4 Corrupted Man
B5 Blood Money
B6 Lonely Singer
Originally released in 1975.
PERSONNEL:
Backing Vocals – Don Prendes, Val Bailey
Bass – Clive Hunt, Geoffrey Chung, Jr. Dan, Lefty Goshine
Drums – Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Mikey Boo Richards
Horns – Deadley Headley, Vin "Don Drummond Jr." Gordon
Horns, Flute] – Tommy McCook
Lead Guitar – Michael Murray
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Mikey Chung
Organ – Geoffrey Chung, Tyrone Downie
Percussion – Bongo Herman
Piano, Organ, Synthesizer – Robbie Lyn
Rhythm Guitar – Phil Callendar
Synthesizer – Geoffrey Chung
Trumpet – Frank Aird, Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall
Under the guidance of producer Geoffrey Chung, Pablo Moses made his recorded debut in 1975 with "I Man a Grasshopper": an autobiographical herb tale cut at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark studio. Featuring Chung himself on clavinet, his brother Mikey and the In Crowd's Michael Murray on rhythm and lead guitar, Clive Hunt on bass, and Robby Lyn on piano, the song provided Hunt's Sound Track label with a hit single.
Moses followed up with a small batch of reality gems like "Blood Money," "We Should Be in Angola," and "One People," further boosting the singer's profile, both in Jamaica and the U.K.
Revolutionary Dream, Moses' debut full-length released in 1976, brought most of those early singles together with eight additional mid-'70s productions. Throughout, the singer maintains a peaceful disposition, expounding thoughtfully upon cultural and reality subjects over the slow tempos established by drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace. The music is characterized by a refined cool, and Geoffrey Chung isn't afraid to tilt the sound toward a rock influence with a guitar solo or two (note Murray's leads on "I Man a Grasshopper").
Underneath the polished productions, however, Revolutionary Dream presents Moses as a roots singer in the tradition of Yabby You, Sylford Walker, and Burning Spear, and that's hardly bad company to be in. A stunning debut, and Moses' finest album-length outing.
--Nathan Bush, Allmusic
Label: Onlyroots
Year: 2023
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
A1 I Love I Bring
A2 Be Not A Dread
A3 Give I Fe I Name
A4 We Should Be In Angola
A5 Come Mek We Run
B1 Revolutionary Dream
B2 Where Am I
B3 I Man A Grasshopper
B4 Corrupted Man
B5 Blood Money
B6 Lonely Singer
Originally released in 1975.
PERSONNEL:
Backing Vocals – Don Prendes, Val Bailey
Bass – Clive Hunt, Geoffrey Chung, Jr. Dan, Lefty Goshine
Drums – Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Mikey Boo Richards
Horns – Deadley Headley, Vin "Don Drummond Jr." Gordon
Horns, Flute] – Tommy McCook
Lead Guitar – Michael Murray
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Mikey Chung
Organ – Geoffrey Chung, Tyrone Downie
Percussion – Bongo Herman
Piano, Organ, Synthesizer – Robbie Lyn
Rhythm Guitar – Phil Callendar
Synthesizer – Geoffrey Chung
Trumpet – Frank Aird, Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall
Under the guidance of producer Geoffrey Chung, Pablo Moses made his recorded debut in 1975 with "I Man a Grasshopper": an autobiographical herb tale cut at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark studio. Featuring Chung himself on clavinet, his brother Mikey and the In Crowd's Michael Murray on rhythm and lead guitar, Clive Hunt on bass, and Robby Lyn on piano, the song provided Hunt's Sound Track label with a hit single.
Moses followed up with a small batch of reality gems like "Blood Money," "We Should Be in Angola," and "One People," further boosting the singer's profile, both in Jamaica and the U.K.
Revolutionary Dream, Moses' debut full-length released in 1976, brought most of those early singles together with eight additional mid-'70s productions. Throughout, the singer maintains a peaceful disposition, expounding thoughtfully upon cultural and reality subjects over the slow tempos established by drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace. The music is characterized by a refined cool, and Geoffrey Chung isn't afraid to tilt the sound toward a rock influence with a guitar solo or two (note Murray's leads on "I Man a Grasshopper").
Underneath the polished productions, however, Revolutionary Dream presents Moses as a roots singer in the tradition of Yabby You, Sylford Walker, and Burning Spear, and that's hardly bad company to be in. A stunning debut, and Moses' finest album-length outing.
--Nathan Bush, Allmusic