TomPlum

Not essential but very worthy!, Mar 17 2004

No Sly and Robbie here (I believe I am correct on this); I've been listening to Uhuru since, the early 80s with "Red", "Tear it up" and "Anthem"; these releases, along with "Sinsemmilla" and even the "Dub Factor" are some of the finest Reggae ever recorded. I mean, "Red" is one of those releases, I had on cassette, made sure, it was one of my first CDs, now, I may get the latest edition of it, with Bonus Tracks. Way back then, I preffered them, over Bob Marley's or the Wailers music.

Please also, take my advice with a grain of salt, however, 4 stars, is still like giving a "B" grade and I would say, it is about an 85 at that.

The release date of this CD is 1990; so I wish to be highly… Read more

This albums got Jazz!, Mar 14 2004

o.k., this is probably a better statement, still holding up too, than their debut album.

first off, note the cover; deram put this out, I'll bet, so early in the psychedelic era, that it seems it is just like negatives of a photo... but maybe that basicness, merits this and what the album is about;

but certainly not psychedelia... jazz, blues, rock, Amen

They do Woody Herman's Woodchoppers BAll, and this album, is live but in a small club, sort of quaint; Woodchoppers Ball, is one of a few tracks here, that are rather long, I knew, even hearing this some time ago, and without developed tastes, this is jazzy stuff;

Summertime, again has some nice drumming sound, jazz again;… Read more

The Record Company did very well in making this compilation!, Mar 14 2004

One can buy so many CDs used nowadays; paying full price doesn't often feel worth it; but in this case, it is worth every red cent. Okay, Dino is American, Dino is Italian American, hailing from Steubenville Ohio, he was brought up, on the Italian language, it comes through the speakers, he's a native speaker, with ancestry in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Maybe for strict Italian, I don't know, I think, I'd still like it. I've travelled abroad; can speak two other languages, this collection, gives one some desires to even hear Dean sing in French and Spanish as he did, his talents being so diverse. Maybe this album too, to some, is like travelling abroad, you are not totally immersed in the… Read more