U ROY – I Am The Originator (Repress) – LP – Vinyl

LP – Black Vinyl (2024 Repress).

Kingston Sounds have compiled some of U Roy‘s best loved cuts from his mid 70’s period when all were still looking at him for guidance. The opening cut Call On Me sees him working over Delroy Wilson‘s ‘Got To Be There‘. You Never Get Away gets U Roy answering Delroy Wison’s ‘Keep On Rocking‘. Johnny Clarke‘s ‘Time Gonna Tell‘ with rootsy bassline turns into Every Knee Shall Bow. Cornell Campbell the Gorgon himself gets his ‘Check Mr Morgon‘ turned into Gorgon Wise. Johnny Clarke’s Hold On gets reworked. Jeff Barnes ‘Blowing In The Wind‘ tuned into Number 1 and alongside King of The Road which sees Lennox Brown blow his saxophone over the instrumental ‘In The Swing of Things‘, was one of U Roys first releases. Linval Thompson‘s ‘Let Jah Arise‘ is versioned to Joyful Locks. I Originate which lends us to the title of this compilation, says it as it is, a classic built over Dave Barker‘s ‘Shocks of Mighty‘. Linval Thompson again provides the backbone with his Cool Down Your Temper cut for U Roys version. The mighty Burning Spear‘s Creation Rebel although providing our next track, it is Johnny Clarke’s version that gets worked over. Leo Graham‘s ‘Birds of A Feather‘ turns into Stick Together. Soul Syndicates instrumental ‘Goliath‘ grows into Riot. A big hit for Max Romeo Wet Dream sounds great under U Roy’s new rendition.

Tracklist:

A1. Call On Me
A2. You Never Get Away
A3. Every Knee Shall Bow
A4. Gorgon Wise
A5. Hold On
A6. Number 1
A7. Joyful Jocks

B1. I Originate
B2. Cool Down You Temper
B3. Creation Rebel
B4. Stick Together
B5. Riot
B6. King Of The Road
B7. Wet Dream