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05 January 2026

Various Artists - Ras Portraits: Live & Learn Presents


Recorded in the 80's and produced by Delroy Wright


Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus - Hear The River Jordan
Josey Wales - Le' Go Me Hand
Barrington Levy - Teach Me Culture
The Mighty Diamonds - Reggae-Lution
Junior Reid & Don Carlos - Chanting
Junior Reid & Don Carlos - Black History
Dennis Brown - Hold Tight
The Mighty Diamonds - Where Is Garvy
Wailing Souls - Them A Fret
Wailing Souls - Kingston 14
The Mighty Diamonds - Run Around Child
Beres Hammond & Barrington Levy - Some Girls Are Trouble
The Mighty Diamonds - Jam Session
Wailing Souls - Play On
Michael Prophet - Cease Fire
Al Campbell - Forward Natty

5 comments:

  1. Some great material - thank you

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  2. Great collection

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  3. A GOOD NEW YEAR TO YOU WITH THANKS. ALWAYS LOVE THE FULL-FAT FILES.

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  4. Thanks for this great compilation with lots of great tunes, which were ruined, to my ears, by the 80s drum sound. I think Sly started messing around with this new synthetic sound, and unfortunately many followed him.

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    1. Personally I like Sly & Robbie's early 80's new style a lot, however during the 80's the drum sound became increasingly too heavy with lots of reverb, also in mainstream pop music. To my ears I would not say it ruined the tunes here but later on rather overemphasized them in that way. To me it is not too bad on this album compared to some other producers output from mid to late 80's and it can also have its charm in the dancehall music, for example on tunes from the Powerhouse label.

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