• Linval Thompson – Working
    • Linval Thompson – Working (Version)
    • 1. Working
    • 2. Working (Version)

    Unreleased 80s roots dubplate from producer & singer Linval Thompson, ruff soundbizness!

    Other Releases by Linval Thompson

    Linval ThompsonTrojan Roots Albums CollectionDoctor Bird
    By the late Seventies, increasing numbers of Jamaican performers were turning their hand to studio production work, and of these few made the transition...
      Linval ThompsonI Love MarijuanaThompson Sound
      Originally released in 1978 on Trojan Records, superb roots album with "Dread Are The Controller" "I Love Marijuana" a must have..Now on CD
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      • – Dread Are The Controller
      • – The Children Of The Ghetto
      • – Don't Push Your Brother
      • – Begging For Apology
      • – Not Follow Fashion
      • – Roots Lady
      • – Big Big Girl
      • – Just Another Girl
      • – Starlight
      • – Jamaican Colley (Version)

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      • – Torturing
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      • – Righteous Kingdom
      U RoyLovers RockBlack Roots
      Killer dj cut over jackie mittoo's "henry the great" with instrumental on the b-side
      • – Lovers Rock
      Junior ReidHaul And Pull UpBlack Roots
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      • – Haul And Pull Up

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