Black Jade Contempo

• Black Jade – Drum Fashion
• Black Jade – Dub Station
• Black Jade – Hole Up You Head
• Black Jade – Black Rock
• Black Jade – Plague Dey-Ya
• Black Jade – Virulence
• Black Jade – Well Charge
• Black Jade – Love, Love, Love
• Black Jade – Time
• Black Jade – Starliner
• Black Jade – Just Me

• 1. Drum Fashion
• 2. Dub Station
• 3. Hole Up You Head
• 4. Black Rock
• 5. Plague Dey-Ya
• 6. Virulence
• 7. Well Charge
• 8. Love, Love, Love
• 9. Time
• 10. Starliner
• 11. Just Me

Black Jade's Contempo remains a mystery decades after its release. In the act of reissuing the LP, Solid Roots still only partly lift the veil: first set to tape between 1975 and 1976, the album was recorded by a still shadowy cadre of Notting Hill residents, who are said to have freely distributed it during Carnival. Their continued anonymity may form part of a decided effort to mythologise, though it almost certainly also reflects a niche facet of deeper-shades dub. Authenticity abounds: we hear preemptions of the hiss-floored undulations of Chain Reaction in this record as much as we do the busy instrumental imbroglios of Horace Andy, with the manly bass-charges of 'Virulence' polarising the sensitive subby coos of 'Love, Love, Love'.