• Cultural Roots – Big Finger
    • Cultural Roots – Running Back To Me
    • Cultural Roots – Get Up, Stand Up
    • Cultural Roots – Worries A Me Yard
    • Cultural Roots – His Majesty Reign
    • Cultural Roots – Sweet Lady
    • Cultural Roots – Passion Love
    • Cultural Roots – Distant Lover
    • Cultural Roots – This Woman
    • Cultural Roots – Run Around Girl
    • 1. Big Finger
    • 2. Running Back To Me
    • 3. Get Up, Stand Up
    • 4. Worries A Me Yard
    • 5. His Majesty Reign
    • 6. Sweet Lady
    • 7. Passion Love
    • 8. Distant Lover
    • 9. This Woman
    • 10. Run Around Girl

    Originally released by Mango Records in 1988, Cultural Roots’ Running Back To Me features prime King Jammy digital production that brought forth hits like Wayne Smith’s “Sleng Teng” and would dominate Jamaican music between 1985-1995.

    Cultural Roots emerged as a four-part harmony group for producer Donovan Germain in the late 1970s, releasing two albums. The group with its original line-up then recorded for Junjo Lawes, releasing Hell A Go Pop, one of the Greensleeves label’s lesser-known classics.

    The group reemerged in 1988 with a new trio lineup for King Jammy, still led by singer Wade Dyce. Tracks include the ever-cultural “His Majesty Reign” and the moving love song “Passion Lover,” which shares the backing track with one of King Jammy’s all-time smash hits, Frankie Paul’s “I Know The Score.” credits

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