Linval Thompson Presents Strong Like Sampson

• 1. Linval Thompson – Mr. Big Shot
• 2. Freddy McKay – Sometime I Cry
• 3. Anthony Johnson – Africa
• 4. Jah Thomas – Stereograph Style
• 5. Sammy Dread – Rainy Days
• 6. Linval Thompson – Curfew
• 7. Papa Tullo – Morning Curfew (M.16)
• 8. Barrington Levy – Wicked Intention
• 9. Sammy Dread & Papa Tullo – Morning Love
• 10. Linval Thompson – Mr Boss Man
• 11. Ranking Trevor – Stop Pushing Me Around
• 12. Freddy McKay – Gonna Be Sorry
• 13. Barry Brown – Natty Dread Nah Run
• 14. Rod Taylor – Promised Land
• 15. Barrington Levy – She Rob And Gorn
• 16. Papa Tullo – Cat Call Francella
• 17. Sammy Dread & Papa Tullo – I'm A Dread locks
• 18. Linval Thompson – Mr Collie Man

During the period that embraced 1979 and 1980, Linval Thompson saved his strongest and hardest hitting productions for his very own Strong Like Sampson label. A label that had no more than a couple of dozen 12inch single releases. A short but crucial run. • Presented here and reissued for the first time, each song is the full extended discomix as featured on the original 12” records. Some tunes have extended dub versions while some others have superlative DJ cuts courtesy of the likes of Papa Tullo and Jah Thomas. All brimming with heavy dread echoes and energy with brevity off the menu. • A who’s who of the late roots and early Dancehall period we have Linval Thompson, Barry Brown, Freddy McKay, Barrington Levy and Sammy Dread as some of the featured artists. • Nearly 2 hours of music over 18 songs and 2 discs!!! Original copies of the 12” records would render this collection in the hundreds of pounds.