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Barry Brown Step It Up Youthman

Radiation Roots

Reggae, Roots

LP RR00328£16.99
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Barry Brown – Trying Youthman
Barry Brown – Truth And Right
Barry Brown – Give Thanks & Praise
Barry Brown – I'm Not A King
Barry Brown – Things In Life
Barry Brown – Step It Up Youthman

1. Trying Youthman
2. Truth And Right
3. Give Thanks & Praise
4. I'm Not A King
5. Things In Life
6. Step It Up Youthman
7. True Love Is The Answer
8. Nutty Rootsman
9. Almighty I
10. Rain From The Skies

Roots reggae vocalist Barry Brown had a very distinctive singing style. His most obvious role model was the fragile tenor of Horace Andy, but Brown gave his delivery further distinctiveness with a range of wordless slurs, some of which were doubtless inspired by the creatures of the animal kingdom. As with his friend and fellow west Kingston resident, Johnny Clarke, Brown got his start in the many talent shows that were regularly held in the downtown Kingston area, and also got early experience on west Kingston sound systems such as Tape Tone, which gave rise to Barrington Levy, Trinstan Palmer, Sammy Dread, and Rod Taylor among others; Taylor and Brown even had a short-lived duo called The Aliens for a time. Such was his widespread popularity that several different producers all claimed to have been the first to capture his voice on tape, but it is undeniable that Bunny Lee was the first to bring Brown to prominence through the outstanding 1978 hit, Step It Up Youthman, an optimistic meditation on the merits of self-determination, which led to this popular debut album of the same name; as with Johnny Clarke’s Enter Into His Gates With Praise, the Step It Up Youthman LP mixed hard-hitting songs of Rastafari devotion with well-executed cover tunes.

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Barry Brown Praises Pressure Sounds

Barry Brown had originally started out as a DJ called Jah Smile, but he had also been part of a group with Rod Taylor and Johnny Lee who recorded...

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– Step It Up Youthman extended – Barry Brown
– Natty Rootsman part 1 – Barry Brown
– Natty Rootsman part 2 – The Aggrovators
– Fittest Of The Fittest part 1 – Barry Brown
– Fittest Of The Fittest part 2 – The Aggrovators
– We Can’t Dub Like This – The Aggrovators
– Longer (intro)
– Look How Long vocal – Barry Brown
– Look How Long Dub – The Aggrovators
– Longer (outro)
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1. – Step It Up Youthman extended – Barry Brown
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Barry Brown Give Another Israel A Try Arrival

Strong roots tune from Barry Brown and Producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes originally released in 1981, with dub version on the flip.

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– Give Another Israel A Try
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