Jamaican Recordings continue to relentlessly plug away with reissues as comprehensive as they’re becoming identikit to part-timers release-by-release. Up next for a master tape dust-off, a collection of Leroy Smart’s best known works concentrating on the skanks, pedal stammers, chin-checking basses, and casual shakes of the tambourine – you know the rules – of someone who’s kept some pretty esteemed company throughout reggae history and unlike some of his peers, didn’t consign himself to the 70s. Grab yourself some orange, lemon & ultraviolet for some authentic Jamaican rattle & hum.
3 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Matt Oliver
