OSBOURNE, JOHNNY
MR. BUDY BYE
Label: RTBE S-Z VP GRE
Releasedatum: 10-07-2015
Herkomst: NL
Item-nr: 3416088
EAN: 0054645144612
Levertijd: 3 a 5 werkdagen
Recensie
Re-introduction of the essential 12 track selection entitled "Mr. Budy Bye" compiled by Dancehall-Reggae expert Johnny Wonder. It is an hit packed "Best Of" with finest tunes from 1980 to 1985 produced by King Jammy aka Prince Jammy. Musicians include members of the Roots Radics, the High Times Band, Noel Davey, Steely & Clevie and Mafia & Fluxy. The engineers were Bobby Digital, King Jammy, Squeengine Francis, E. Beckett and Soldgie Hamilton. Johnny Osbourne (real name: Errol Osbourne) is the well-known singer and former member of the legendary vocal trio The Sensations. His music is sampled by the likes of the Beastie Boys to Major Lazer.
"Mr. Budy Bye is a sumptuous collection of Johnny Osbourne's work for the Jammys label across the 1980s, rounding up 12 hits, crucial singles, and the occasional album track. Of course, this includes the singer's breakout smash, "Water Pumping," which wowed the sound systems in 1983, but even before that Osbourne was unleashing a steady stream of potent numbers, and thankfully a number of them feature here. "Folly Ranking" dates from 1980, and its smackdown of a notorious Kingston gang thrilled fans at home, and would entitle an album. Of course, it helps that Jammys had some of the island's top talent laying down the backings, initially the Roots Radics and Earl "Chinna" Smith's Hi Times Band, and once ragga took hold, Steely & Clevie and Mafia & Fluxy, all whipping the sound systems and dancehalls into a froth with their seminal sounds. The title track "Budy Bye" pays tribute to King Jammy and his indispensable Casio organ, for, as Osbourne insists, "No Ice Cream Sound" for him, only the best will do, and Jammy complied. The album boasts a clutch of classic sound system anthems -- "In the Area" (here retitled "What a La La"), "Lend Me Your Chopper" (shortened to "Chopper"), and "Rock and Come In" among them. But Osbourne wasn't just a rabble-rouser, he was equally adept at culture, with "Jah Can't Leave Us Alone" and "Fire Down Below", all religiously themed. Beyond the cultural realm is the superb "Mr. Walker," a track from Fally Lover, and the equally stellar "Trench Town School," an autobiographical number where Osbourne sweetly celebrates his success. Johnny Osbourne was cutting equally crucial songs for other producers, so this is not a definitive greatest-hits set, but it comes close." (edited All Music Review by Jo-Ann Greene with 4 and a half out of 5 stars)
"Mr. Budy Bye is a sumptuous collection of Johnny Osbourne's work for the Jammys label across the 1980s, rounding up 12 hits, crucial singles, and the occasional album track. Of course, this includes the singer's breakout smash, "Water Pumping," which wowed the sound systems in 1983, but even before that Osbourne was unleashing a steady stream of potent numbers, and thankfully a number of them feature here. "Folly Ranking" dates from 1980, and its smackdown of a notorious Kingston gang thrilled fans at home, and would entitle an album. Of course, it helps that Jammys had some of the island's top talent laying down the backings, initially the Roots Radics and Earl "Chinna" Smith's Hi Times Band, and once ragga took hold, Steely & Clevie and Mafia & Fluxy, all whipping the sound systems and dancehalls into a froth with their seminal sounds. The title track "Budy Bye" pays tribute to King Jammy and his indispensable Casio organ, for, as Osbourne insists, "No Ice Cream Sound" for him, only the best will do, and Jammy complied. The album boasts a clutch of classic sound system anthems -- "In the Area" (here retitled "What a La La"), "Lend Me Your Chopper" (shortened to "Chopper"), and "Rock and Come In" among them. But Osbourne wasn't just a rabble-rouser, he was equally adept at culture, with "Jah Can't Leave Us Alone" and "Fire Down Below", all religiously themed. Beyond the cultural realm is the superb "Mr. Walker," a track from Fally Lover, and the equally stellar "Trench Town School," an autobiographical number where Osbourne sweetly celebrates his success. Johnny Osbourne was cutting equally crucial songs for other producers, so this is not a definitive greatest-hits set, but it comes close." (edited All Music Review by Jo-Ann Greene with 4 and a half out of 5 stars)
