VA: pt 12 - Hit & Run

Now this is my idea of what a compilation should be. This is a collection of singles from HitRun label. I didn't even find these in the VA folder, but in a repository of “All Things Sherwood”.

This is a very UK based roots sound by Adrian Sherwood. HitRun was his prelude to the famous On-U Sound label. 

Corn-Fed Productions  sez:
     "Adrian was a very young man when he started in the music business. At the tender age of seventeen he launched the Carib Gems label with acts he licensed from original Jamaican producers including the likes of Black Uhuru, the Revolutionaries, Roots Radics, and many more established Jamaican artists. During this time he forged long-lasting friendships and gained the trust of many arists and producers. Such was his raw enthusiasm and love for the music. It wasn’t long before his vision began to outweigh the possibilities of his label, so he started a new one. This was born HitRub Records, a platform for his continuing licensing deals but also a label for his home-grown roster of artists that now included Creation Rebel and several other UK-based acts. He also had begun to do his own production work. The label was a qualified success, for it was at once clear that his plans would outstrip even the new label’s capabilities and so was born his still very active On-U Sound label. So HitRun only lasted for less than two short years 1978-1979."

 

 

Various - The Hit-Run Singles Collection 1978-79 Volume 1 2xCD,
Corn-Fed Productions CF078, 2004.
all decryption codes in comments

Disc 1 -
Wicked are to Blame     - U Black
Wicked are to Blame (version) - Cry Tuff All Stars
African Land - Carol Kalphat
African Melody - Dr. Pablo & Cry Tuff All Stars
Love Jah Only - Bim Sherman
Dub from the Ghetto - Cry Tuff All Stars
Jah Will Explain - Naggo Morris
Wicked Feel It - Dr. Pablo
The Ungodly - George Calstock featuring U Black
Righteous Melody - Dr. Pablo & Cry Tuff All Stars

Disc 2 - 
Hunger & Strife - Bobby Melody & Jah Lion
Hunger & Strife (version) - Teem All Stars
Down in Jamdown - Bim Sherman
Trenchtown Dub (Down in Jamdown) - Teem All Stars
Beware - Creation Rebel
Natty Conscience Free - Creation Rebel
Love is Like a Password - Mike Brooks
Feeling of Reggae - Mike Brooks
Reggae a the Best - Woodrow Noble & Prince Hammer
Strike the Hammer Wild - Hammer All Stars

 

 

 

Various - The Hit-Run Singles Collection 1978-79 Volume 2 2xCD,
Corn-Fed Productions CF079, 2004.

Disc 1 -
Them Must Fall - Prince Hammer
Ball of Fire - Hammer Allstars
Higher Field Marshall / I & I a De Chosen Ones - Peter Broggs & Prince Far I
Loved By Everyone - Prince Far I
Jah Will Lead Us Home - Jennifer Lara
A Fe We Jah - Ranking Purple
Ten Thousand Lions - Prince Hammer
North London Thing - Prince Hammer
Yes Yes Yes - Errol Holt
No One Can Tell I About Jah - Rod Taylor

Disc 2 -
Ivory Girl - Thomas White
Prejudiced Country - Keith FFrench
Insane Love - Still Cool
Stereo Style '79 - Still Cool Band
Long Long Time - Mike Brooks
Dub in Time - Style & Roots Radics
Sweet Reggae Music - Errol Holt
Hairdressing Salon - Prince Far I
Jah Should Come Now - Rod Taylor
Mackabee Bible - Prince Hamer

The spice of life,
NØ