Last week I shared some Roy Cousins & mentioned his success as a music producer in Jamaica. The Forces of Music was the name for the musician collective backing Roy Cousins productions, mainly in the late 70s, consisting mostly of members from Revolutionaries & Roots Radics.
First up we have Liberated Dub, the Dub companion to The Royals - Israel Be Wise The complete Dub LP has been reissued in 2001 by Orange Street on CD as Disc 2 of Prince Lincoln Thompson - Humanity. The CD has several bonus track not available on this vinyl version.
Side 1 -
Moonlight City
Baktu
Waterhouse
Marverly
Riverton City
Side 2 -
Cockburn Pen
Bell Rock
Whitewing Walk
Tower Hill
Central Village
This next one comes from Roy after his move to England, on his new Tamoki Wambesi label. This one employs the skills of Scientist with riddims from The Forces of Music.
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Scientist with The Forces of Music - International Heroes Dub, Tamoki Wambest TWCD1022, 1994.
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Walter Sisuli
Malcolm X
Mohamed Ali
George Jackson
Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King
Jomo Kenyatta
Steve Biko
Dedan Kimathi
Kwame Nkrumah
Enjoy,
NØ