Give thanks for re-issue labels like Pressure Sounds.  Pressure Sounds began as a subsidiary of Adrian Sherwood’s On-U Sound label run by Pete Holdsworth but is now the premier re-issue label in the business.  So much crucial reggae once lost is now found and we can meditate on tunes like Winston Jarrett’s “Wise Man” (Uhuru) – a tune also known as “Rocking Vibration.”

This 10″ re-issue, produced by Roy Cousins, is an absolute killer pairing of two titles originally issued on a 12″ circa 1980. Major steppers riddims with Scientist dubs inna discomix style.  While Winston is brilliant a always, it is Noel “Scully” Sims who shines brightest on these tracks punishing the percussion in an unrelenting drumbeat. Try to keep up with him on “Wise Man” as he beats the manhead like a madman.  Just mind-blowing from start to finish.  The dub version here might be my favorite in all of reggae music…

Noel “Scully” Sims, one of the most unassuming, under-appreciated yet most-impactful musicians in the history of reggae music.

WINSTON JARRETT “WISEMAN” (UHURU)

You should also check Winston Jarrett with fellow living reggae legends Congo Ashanti Roy and Pablo Moses on the new LP Natty Will Fly Again, which is produced by the Reggae Professor Harrison Stafford.

NATTY WILL FLY AGAIN
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