Horace Andy – Strickly Ranking

Label: Patate Records – PRPLP047, Hulk – PRPLP047
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation
Country: France
Released: Feb 26, 2021
Genre: Reggae

A1 It Grieve My Heart
A2 Set Me Free
A3 Ranking Having Fun (Strickly Ranking)
A4 Natural Mystic
A5 Soddom & Gomorrah
A6 Jah Is The One
B1 Free Africa
B2 Do Right
B3 Totally Free
B4 I’ve Been Around
B5 Modern Babylon
B6 I Love My Life

Artwork – manu@patate-records.com
Compiled By – Emmanuel Jaussely
Mastered By – Emmanuel Jaussely
Photography By – Beth Lesser
Producer – King Tubby, Rodguel “Blackbeard” Sinclair

The Blackbeard Years 1977-1980

Apart from Bob Marley, there are few Reggae figures known to the general public. Horace Andy is one of them. His long collaboration with Massive Attack has given international recognition to the falsetto voice of this Jamaican artist.
He began his career in Kingston at the end of the 60s, but it was in the early 70s that he found success and signed his hit “Skylarking”, which has since become a real signature. He then collaborated with many Jamaican producers, such as Bunny Lee and Tappa Zukie, respectively mentor and brother of Rodguel Blackbeard Sinclair. It is through them that the two men meet.
Strickly Ranking retraces through 12 titles, rare or even unreleased, this fruitful collaboration. It is the golden age of roots reggae and Blackbeard surrounds himself with the best musicians, with Robbie Shakespeare on bass or Santa Davis on drums, and signs with the help of King Tubby one of his best achievements. Together, they will offer Horace Andy a setting on which his inimitable voice will flourish, on 11 original compositions and a cover of Bob Marley’s famous “Natural Mystic”.
The best of reggae, with a warm, organic sound with a bewitching pulse. All in a neat artwork, with superb photos by Beth Lesser (photographer who witnessed this crucial period).
“A rare album, produced in the golden age of reggae, with the contribution of King Tubby.