Cornell Campbell - I Man A The Stal-a-watt (CD)

Vinyl LP pressing. Cornell Campbell's I Man A The Stall-A-Watt collects 13 tracks on one vinyl LP, highlighting the singer's prominence in the golden era of reggae from the early 70s to early 80s. The title is a boast from the early soundclash era when many of Campbell's tracks, here produced primarily by Bunny Lee, would play first on King Tubby's Home Town Hi-Fi in Jamaica. The songs run the range from clash-ready standards like ""Mash You Down"" and ""The Gorgon"" to cultural commentaries like ""Jah Jah Me Horn Yah"" and ""Bandulu"" to a lover's masterpiece, ""The Investigator,"" which leads off the set. Stretching into the early 80s, the collection includes two originals that would spawn countless reinterpretations, ""Rope In"" and ""Boxing Around.""