Screaming Target [Import]

Screaming Target [Import]

Screaming Target [Import]

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This 1972 release by the best of reggae's second generation reggae deejays (a.k.a. toasters) captures the howling, yowling Big Youth at his most audaciously creative. Also known as the Human Gleaner, Youth scooped the latest "runnings" with more soul and wit than Jamaica's top newspaper. With no less than Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Brown providing backup vocals, Youth rocks word power here with riddim, melody, and wildman sound F/X. Who would have thought that Youth's chanted freestylings on tunes like the title track and "Solomon a Gunday" would form the core of what would become not only an enduring form but perhaps reggae's most inventive style? And who could have guessed that deejay style would take wing and fly to the Bronx, where it inspired American cousins to rap over their own beats? This LP is a prime example of where it all began, featuring a young, raw explosion of Jamaican genius. --Elena Oumano

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Screaming Target
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Bored and wanted to wash my dishes on a Sunny Day
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Manufacturer: Sanctuary Trojan Us
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ASIN: B000F2CC18
Release Date: 2006-05-09

Tracks:

  1. Screaming Target
  2. Pride & Joy Rock
  3. Be Careful
  4. Tipper Tone Rock
  5. One Of These Fine Days
  6. The Killer
  7. Solomon A Gunday
  8. Honesty
  9. I Am Alright
  10. Lee A Low
  11. K.G.'s Half Way Tree - Augustus Pablo And The Simplicity People
  12. Origan Style - Augustus Pablo
  13. Screaming Target (Version 2)
  14. Pride & Ambition - Leroy Smart
  15. Their Own Way Version - The Simplicity People
  16. Try Me - Roman Stewart
  17. Tipper Tone Rocking (Version 2)
  18. Rhythm Style - The Simplicity People
  19. One One Cocoa - Gregory Isaacs
  20. Skylarking (Version) - The Society Squad
  21. Anywhere But Nowhere (Version) - The Simplicity People
  22. Slaving (Every Day) - Lloyd Parks
  23. No More Slavery - Glen Brown
  24. I'm Alright (AKA Loving Pauper) - Gregory Isaacs

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Bored and wanted to wash my dishes on a Sunny Day.......2006-12-02

So I woke up and put this in.....the screams in the beginning of the song scared my neighbor, which indicated I made the correct choice. Automatically puts any reggae fan in a good mood with that first track. In fact, I liked it so much I decided to review it, and let you know this is good, upbeat, clean your house on a sunny December morning music.
Screaming Target
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • this is the best reggae album
  • essential listening
 Screaming Target
Big Youth
Manufacturer: Trojan Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000011DP
Release Date: 1995-11-05

Tracks:

  1. Screaming Target
  2. Pride And Joy Rock
  3. Be Careful
  4. Tippertong Rock
  5. One Of These Fine Days
  6. Screaming Target (Vers 2)
  7. The Killer
  8. Solomon A Gunday
  9. Honesty
  10. I Am Alright
  11. Lee A Low
  12. Concrete Jungle

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This 1972 release by the best of reggae's second generation reggae deejays (a.k.a. toasters) captures the howling, yowling Big Youth at his most audaciously creative. Also known as the Human Gleaner, Youth scooped the latest "runnings" with more soul and wit than Jamaica's top newspaper. With no less than Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Brown providing backup vocals, Youth rocks word power here with riddim, melody, and wildman sound F/X. Who would have thought that Youth's chanted freestylings on tunes like the title track and "Solomon a Gunday" would form the core of what would become not only an enduring form but perhaps reggae's most inventive style? And who could have guessed that deejay style would take wing and fly to the Bronx, where it inspired American cousins to rap over their own beats? This LP is a prime example of where it all began, featuring a young, raw explosion of Jamaican genius. --Elena Oumano

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars this is the best reggae album.......2001-03-11

screaming target is the best reggae album of all time. simple as that. long live manley buchanan. long live big youth

5 out of 5 stars essential listening.......2000-09-15

Rising out of the shadows of Jamaica's most influenial and beloved dee-jay, U-Roy, Big Youth became arguably the most noticed and popular reggae superstar of the 1970's other than Bob Marley.

Youth (born Augustus Buchanan in 1955)had a following in the early '70's at the Lord Tippertone Hi-FI, a local Kingston sound system, where he was quite a sensation. Like many in the reggae community, Youth was a devout Rastafarian. Unlike all of them (at the time), the brash Youth would reportedly take off his tam and allow his dreadlocks to flow free while he delivered his social and spiritual beliefs on the microphone. Unlike most other dee-jays at the time, Big Youth's messages were chant-like, as opposed to the popular style that U-Roy used- a hybrid of what we would now call rap and jive talking. In these ways, the only 17 year old Big Youth was an original, and it would show on his albums.

After scoring a major hit with the now legendary "S.90 Skank," Youth showed the world the goods on his groundbreaking and very important debut lp, "Screaming Target."

The mood of the lp is that of youthful exuberance, and this can be credited to not only the still-teenaged Youth, but his producer, the 20 year old veteran Augustus Clarke, who had recently produced a major hit for U-Roy. The 2 men looked to the fresh sounds of reggae as their source of inspiration, and Youth's toasting was dep and probing. Dee-jays then, as now, borrow their music from popular songs and then rap over that music, and Big Youth was no different, borrowing from very popular tunes by Dennis Borwn, Gregory Isaacs, Leroy Smart, and others so that his audience would recognize it. The lyrics, message, and delivery was pure Big Youth.

This is Big Youth, and indeed the whole dee-jay movement at its most fresh and cuting edge. The grooves certainly kept the dancehalls moving and rocking and his messgaes made him an icon on the streets of Kingston- combining the roles of a reporter/editor/commentator with that of a Rasta prophet. An amazing effort.
Screaming Target
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    Big Youth
    Manufacturer: Trojan
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000DXSBKA
    Release Date: 2006-03-21

    Tracks:

    1. Screaming Target
    2. Pride and Joy Rock
    3. Be Careful
    4. Tippertong Rock
    5. One of These Fine Days
    6. Screaming Target [Version 2]
    7. Killer
    8. Solomon a Gunday
    9. Honesty
    10. I Am Alright
    11. Lee a Low
    12. Concrete Jungle

    Album Details

    Recently Acclaimed as One of the Most Important Reggae Albums of all Time in Q Magazine's Reggae Special, `screaming Target' Set a New Standard in Terms of DJ Albums. Originally Issued in 1972, the Collection is Filled to the Brim with Jamaican Hits and Illustrates Jah Youth at his Most Devastating, as He Djs with Style and Wit Over Some of the Hardest Hitting Rhythms of the Day. Now, 34 Years On, this Ground-breaking Album Has Been Remastered and Augmented with the Original Vocal and Instrumental Tracks Over which the DJ Toasted for the LP. Historically and Musically, this CD is Quite Simply an Essential Purchase for Any Self-respecting Reggae Fan.

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