I have vague memories of one Saturday morning in Probe, Liverpool, and coming across ‘Bible’, by Prince Hammer on Front Line. This was a label that had been launched by Virgin Records to push roots reggae in the late 70s, which was probably the genres heyday as, riding on Bob Marley’s coattails reggae had, at that time, become pervasive and, alongside punk, exemplified a side of musical counter culture. Anyway, waffle over. Me and my friends were fascinated by it and started buying it in droves. Prince Hammer, of whom I know nothing, definitely comes across as being heavily influenced by U-Roy, having a relaxed, but strangely also quite direct style.
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