King Tubby put the sound of thunder onto the shimmeringly beautiful Johnny Clarke records made in 1975. Bunny Lee had brought an ephemeral, acheing simplicity onto the original recordings. He got the best out of Clarke, a man whose voice was made of Waterford crystal. Tubby took that and put the wrath of Jaweh, the …
Partido Alto (Ao Vivo) as sung by Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso had only been back home for ten minutes when he started playing again. He couldn't give the fascists running the country the satisfaction of his silence. This was recorded in Salvador pretty much as soon as his feet hit the dirt of Brazil. It was 1972. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGC0gJAHIYs Two years in exile, with Gilberto …
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Jacob Sweetman 