Where is the LOVE for Prince Far I?

i mean "Bedward the flying Preacher" is probably one of my all time fave tracks.

but to my eternal shame, i have never heard anything non-ON-U related

where to start ?

m.e

"where to start ?"

The Virgin / Frontline comp. Black Man Land and the Sanctuary / Trojan comp. Heavy Manners: Anthology 1977-83 are both excellent and between them cover pretty much all the bases.

i love it. dunno if he's listened to it yet.

Prince Far I: totally classic!

^^^^^ Was just debating whether to download Silver & Gold or Health & Strength from eMusic.

Sometimes I'm not so fond of toasting, so I've been hedging a bit. But the AMG review of H&S says it's "essential," which is pretty high praise.

I could get rid of all my other records & just keep the Prince Far I ones and be completely content in life. For real.

Tough call between these two - "Johnny Get Worse" however is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Yeah, I'm prolly going to download them both. Johnny Get Worse is PF1 toasting over Johnny Too Bad, that great Slickers song on the Harder They Come soundtrack. Never heard from that group again.

when he says "nobody knows where the hearse comes from" it's like my favorite moment ever

One of two extant clips of Prince Far I live afaik, and the other one's just 18 seconds long. Hadn't seen this at all, it just surfaced recently. Audio's terrible, but his power as a live performer is clear & palpable.

some audio-only live clips available.

Thanks Aero! Magnetic performer - can't look away when he's in camera.

i so need to hear some proper stuff .. his vocals on ON-U productions has always been a massive favourite part of the sound.
i mean "Bedward the flying Preacher" is probably one of my all time fave tracks.
but to my eternal shame, i have never heard anything non-ON-U related
where to start ?
m.e
― mark e (mark e), Friday, 22 July 2005 14:10 (5 years ago)

i live in shame no more.
couple of years ago i picked up 'heavy manners' which consists of 4 complete albums on 2 cds.
righteous dub.

"Go for the voice, stay for the dub." << wise words.

Oh man, how great is this Peel session? that voice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90eDERX6ZM4

i love prince far i!!!!

that great Slickers song on the Harder They Come soundtrack. Never heard from that group again.

Aw "Breakthrough" album is good! Sounds like Black Ark but discogs says produced by Earl Chin.

maybe stating the obvious here but all of the cry tuff dub encounter records are outrageously good

just some of the deepest records ever

I did at one point find a full-length video of him live with Sons of Arqa in Germany

Really enjoying "Under Heavy Manners"

all time!

does anyone have Showcase In A Suitcase? i thnk i have been looking for a copy for longer than any other record i'm after but it appears to be crazily hard to find. one day!

I don't think, in 40 years of regularly looking in reggae sections in record shops, that I've ever seen a copy. I imagine it only got a very limited release because other reggae LPs on PRE were easy to find (like, I have a very clear memory of the Congo Ashanti Roy LP in Debenhams in Exeter!) and although SIAS is v good it's not so astoundingly amazing that it wouldn't have emerged from a few record collections over the years. (Thanks for the Dorane LP BTW, it's terrific).

I'd always assumed Pre would have pressed a reasonable number of copies (i have seen his 'Livity" album on Pre surface a few times) but reckon you are probably right. Glad to hear you enjoyed the Dorane!