Black Uhuru c/d, s and d?

I bought Sensimilla, Red and Showcase at the weekend for next to nothing at a jumble sale in rural Luxembourg. I remember back in the day being freaked out by how weird and untamed their sound was. It obviously sounds less radical now, but some (not all) of it still holds up. Are there any other albums I should get? How do you assess their career now?

I remember liking "Solidarity" as a single.

I recall loving to bits their dub'lbum, Positive Dub.

i had vital selection years ago. 1979 collection of singles. that was cool. and i always liked sinsemilla. probably one of my fave reggae albums when i was a kid. i like red too. and i bought anthem, but probably didn't listen to it as much. they played what is life? on college radio a lot. i had a crush on puma jones back then too.

yeah it all starts to go wrong with Anthem. I've been looking for a copy of Sinsemilla for years and years! Their records are hard to find on LP.

I think you're probably good with those three and the one Scott mentioned, tread with care after 1983 or so.

Brutal from '86 on RAS is quite good, as is its dub companion Brutal Dub. "City Vibes" is a fave from that one.

I stand corrected, I should check that out!

showcase is a great album!

red is not that great IMO

Yeah, Solidarity and What Is Life got played on my local college radio a lot. I like the Brutal stuff a lot. The dub of "Great Train Robbery" is really good too.

Do you the earlier King Jammy produced stuff? Cuz that's pretty essential. As is Guess Whose Coming To Dinner.

I haven't heard anything pre-Showcase, Alex, if that's what you mean by "King Jammy-produced". I didn't know there was anything, to be honest. Great - please tell us more. Of the later (post-83) stuff, I love Fit You Haffe Fit, despite the rather clunky 80s production.

What's the 80s single that goes "We all wanna see the game on Saturday/ Everybody's gotta work for a living etc..."??

Sleeve, yes, I was amazed to find those records. It was just some old lady getting rid of her vinyl. The rest of her collection was Rod Stewart, Johnny Hallyday, light classical etc.

As for the Red album, how good is Sponji Reggae?!?!

pretty damn good, my fave on Red along w/Youth Of Eglington

Love Crisis (and it's remixed version Black Sounds of Freedom) and it's dub version Uhuru in Dub are the Jammy produced albums.

What's the 80s single that goes "We all wanna see the game on Saturday/ Everybody's gotta work for a living etc..."??

That's "Solidarity," mentioned upthread. I love "Red," and the glossier "Chill Out" is pretty good. I'll rep for most everything Michael Rose sings on, his voice was the main part of Uhuru's magic to me. I kinda stopped paying attention after he left.

His solo records through the 80s-90s are pretty good too, if slightly inconsistent at times.

Mykal Rose, as he is currently spelling it, brought the fire at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday night. Pretty spectacular.

Love those early 80s Sly and Robbie electronic albums. Really underrated stuff.

"Fire City" (from Positive) blew my mind when I happened to see the video back in '87 or whenever. That bass line is really unsettling.

Whoever said Red wasn't good must be crazy, One of my favorite Reggae albums. how could you not love it? it's filled with crazy syncopated percussion, falsetto muppet voice singing and dub laser FX!

I can never get enough of Sponji Reggae.

The artwork for Sinsemilla is seriously the creepiest thing I've ever seen

just grabbed the complete anthem sessions, black uhuru anthem is kicking i and i's azz

Youth of Eglington. Put down your Smith & Wesson cos this kills every time.

Sinsemilla and Red are great. Also treasure my memories of seeing them in '81 w/ Sly & Robbie at Howard U in DC. Great show.

I love this band a lot more than I've ever managed to say here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNjreLbD-wM