“The High Priest Of Reggae” by Laurel Aitken - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1970 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s |

The High Priest Of Reggae? Around about this time it was no idle boast. 1969’s “Scandal In A Brixton Market” was a stormer and the follow up included some of the man’s greatest recordings to date. The album served as a bit of a round-up of a-sides and b-sides from Laurel’s prolific release schedule of the time, and we get a bit of a mixed bag as a result. The pure Jamaican “street reggae” is positively glorious. The “western pop” covers are best described as “a necessary marketing evil”. A semi-mighty LP.
The Jukebox Rebel
24–Sep–2010
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