African Youth - 2020 European Radiation Roots label 10-track LP Reissue

2020 reissue of Jamaican deejay Robert Brammers - under his Clint Eastwood moniker - great 1978 album originally issued in 1978 on Neville Lees Sonic Sounds Kingston based sublabel Gorgon Records - and featuring Sly & Robbie as a rhythm section - featring Jackie Mittoo on keys. 

Clint Eastwood followed his older brother Trinity onto the sound systems of western Kingston, becoming another microphone fiend to impact during the mid-1970s. After recording singles for Ossie Hibbert, Manzie Swaby and Joe Gibbs, Eastwood teamed up with Bunny Lee for a series of sublime LPs, African Youth a super 1978 set voiced at King Tubby’s and mixed by Prince Jammy over some of Lee’s tough Aggrovators rhythms. Highlights include tough deejay takes of Johnny Clarke’s ‘African Roots’ and Cornel Campbell’s ‘Stars,’ as well as a cut of Black Uhuru’s ‘Eden Out There,’ from Jammy’s archive. This is a crucial roots classic with all killer, no filler status!

Pressed on black vinyl - housed in a picture cover featuring the original 1978 artwork.

Tracklisting:

Side 1.
1. Topo Tone Hifi Style   
2. Size Eight   
3. What's The Score   
4. The Girl Them Love Me   
5. Have Some Faith   

Side 2.
1. African Youth   
2. What A Hard Man Fi Dead   
3. Shine Eye Girl   
4. Them Conscience   
5. Dress In Rags   

Mixed at King Tubby's Studio, Kingston, Jamaica

Credits:

Clint Eastwood -Vocals
The Aggrovators - Backing Band
Robbie Shakespeare - Bass
Sly Dunbar - Drums
Bobby Ellis - Horns
Tommy McCook - Horns
Jackie Mittoo - Organ, Piano, Keyboards (Strings Machine)
Winston Wright - Organ
Noel "Scully" Simms - Percussion
Keith Sterling - Piano
Carl Harvey - Rhythm Guitar
Geoffrey Chung - Rhythm Guitar

Technical Credits:
Bunny Lee - Production, Arrangements
King Tubby - Recording Engineer