Who Say Jah No Dread: Deluxe Edition

ジェイコブ・ミラーが、オーガスタス・パブロと制作した傑作が、ボーナス・トラックを大量追加収録して再構築・再発売!本作は〈ROCKERS INTERNATIONAL〉にて、74～75年に制作した楽曲を中心に構成。ルーツ・シンガーとしてジェイコブ・ミラーがブレイクした「Each One Teach One」「Keep On Knocking」「False Rasta」「Who Say Jah No Dread」、UKでヒットを記録した「Baby I Love You So」他の6曲に、各曲のダブをそれぞれの曲の後に収録したレゲエ独特のフォーマット(ショー・ケース・スタイル)で92年にGREENSLEEVESから初リリース。録音はDYNAMIC SOUNDSとRANDY'S。演奏はROBBIE SHAKESPEAR/ CARLTON & ASTON BARRETT他を擁したPABLOALL STARS。ダブ・ミックスを担当したのはKING TUBBY。
今回の再発は、初リリース時作品のオリジナルの12曲に、ボーナス・トラックを10曲追加した全22曲の『デラックス・エディション』として登場。シンガーとしてだけではなく、ダブ、リディム、ヴァージョンとレゲエ特有のスタイルとカルチャーの魅力、70年代レゲエの重厚で濃厚なルーツ・ロックの世界観が凝縮された名作をさらに強力にした内容に再構築した豪華作として再発。リ・マスタリング、オリジナル・ジャケット使用。

There are those who argue that all reggae sounds the same, and that roots reggae, in particular, consists entirely of minor variations on a very small set of musical (and, Jah knows, lyrical) themes. Reggae aficionados will agree, to a point (though they may point out that the same can be said of Baroque music, big-band jazz, and bluegrass). But push the point too far and you run the risk of having an album like this one brought out and played for you from beginning to end, which won't take long since it only includes about a half-hour of music. Who Say Jah No Dread consists of the six songs Jacob Miller recorded with legendary producer Augustus Pablo, and the dub versions of those tunes, all of which were mixed by King Tubby; talk about a triple threat. This album is one of a few hard, compact gems of roots reggae, a classic so inarguable that even the most intransigent reggae skeptic might be won over by its dark, mystical charms. All of the rhythm tracks on this album have become classics, none more deservedly than the one on which "Baby I Love You So" is based, which also forms the basis of "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown," a dub version generally considered to be the finest example of dub ever created. Amazingly, every track lives up to that high standard. If your reggae collection consists of only five titles, this should be one of them. ~ Rick Anderson|