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Track listing

Personnel

Derrick Simpson Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru ( Swahili for 'freedom'). The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Derrick "Duckie" Simpson as the mainstay. They had their most successful per ...

– vocals, composer, producer * Ived "Sen-C" Campbell – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

Zac Harmon William Zach "Zac" Harmon is an American blues musician from Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Harmon was signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music until 2015, when he announced his signing to San Francisco–based Blind Pig Records. Biography ...

– backing vocals, guitar, bass, drums, producer *

Louie Rankin Leonard Ford (b. 1953 – 30 September 2019), known professionally as Louie Rankin, was a Jamaican dancehall reggae artist and actor. Life and career Leonard Ford was born in Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica and grew up in Rockfort and East Kings ...

– guest artist (track 7) * Bob Brockman – guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer, strings, drums, congas, percussion, timbales, drum programming, producer, mixing *

Earl "Chinna" Smith Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 6 August 1955), a.k.a. Earl Flute and Melchezidek the High Priest,Johnson, Richard (2013)The Melchizedek way, ''Jamaica Observer'', 6 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013 is a Jamaican guitarist active since the late ...

– guitar * Anthony Brissett – bass, piano, synthesizer, percussion, arranger * Christopher Meridith – bass * Earl "Bagga" Walker – bass * Christopher Troy – piano, keyboards, drums, producer, arranger * Noel Davis – piano, synthesizer * Chico Chin – horns * David Madden – horns *

Dean Fraser Dean Ivanhoe Fraser (sometimes appearing as Dean Frazer) (born 4 August 1957) Allmusic.com biography by Sandra Brennan/ref> is a Jamaican saxophonist who has contributed to hundreds of reggae recordings since the mid-1970s. He was awarded the Mu ...

– horns * Nambo Robinson – horns * Rass Brass – horns * Marcus "Rangatan" Smith – drums & percussion * George "Dusty" Miller – drums & percussion * Lowell Fillmore Dunbar – drums * Jermaine Forde – drums * Harry T. Powell – percussion * George Nauful – executive producer * Jim Snowden – executive producer * Claire McNally – production coordinator * Steve Sykes – mixing * David Rowe – engineering * Lynford "Fatta" Marshall – engineering * Rohan Richards – engineering * Karl Tappin – engineering * Rob Groome – assistant engineering * Vincent Henry – assistant engineering * Mark Johnson – assistant engineering * Steve Hall – mastering * Howard Alston – horns, flute, saxophone * Michelle Laurencot – art direction & design * Ron Larson – art direction * Nathaniel Welch – photography

Charts

References

External links

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