''Natty Universal Dread 1973–1979'' is a 3-CD-Box-set by

Big Youth Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 19 April 1949, Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica),Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, better known as Big Youth (sometimes called Jah Youth), is a Jamaican Toasting (J ...

, released in 2001.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Manley Buchanan; except where indicated

CD1: Hot Stock 1973

# "Chucky No Lucky" # "Waterhouse Rock" # "Hot Cross Bun" # "Roll River Jordan" (

Sugar Minott Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott (25 May 1956 – 10 July 2010)Campbell, Howard (2010)Reggae singer Sugar Minott dies at 54, Associated Press, 11 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010Peru, Yasmine (2010)Godfather of Dancehall, Sugar Minott, dead a ...

) # "Children Children" # "Mr. Buddy" # "Hot Stock" # "Downtown Kingston Pollution" # "Hell Is for Heroes" # "African Daughter" # "Things in the Light" # "Sky Juice" # "Not Long Ago" # "Is Dread in a Babylon" # "I Pray Thee Continually" # "Streets in Africa"

CD2: Reggae Phenomenon 1973–1975

# "Give Praises" # "Mama Look" # "Reggae Phenomenon" # "Battle of the Giants, Part 1" # "Battle of the Giants, Part 2" # "Plead I Cause" # "Hip Ki Do" # "Riverton City2 # "

Love and Happiness "Love and Happiness" is a song by Al Green from his album '' I'm Still in Love with You''. Green co-wrote the song with Teenie Hodges. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on London Records in 1973 and in the United States on Hi Reco ...

" (

Al Green Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), known professionally as Al Green, is an American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer. He is best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including " Tired of ...

, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) # "Weeping in the Night (Joy in the Morning)" # "Every Nigger Is a Star" # "My Time" (Buchanan,

Gregory Isaacs Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD (15 July 1951 – 25 October 2010)Thompson, p. 127. was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in ''The New York Times'', described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".Miles, Milo (1992),RECORDI ...

) # "Natty Universal Dread" # "Jim Screechy"

CD3: Hotter Fire 1975–1979

# "Messiah Garvey" (Extended) # "Wolf In Sheep Clothing" (Version 1) # "Wolf In Sheep Clothing" (Version 2) # "Keep Your Dread" (

Phil Pratt Phil Pratt, born George Phillips (born 1942 in Kingston, Jamaica)Thompson, Dave (2002), ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 316. is a Jamaican reggae singer and record producer. Career Phil Pratt worked at Studio One for Coxsone ...

) # "I Light and I Salvation" # "

Hit the Road Jack "Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by the rhythm and blues singer Percy Mayfield and recorded by Ray Charles. The song was a US number 1 hit in 1961, and won a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording, becoming one of Charles' sign ...

" (

Percy Mayfield Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920August 11, 1984) was an American rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also a songwriter, known for the songs "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit the Road Jack", the latter being a song f ...

) #

Leroy Smart Leroy Smart (born 1952) is a reggae singer-songwriter and record producer from Kingston, Jamaica. Biography Smart was born in 1952 and orphaned at the age of two. He was raised at Maxfield Park Children's Home and educated at Alpha Boys School ...

& Big Youth – "Keep On Trying" # "Jah Man of Syreen" # "Dread High Ranking" # "Hotter Fire" # "Miss Lou Ring a Ding" # "Same Something" # "Dread Is the Best" # "Ten Against One" # "River Boat" # Junior Byles & Big Youth – "

Sugar, Sugar "Sugar, Sugar" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim (singer), Andy Kim, produced by Barry and recorded by the Archies, a fictional bubblegum pop band from Archie Comics. It was released as the group's third single (music), single on th ...

" (Chuck Willis,

Andy Kim Andrew Kim (born July12, 1982) is an American politician and former diplomat serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States senator from New Jersey since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democ ...

Jeff Barry Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are " Tell Laura I Love Her" (written with Ben Raleigh and a ...

) # "The Wise Sheep" # "Jah Jah Love Them" (Extended) # "The Upful One" # "Can't Take Wah Happen on a West" # "Political Confusion"

Personnel

* Big Youth – Main Performer, Vocals, Percussion * Musicians – Soul Syndicate, Big Youth Orchestra, Negusa Nagast All Stars, The Ark Angels * Bass – George "Fully" Fullwood, Jackie Jackson * Drums –

Carlton "Santa" Davis Carlton "Santa" Davis (born 21 November 1953) is a musician from Jamaica, primarily known for his drumming with bands such as Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Aggrovators, Soul Syndicate and Roots Radics. He has worked with reggae artists such ...

* Rhythm Guitar – Tony Chin * Lead Guitar –

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 ...

as Mmelchezidek * Keyboard – Keith McLeod, Earl "Wire" Lindo * Piano –

Keith Sterling Keith Sterling (born Keith Sterling-McLeod, January 1952, Kingston, Jamaica)Larkin, Colin (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', 4th edn., OUP USA, , p. 743 is a piano and keyboard player. Biography Keith Sterling is a well-respected Jam ...

* Trombone –

Vin Gordon Vin Gordon (a.k.a. Trommie, Don D. Junior or Don Drummond Jr) (born 4 August 1949) is a Jamaican trombone player. Biography Gordon grew up in Jones Town, Kingston, Jamaica as one of eight children. He went to Kingston's Catholic Alpha Boys Sc ...

* Alto Saxophone – "Deadly" Headley Bennett,

Herman Marquis Herman Marquis is a Jamaican saxophone musician who has played with many reggae artists including Burning Spear. He recorded for Arthur "Duke" Reid in the 1960s and was a member of The Revolutionaries and The Upsetters in the 1970s.Barrow, Steve ...

* Tenor Saxophone – Glen DaCosta * Trumpet – David Madden, Arnold Brackenridge,

Bobby Ellis Bobby Ellis OD (2 July 1932 – 18 October 2016) was a Jamaican trumpet player. He worked with many reggae artists including Peter Tosh, Burning Spear and The Revolutionaries. Biography Born in Kingston on 2 October 1932, Bobby Ellis attended ...

* Harmonica – Jimmy Becker * Percussion – Noel "Skully" Simms, Keith Sterling, Sylvan Morris,

Uziah "Sticky" Thompson Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson (1 August 1936 – 25 August 2014) was a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active from the late 1950s. He worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums. Biog ...

, Big Youth * Backing Vocals – Barry Llewellyn, Earl Morgan,

Leroy Sibbles Leroy Sibbles (born Leroy Sibblies, 29 January 1949) is a Jamaican reggae musician and producer. He was the lead singer for The Heptones in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to his work with The Heptones, Sibbles was a session bassist and arra ...

I Threes Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as the Wailers and prior to that the Wailing Rudeboys, the Wailing Wailers and the Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley (Robert ...

, Garnett Mirriam

Recording Information

* Recording:

Harry J Studio Harry Zephaniah Johnson (6 July 1945 – 3 April 2013), known by the stage name Harry J, was a Jamaican reggae record producer. Biography Born in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, in 1945, Johnson started to play music with the Virtues as a bass p ...

, Kingston, Jamaica & Joe Gibbs Studio, Kingston, Jamaica & Randy's, Kingston, Jamaica

Other information

All tracks produced by Manley Augustus Buchanan aka

except: * CD1, tracks 1 & 2 produced by Joel Gibson * CD3, track 1 produced by Jimmy Lindo * CD3, track 4 produced by

References

Big Youth albums 2001 compilation albums {{reggae-album-stub