Big Youth - Some Great Big Youth album flac
Performer: Big YouthTitle: Some Great Big Youth
Style: Reggae
Country: US
MP3 album: 1315 mb
FLAC album: 1932 mb
Rating: 4.5
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Genre: Reggae
10 We Can Work It Out 00:03:21. Big Youth – Some Great Big Youth Label: Heartbeat Records – HB 03 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1981 Genre: Reggae Style: Roots Reggae.
Some Great Big Youth. Great may be too extravagant a term for this ten-song compilation. Entertaining would be appropriate. The set is culled from cuts released by Big Youth's own Negusa Negast label, mostly from the late '70s through the very early '80s. So, obviously this set does not capture the DJ at the height of his prowess, but still contains some worthwhile material. The highlight is the provocative "Green Bay Killing," a 1978 hit that angrily dealt with the slaying of a group of Rastafarians by Jamaican troops
Artists Big Youth Higher Grounds. Higher Grounds Big Youth. This album has an average beat per minute of 105 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 77/167 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Higher Grounds.
Big Youth's own debut album, Screaming Target, arrived in 1973. The DJ seemed to have now glued himself to the chart and during that year, four of his songs, including "Screaming Target" (a version of .
Train to Rhodesia, 03:34. House of Dreadlocks, 03:18. Lightning Flash (Weak Heart Drop), 03:20. Natty Dread She Want, 03:17. Some Like It Dread, 03:00. Marcus Garvey, 03:00. Big Youth Special, 02:27. Black Man Message, 02:50.
This is some great vintage footage that goes waaaaay back. A young Big Youth rockin’ it. At the time this was taken Big youth was arguably the most popular DJ in Jamaica and could have probably successfully run for Prime Minister, such was his popularity. Black and white footage of Big Youth on stage performing S90 Skank. Big Youth at Reggae Sunsplash 1982. But still, what a cover – this album artwork sums up for me exactly what Big Youth represented when he was at the height of his popularity and really conveys the excitement of his music (sadly not on this album though).
Big Youth - What's Going On. Extract Chords. Juks Dread & Big Youth - The Twenty Third Psalm. BIG YOUTH "Marcus Garvey Dread" Garance Reggae Festival 2010. Dennis Brown & Big Youth - In His Own Way 12' -1979.
Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | World War III |
| A2 | Living |
| A3 | Roots Foundation |
| A4 | Get On Up |
| A5 | Dancing Mood |
| B1 | Time Alone Will Tell |
| B2 | Suffering |
| B3 | Love Jah With All My Heart |
| B4 | Green Bay Killing |
| B5 | We Can Work It OutWritten By – Paul McCartney |
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 03 | Big Youth | Some Great Big Youth (LP, Album) | Heartbeat Records | HB 03 | US | 1981 |
| HB 03 | Big Youth | Some Great Big Youth (CD, Album) | Heartbeat Records | HB 03 | US | 1990 |
| TRC 3165 | Big Youth | Some Great Big Youth (LP) | Plum Records | TRC 3165 | South Africa | Unknown |
| BMLP-015 | Big Youth | Some Great Big Youth (LP) | Blue Moon | BMLP-015 | UK | 1985 |






