Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Know Jah Better (1992)

01. War Time
02. War Time Dub
03. Want More
04. Know Jah Better
05. Almond Tree
06. No Place Like Home

07. Happy Go Lucky

08. Picking Up Chips
09. Love In The Morning
10. Deep In My Heart
11. In This Time
12. Proverbial Dub

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✓  Know Jah Better

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✓ Genre: Reggae

✓ (†) 16 March 2005.

✓ Released: 1992
✓ Born: Saint Ann, Jamaica 
✓ Label: Nighthawk Records
✓ Producer: Justin Hinds, Michael Riley For Jwyanza Records
✓ Recorded At:  Grove Studio, Peter Crouch Studid.
✓ Engineered: Phillip Zadie, David Rowe & Jr. Edwards.
✓ Mixed by: Sylvan Morrish.
✓ Mixed At: Dynamic Studio.
✓ Track: 12
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Backing Vocals: Derrick Lara, Dean Fraser
Bass: Dehaul, Mikie Fletcher
Drums: Michael Mckenzie, Sly
Lead Guitar: Gibby Morrison
Rhythm Guitar: Carral Hewitt, Bo Peep
Keyboards: Chunky, Handel Tucker, Bubbler Waul, C Mclaughlin
Sax: Dean Fraser
Guitar Overdubs: Chinna Percussion Overdubs: Skully

 

 

Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Ska Uprising (1993)

01. Carry Go Bring Come (ska Version)
02. Over The River
03. Corner Stone
04. Mother Banner
05. Rub Up Push Up
06. Try Me
07. Teach The Youth
08. The Higher The Monkey Climbs
09. Fight For The Rights
10. Here I Stand
11. Save A Bread
12. Carry Go Bring Come (rocksteady Version)
13. Fight Too Much
14. Once A Man
15. You Should Have Known Better
16. Drink Milk
17. Everywhere I Go (travel With Love)
18. Botheration
19. Might Redeemer
20. Sinners

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✓ Genre: Reggae/Ska/Rockstedy
✓ Released:  1993
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 ✓ Born: Jamaica
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✓ Label: Trojan
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✓ Playtime: 54:34 min.
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From the late ska period on, Justin Hinds & the Dominoes were one of Duke Reid's most popular and respected artists, churning out scores of singles during their decade-long collaboration. For 30 years, however, only a fraction of this work was readily available outside of Jamaica. Fortunately, Trojan filled that void with two disks, Peace & Love and Ska Uprising, each surveying the trio's ska, rocksteady, and reggae material.

While both are excellent, Ska Uprising offers a selection from the group's more popular, more accessible tracks, making it a better introduction to Hinds' danceable, country-prophet castigations. Most of the classics are here, such as the omnipresent "Carry Go Bring Come," the satirical "The Higher the Monkey Climbs," a reggae version of "Botheration," and "Drink Milk," a number one hit from 1970. Along with such trademark "statement" tracks, this collection also features several superb love songs. 
Often expressing a similar cynicism, they exude a depth and urgency rare in Jamaican music of the period. Standouts include a subdued cover of the Rip-Chords' "Here I Stand," the bawdy scorcher "Rub up, Push Up," and the beautifully plaintive "Try Me," where the imploring wails of The Dominoes echo Hinds' entreaties in perfect call-and-response harmony.

Overall the selections are excellent, and unlike Peace & Love, the reggae tracks don't slow the collection down. Those looking for an introduction to Justin Hinds & The Dominoes' early work should definitely start here, then later enrich their collection with the rarer, deeper tracks found on the latter disk. Together they deliver a fulfilling, enjoyable portrait of one of the most distinctive and penetrating voices of 1960s Jamaica, and no fan should be without.