Mike Brooks - Living My Culture (2018 Remaster) (2018)

Brooks performed regularly at the 'Idler's Rest' on Chancery Lane in Kingston, and landed a job at Channel One Studios building rhythms with the group Skin Flesh & Bone. His first record release was with the group The Tots (who also included Norris Reid and in Brooks' words 'a guy called Tony'), who released a single in 1975 called "Earth Is The Fullness", recorded at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark studio, and released on Brooks' Harvest label. The band was not successful, but Brooks would often contribute to recording sessions at the Black Ark organized by Jah Lloyd. Brooks re-emerged as a solo singer in the mid-1970s, working with producers such as Alvin Ranglin, and achieving hits with singles such as "Guiding Star" (1977), "Come Sister Love", "Grooving", "Open The Door", and "What a Gathering". He also recorded the combination single "Who Have Eyes To See" with Prince Far I. He moved to the United Kingdom, and joined the British Reggae Artists Against Famine Appeal, singing on the "Let's Make Africa Green Again" charity single. In 1990 he recorded an album with Glen Brown, and followed it in 1995 with Hardcore Lover, an album on which he was joined by Delroy Wilson and Pat Kelly.
Brooks also worked as a producer, and along with Jah Lloyd, set up his own 'Teams' label in the late 1970s.

Tracklist:
1.01 | Mike Brooks - Underground (2018 Remaster)
1.02 | Mike Brooks - Solid Ground (2018 Remaster)
1.03 | Mike Brooks - Changes (2018 Remaster)
1.04 | Mike Brooks - Middle Class (2018 Remaster)
1.05 | Mike Brooks - Cry (2018 Remaster)
1.06 | Mike Brooks - Psalms of Blessing (2018 Remaster)
1.07 | Mike Brooks - Mama Gonna Buy You a Diamond Ring (2018 Remaster)
1.08 | Mike Brooks - I'm Thinking of You (2018 Remaster)
1.09 | Mike Brooks - Too Long (2018 Remaster)
1.10 | Mike Brooks - Crime (2018 Remaster)
1.11 | Mike Brooks - To Be or Not to Be (2018 Remaster)
1.12 | Mike Brooks - Sitting and Waiting (2018 Remaster)
1.13 | Mike Brooks - Hill Side (2018 Remaster)
1.14 | Mike Brooks - My Fight (2018 Remaster)
1.15 | Mike Brooks - Stoney Place (2018 Remaster)
1.16 | Mike Brooks - Longer in Dub (2018 Remaster)
1.17 | Mike Brooks - Big Talk 1 (2018 Remaster)
1.18 | Mike Brooks - Big Talk 2 (2018 Remaster)
1.19 | Mike Brooks - No Way Out (2018 Remaster)
2.01 | Mike Brooks - What a Gathering (2018 Remaster)
2.02 | Mike Brooks - Love Won't Come Easy (2018 Remaster)
2.03 | Mike Brooks - Keep on Moving (Grooving) (2018 Remaster)
2.04 | Mike Brooks - Living My Culture (2018 Remaster)
2.05 | Mike Brooks - Sensi Man (2018 Remaster)
2.06 | Mike Brooks - A Man Is King (2018 Remaster)
2.07 | Mike Brooks, Thin Leg - Reggae in the Sun (2018 Remaster)
2.08 | Mike Brooks, Bim Sherman - Down in the Jamdown (2018 Remaster)
2.09 | Mike Brooks, Morwell Esquire - In God We Trust (2018 Remaster)
2.10 | Mike Brooks - No War over Woman (2018 Remaster)
2.11 | Mike Brooks - Never Give Up (2018 Remaster)
2.12 | Mike Brooks - I Don't Want to See You Cry (2018 Remaster)
2.13 | Mike Brooks - Lover's Street (2018 Remaster)
2.14 | Mike Brooks - I'll Be Back (2018 Remaster)
2.15 | Mike Brooks - Wonderful World (2018 Remaster)
2.16 | Mike Brooks - Fighting Your Brethren (2018 Remaster)
2.17 | Mike Brooks - Love on the Highway (2018 Remaster)
2.18 | Mike Brooks - Money Is Not All (2018 Remaster)
2.19 | Mike Brooks - Complicated Love (2018 Remaster)
2.20 | Mike Brooks - Oh Natty Dread (2018 Remaster)
2.21 | Mike Brooks - Woman of Asylum (2018 Remaster)