VA - Strong Like Sampson: Linval Thompson Presents the 12" Mixes (2015)

Excellent double CD collection of titles originally released in the late seventies and early eighties on Linval Thompson's Strong Like Sampson label. Presented in "discomix style", vocals extended into dubs, just as they were on the original vinyl 12"'s, some of these tracks are amongst the heaviest records of their day, just listen to Barrington Levy's Wicked Intention, Rod Taylor's Promised Land or Barry Brown's ferocious Natty Dread Nah Run. The combination of the Roots Radics and the crashing dub sections epitomise the sound of roots reggae as it began to mutate into the dancehall style that found its apotheosis with the productions of Linval's sometime partner Henry 'Junjo' Lawes.