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kalcidis wrote:Nice spotting, Satta! I've got the album but couldn't place it.

The last one by Ras Gaks is difficult as well. The background looks very JA so rather likely a JA-production. I guess it narrows it down to only a couple of thousand albums...

Well, thanks to rnld's hint (dub and british).
The unsolved one, I thought could be this [cover=5573], obviously it's not...

kalcidis wrote:Nice spotting, Satta! I've got the album but couldn't place it.

The last one by Ras Gaks is difficult as well. The background looks very JA so rather likely a JA-production. I guess it narrows it down to only a couple of thousand albums...

I'll help to narrow it down some more:
1. It's from 1985, so it has a dancehall vibe.
2. a fruit (bottom right corner of the cropped photo)

Horace Martin - Watermelon Man

A rather nice LP! Hard to believe Blackbeard went from producing tracks like Johnny Clarke's African Roots and Delroy Wilson's Live Good to the dancehall niceness found on Watermelon Man. A few of the tracks aren't amazing but there aren't any real duds like a couple tracks off his next LP, You've Changed (which is otherwise fantastic).

Still in '85.

Freddie McKay - Harsh Words.

Can't post one myself as
a) don't know how, b) am at work.

Billy Boom wrote:Horace Martin - Watermelon Man

A rather nice LP! Hard to believe Blackbeard went from producing tracks like Johnny Clarke's African Roots and Delroy Wilson's Live Good to the dancehall niceness found on Watermelon Man. A few of the tracks aren't amazing but there aren't any real duds like a couple tracks off his next LP, You've Changed (which is otherwise fantastic).

It wasn't what I had expected it to be...I guessed that 'You've changed' is equally bad. I'll try it.

"You've changed" I really rate. There's one or two songs that are bland but not bad on it. Watermelon Man never did anything for me. I think there was one track on there that I really liked the rest was not making feel it at all. Weird how expensive it is.

@ Chaz
Harsh Words is not the one. Great album I wouldn't mind owning though!

@ras_gaks
I'm in the minority liking Watermelon Man and to be honest the LP doesn't really live up to the promise of the first two tracks, "See Me Yah" and "Round the Clock Rock". You've Changed is Horace's set I listen to the most. It is completely different from Watermelon Man. If you enjoy deep deep Channel One rhythms and adventurous digital of a higher category, then you will enjoy You've Changed. The weaker tracks I mentioned aren't really too bad as kalcidis points out.

I'll go by your words @kalcidis @Billy Boom and get it asap!

Cheers!

A hint for my picture:

He was the last great artist to rise to stardom with the help of Junjo Lawes.