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Not to be confused with
Max Romeo
's debut album, 1969's
Pama
-released
A Dream
, nor with the
Trojan
best-of set, this
Wet Dream
is a mix-and-match collection of hits and rarities drawn from the early
reggae
age. It's a rather eccentric selection, but then so was
Romeo
's work during this period. The set kick offs with the title track, a rude
smash, which created as big a stir in the British
scene as the Jamaican, preceded by its instrumental version.
"Pussy Watchman"
falls into the same innuendo-laced category, as does
"My Dickie,"
which isn't a
number at all, but a
Derrick Morgan
song. That singer famously turned down
"Wet Dream,"
and was obviously making up for his mistake. But it's
"Fowl Thief"
that sweeps the silly stakes, a
nursery rhyme
-type song filled with appropriate barnyard noises. Equally superfluous is a cover of
the Wailers
'
"Mr. Chatterbox,"
along with an equally unnecessary version of
the Limelites
' much-covered hit
"Stick by Me."
More impressive is
's emotive take on
"Sometimes,"
and best of all
"Chi Chi Bud,"
a revved-up
version on an old
mento
song, which
rode straight up the chart. But there was more meat to the artist than the suggestive smashes and recycled standards suggest, for as the '70s dawned,
began recording a stream of seminal cultural numbers. Such was the success of his self-produced and released
"Macabee Version"
that it prompted
Niney Holness
to have a go himself, resulting in his groundbreaking
"Blood & Fire."
On
"Macabee,"
proudly proclaimed his Rastafarian faith, renewing it again with the equally impressive
"Holla Zion."
The
calypso-fied
"Rent Man,"
meanwhile, drove home the singer's sympathy for the sufferers. But it was 1972's
"Let the Power Fall"
that had the greatest impact, its message taken up as a campaign anthem by the People's National Party, which promptly swept into power in Jamaica that year. Such numbers sit uncomfortably with the likes of
"Wet Dream"
and
"Fowl Thief,"
and, in fact,
had worked hard to put such excesses behind him. By 1972, they'd been forgiven -- if not already forgotten -- by the public, but unfortunately, one can never quite shake one's past, as this set makes clear. ~ Jo-Ann Greene
Max Romeo
's debut album, 1969's
Pama
-released
A Dream
, nor with the
Trojan
best-of set, this
Wet Dream
is a mix-and-match collection of hits and rarities drawn from the early
reggae
age. It's a rather eccentric selection, but then so was
Romeo
's work during this period. The set kick offs with the title track, a rude
smash, which created as big a stir in the British
scene as the Jamaican, preceded by its instrumental version.
"Pussy Watchman"
falls into the same innuendo-laced category, as does
"My Dickie,"
which isn't a
number at all, but a
Derrick Morgan
song. That singer famously turned down
"Wet Dream,"
and was obviously making up for his mistake. But it's
"Fowl Thief"
that sweeps the silly stakes, a
nursery rhyme
-type song filled with appropriate barnyard noises. Equally superfluous is a cover of
the Wailers
'
"Mr. Chatterbox,"
along with an equally unnecessary version of
the Limelites
' much-covered hit
"Stick by Me."
More impressive is
's emotive take on
"Sometimes,"
and best of all
"Chi Chi Bud,"
a revved-up
version on an old
mento
song, which
rode straight up the chart. But there was more meat to the artist than the suggestive smashes and recycled standards suggest, for as the '70s dawned,
began recording a stream of seminal cultural numbers. Such was the success of his self-produced and released
"Macabee Version"
that it prompted
Niney Holness
to have a go himself, resulting in his groundbreaking
"Blood & Fire."
On
"Macabee,"
proudly proclaimed his Rastafarian faith, renewing it again with the equally impressive
"Holla Zion."
The
calypso-fied
"Rent Man,"
meanwhile, drove home the singer's sympathy for the sufferers. But it was 1972's
"Let the Power Fall"
that had the greatest impact, its message taken up as a campaign anthem by the People's National Party, which promptly swept into power in Jamaica that year. Such numbers sit uncomfortably with the likes of
"Wet Dream"
and
"Fowl Thief,"
and, in fact,
had worked hard to put such excesses behind him. By 1972, they'd been forgiven -- if not already forgotten -- by the public, but unfortunately, one can never quite shake one's past, as this set makes clear. ~ Jo-Ann Greene
Not to be confused with
Max Romeo
's debut album, 1969's
Pama
-released
A Dream
, nor with the
Trojan
best-of set, this
Wet Dream
is a mix-and-match collection of hits and rarities drawn from the early
reggae
age. It's a rather eccentric selection, but then so was
Romeo
's work during this period. The set kick offs with the title track, a rude
smash, which created as big a stir in the British
scene as the Jamaican, preceded by its instrumental version.
"Pussy Watchman"
falls into the same innuendo-laced category, as does
"My Dickie,"
which isn't a
number at all, but a
Derrick Morgan
song. That singer famously turned down
"Wet Dream,"
and was obviously making up for his mistake. But it's
"Fowl Thief"
that sweeps the silly stakes, a
nursery rhyme
-type song filled with appropriate barnyard noises. Equally superfluous is a cover of
the Wailers
'
"Mr. Chatterbox,"
along with an equally unnecessary version of
the Limelites
' much-covered hit
"Stick by Me."
More impressive is
's emotive take on
"Sometimes,"
and best of all
"Chi Chi Bud,"
a revved-up
version on an old
mento
song, which
rode straight up the chart. But there was more meat to the artist than the suggestive smashes and recycled standards suggest, for as the '70s dawned,
began recording a stream of seminal cultural numbers. Such was the success of his self-produced and released
"Macabee Version"
that it prompted
Niney Holness
to have a go himself, resulting in his groundbreaking
"Blood & Fire."
On
"Macabee,"
proudly proclaimed his Rastafarian faith, renewing it again with the equally impressive
"Holla Zion."
The
calypso-fied
"Rent Man,"
meanwhile, drove home the singer's sympathy for the sufferers. But it was 1972's
"Let the Power Fall"
that had the greatest impact, its message taken up as a campaign anthem by the People's National Party, which promptly swept into power in Jamaica that year. Such numbers sit uncomfortably with the likes of
"Wet Dream"
and
"Fowl Thief,"
and, in fact,
had worked hard to put such excesses behind him. By 1972, they'd been forgiven -- if not already forgotten -- by the public, but unfortunately, one can never quite shake one's past, as this set makes clear. ~ Jo-Ann Greene
Max Romeo
's debut album, 1969's
Pama
-released
A Dream
, nor with the
Trojan
best-of set, this
Wet Dream
is a mix-and-match collection of hits and rarities drawn from the early
reggae
age. It's a rather eccentric selection, but then so was
Romeo
's work during this period. The set kick offs with the title track, a rude
smash, which created as big a stir in the British
scene as the Jamaican, preceded by its instrumental version.
"Pussy Watchman"
falls into the same innuendo-laced category, as does
"My Dickie,"
which isn't a
number at all, but a
Derrick Morgan
song. That singer famously turned down
"Wet Dream,"
and was obviously making up for his mistake. But it's
"Fowl Thief"
that sweeps the silly stakes, a
nursery rhyme
-type song filled with appropriate barnyard noises. Equally superfluous is a cover of
the Wailers
'
"Mr. Chatterbox,"
along with an equally unnecessary version of
the Limelites
' much-covered hit
"Stick by Me."
More impressive is
's emotive take on
"Sometimes,"
and best of all
"Chi Chi Bud,"
a revved-up
version on an old
mento
song, which
rode straight up the chart. But there was more meat to the artist than the suggestive smashes and recycled standards suggest, for as the '70s dawned,
began recording a stream of seminal cultural numbers. Such was the success of his self-produced and released
"Macabee Version"
that it prompted
Niney Holness
to have a go himself, resulting in his groundbreaking
"Blood & Fire."
On
"Macabee,"
proudly proclaimed his Rastafarian faith, renewing it again with the equally impressive
"Holla Zion."
The
calypso-fied
"Rent Man,"
meanwhile, drove home the singer's sympathy for the sufferers. But it was 1972's
"Let the Power Fall"
that had the greatest impact, its message taken up as a campaign anthem by the People's National Party, which promptly swept into power in Jamaica that year. Such numbers sit uncomfortably with the likes of
"Wet Dream"
and
"Fowl Thief,"
and, in fact,
had worked hard to put such excesses behind him. By 1972, they'd been forgiven -- if not already forgotten -- by the public, but unfortunately, one can never quite shake one's past, as this set makes clear. ~ Jo-Ann Greene
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