Prince Far I - Cry Tuff Chants On U CD On-U Sound

Track Listing:

1. In I Father's House 03:51

2. Calling Over The Distant Sea 05:28

3. Nuclear Weapon 03:52 

4. Water The Garden 04:08 

5. Quanté Jublia 06:57 

6. Bedward The Flying Preacher 04:43 

7. Dreadlock Soldier 03:37

8. Prodigal Son 04:23 

9. Virgin 04:43

10. Cha-Ris-Ma 04:26 

11. Frontline Speech 03:15

12. Autobiography 05:55 

13. 91 Vibration 07:36 

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Label: On-U Sound

Format: CD

Release Date: 13th September 2024

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Prince Far I is a legend of roots reggae, both as producer and for his incredibly distinctive deejay style on the microphone. After cutting sides for the likes of Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee and Coxsone Dodd, he made a name for himself with the Psalms For I album, featuring the gruff-voiced Prince intoning bible passages over the heaviest of dread rhythms. In 1976 he set up his own Cry Tuff imprint, distributed in the UK by Adrian Sherwood’s pre-On-U Sound label Hitrun, and a close working relationship was forged. The musicians who played with Prince Far I, known initially as The Arabs, became a core part of the On-U crew, performing in different permutations as Creation Rebel, Singers & Players, and Dub Syndicate. Sherwood cut his production teeth on albums such as Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter III, a Prince Far I set featuring an eclectic cast of musicians including David Toop, Steve Beresford, and Ari Up of The Slits. Far I went on to contribute several memorable vocal performances to the Singers & Players project, and toured with On-U band Creation Rebel in the early 1980s. Tragically, Prince Far I was murdered by gunmen in Jamaica in 1983, but his influence lives on in Adrian’s recordings right up to the present day.

Tracks taken from ONUDP1 disco plate, ONUDP58 disco plate, ONU128 Sherwood At The Controls Vol 1, and the following Singers And Players albums: War Of Words, Revenge Of The Underdog, Staggering Heights and Golden Greats Vol 1