Compil. US 1987 on Nighthawk Records label
Reggae (Roots Reggae)
This volume brings together, for the first time, the fine and important early recordings by The Itals (Keith Porter, Ronnie Davis & Lloyd Ricketts). The included songs were produced in Kingston between 1971 and 1979 by group members sometimes in collaboration with Kingston producer Lloyd "Spiderman" Campbell.
The Itals , JM album by | |
Lloyd Parks b, *1948 JM bass | |
Roy Smith bvoc, JM bass | |
Sly Dunbar dr, *1952 JM drums | |
Bertram "Ranchie" McLean b, guitar | |
Eugene Grey g, bvoc, US guitar | |
Keith Herlock guitar | |
Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan g, voc, JM guitar | |
Ansel Collins org, key, *1949 JM keyboards | |
Uziah "Sticky" Thompson perc, JM percussion | |
"Deadly" Headley Bennett sax, as, *1931 JM saxophone | |
Tommy McCook ts, sax, 1927-1998 JM saxophone | |
Vin Gordon tb, *1949 JM trombone | |
Bobby Ellis tr, *1932 JM trumpet | |
Keith Porter voc, JM lead vocals, written by | |
Ronnie Davis bvoc, voc, *1950 JM lead vocals, written by | |
Lloyd Ricketts bvoc, JM lead vocals, written by |
Ronnie Davis backing vocals |
Lloyd Ricketts backing vocals |
Roy Smith backing vocals |
Keith Porter backing vocals |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | In A Dis A Time | The Itals | Keith Porter | 2:58 |
2 | Time Will Tell | The Itals | Keith Porter | 2:59 |
3 | Don't Wake The Lion | The Itals | Keith Porter | 2:33 |
4 | Brutal | The Itals | Keith Porter | 4:07 |
5 | Time Getting Harder | The Itals | Keith Porter | 3:23 |
6 | Living In The Ghetto | The Itals | Ronnie Davis | 3:37 |
7 | Smile Knotty Dread | The Itals | Keith Porter | 3:32 |
8 | Run Baldhead Run | The Itals | Keith Porter | 2:41 |
9 | Last Prayer | The Itals | Keith Porter | 2:47 |
10 | False Preachers | The Itals | Keith Porter | 3:18 |
11 | You Don't Care | The Itals | The Techniques | 3:21 |
12 | Temptation | The Itals | Keith Porter | 3:42 |
13 | Seeing Is Believing | The Itals | Keith Porter | 3:33 |
14 | I See A Sign | The Itals | Lloyd Ricketts | 3:15 |