Various Artists - Wicked A Go Feel It (Classic Roots & Culture 1978 - 1985, TROJAN) English review

I thought a lot about what the second CD I will review should be. Fortunately, a lots of good releases are lined up on the shelves straight from Europe, the USA, Jamaica and probably even from Africa . Hence Friday (20.09.) was the 60th anniversary of Haile Selassie's visit to Hungary, I thought the most appropriate would be a roots album compiled by Trojan Records. Various Artists - Wicked A Go Feel It (1996, TROJAN) Total Play: 68:35 mins. The producers compiled mainly the best tunes of classic roots' second period. This period already brought a more mature sound to reggae, and in this era it can be felt that digital sound gained more and more space in Jamaican dancehalls, and early dancehall also spread its wings. Still, roots managed to remain a point of reference, obviously thanks to legends still alive at the time, such as Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and of course to the emerging generation, such as Sugar Minott. In contrast to the two big icons, Sugar Minott is featured on...