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Prince Far I is a legend of 70s roots reggae. 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 mutated from the Roots Radics to the Arabs and eventually into On-U mainstays Dub Syndicate, and Sherwood cut his production teeth on the likes of 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. 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.

A track long speculated to exist by hardcore On-U collectors, parts of “Nuclear Weapon” can be heard in the mix of Singers & Players track “Water The Garden” included on the 1988 On-U compilation Pay It All Back Volume 2. The full mix was unearthed thanks to the diligent efforts of On-U Sound archivist (and resident DJ at Adrian’s club Shanty Town) Patrick Dokter. who went through the painstaking process of cleaning, transferring and cataloguing a huge chunk of the label’s history.

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from Sherwood At The Controls vol. 1 1979​-​​​1984, released February 5, 2015

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Adrian Sherwood built up a vast catalogue of music through the 1980s via his productions for his own On-U Sound label, which emerged from a fertile post-punk scene that was embracing Jamaican rhythms. In his capacity as a DJ and live sound engineer/dub controller, he connected with the likes of The Clash, The Slits, and The Pop Group. He's gone onto work with everyone from Lee Perry to Blur. ... more

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