1980 and Sinsemillia is number 4 in the NME best albums, their's is a sound that has moved away from the deep roots music, the album that followed Red was reviewed by Max Bell for the NME who said:


“After a period of too much introspection and clinging to musical tradition the better mainstream reggae is emerging into harder light. 

Black Uhuru continue to benefit from their association with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, two seminal producers, musicians and arrangers. The Sly and Robbie connection is begging to have a huge hold on all sorts of creative soul sounds; the metal funk of Grace Jones, the sweet lovers rock of The Tamlins, the Taxi rankin’ catalogue. This is also a time when no one can pretend that Island is Babylon and so Sly and Robbie keep an ear open to catch those strange folks at Ze. You can hear this on ‘Red’ and it’s beneficial. 


Whatever the focus for Black Uhuru is to deliver a fresh approach; all the group sounds, rhythms and vocal parts are stimulating and funky. Puma’s range is deployed to make the choruses sticky and sensual while the back-up is radical enough to be interesting in its own right. For the third time Black Uhuru have concocted a combination of ingredients to ease your head. They’re also up to date. Take it as ‘Red’.

Max got it about right Black Uhuru with their new music sounded more like some Mutant Disco than reggae. 

Depending on your taste in reggae at that time they were either the future of reggae, taking on leftfield dance music and winning or the devil in disguise with their crash bang wallop destroying the fragile beauty of roots music.

Whatever your view, taken on their own terms the selection on this compilation is great music.

You may have realised that I’m not the greatest Black Uhuru fan but this is in my collection.

You get the whole of the Sinsemillia album plus MY selected highlights from Red and Anthem, Bull in the Pen is a remix of mine taken from both the original and remixed UK release. All come from the original UK releases using 

Linn LP12, Lingo, Ekos and Dynavector XX2 moving coil cartridge.

Via 

Naim 62 pre-amp.

Into

Pioneer PDR-609 CDR.

Using

TDK audio CDR.

EAC rip

Covers

FLAC

Tracks

1.	Happiness
2.	World is Africa
3.	Push Push
4.	There is a Fire
5.	No Loafing
6.	Sinsemillia
7.	Endurance
8.	Vampire
9.	Sponji Reggae
10.	Sistren
11.	Journey
12.	Puff She Puff
13.	Carbine
14.	Bull in the Pen remix
15.	Black Uhuru Anthem
16.	Try It


Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for I am the seeder and the Lord Jah be with me.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.

Seed the weed