I Roy - Straight To The Heart (1991\2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Deriving his name, and to some extent, his style from U-Roy, Reid was also heavily influenced in his early career by Dennis Alcapone. In 1971 he recorded four tracks for Mudie, all releases as singles, "The Drifter" and "Heart Don't Leap" (both in combination with Dennis Walks), "Let Me Tell You Boy" (over the Ebony Sisters recording), and "Musical Pleasure". Reid and Mudie fell out over the details of a proposed European tour, and he went on to work on sound systems such as King Tubby's Home Town Hi-Fi, and recorded more material with many of the Island's top producers including Lloyd Campbell, Bunny Lee, Derrick Harriott, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Glen Brown, Rupie Edwards, Byron Lee, and Keith Hudson. One of I-Roy's hits was "Sidewalk Killer" (1972), a take on Tommy McCook's original "Sidewalk Doctor", produced by Ruddy Redwood. One of his most productive partnerships was with Gussie Clarke, who produced most of the tracks on his debut album, Presenting I Roy (1973), containing several hit singles recorded for the producer.

TRACKLIST

1. I Roy - Natty Down De
2. I Roy - Dread in the West
3. I Roy - From the Top
4. I Roy - I Self
5. I Roy - No Turning Back
6. I Roy - Every Mouth Must Be Fed
7. I Roy - Medley for the Kids
8. I Roy - Straight to the Heart
9. I Roy - My Food Is Rations
10. I Roy - Tempa
11. I Roy - Heart
12. I Roy - Me Girl in Dub
13. I Roy - Wet Wet in Dub
14. I Roy - Echo Dub
15. I Roy - Every Night in Dub



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