Album Review
Black World came out originally in 1979, on the Wackies' imprint
Hardwax. (The original cover commemorated the first year of Honest
Jon's new reggae shop Maroons Tunes, Bullwackies' UK distributor.)
It's a tough album, with Sibbles guiding the selection as well as
sharing bass duties — there are versions of his classic composition
Guiding Star and stylish Wackies heavyweight, This World; and Tribute
To Studio One reworks Heptones Gonna Fight / Hail Don D. as modern
steppers, with the kit-drums - as throughout this album -
supplemented effectively by the latest electronic innovation from Japan.
Drifter and Skylarking put in appearances; and two full Joe Auxumite
vocals from the solo album scheduled for release around this time,
but abandoned when most of the tapes were lost. A dub version of
Delroy Wilson's Rain From The Skies rounds out proceedings.
Musician Credits
- BACKING VOCALS: Wayne Jarrett, Orlando Nelson, Tony Omealy
- BASS: Clive Hunt,roy Robertson, John Clarke, Jah T, Leroy Heptones
- DRUMS: Clive, Jah Scotty
- LEAD GUITAR: Jah T
- RHYTHM GUITAR: Jah T
- KEYBOARDS: Clive Hunt, Jah T, Allah
- PERCUSSION: C. Hunt, L Barnes, Joe Auxumite, T Omealy
Production Credits
- PRODUCED BY: Bala Productions
- RECORDED AT: Wackie's House Of Music
- ENGINEERED BY: D. Levy, L. Barnes
