Sugar Minott & The Black Roots Players

★★★★ Meet The People In A Lovers Dubbers Style BLACK ROOTS. LP

Luscious dubs skirting the boundary of lovers rock and roots.

After recording at Studio One in Kingston and Wackies in New York, Sugar Minott hit London in 1980 to join the emerging lovers rock scene, recording songs of heartbreak over easy-going rhythms, with Jackie Mittoo as musical director. This authorised reissue of a lesser-known dub long-player, licensed from Minott’s son, draws from lovers rock, roots reggae and proto-dancehall in equal measure, with lilting dubs of Sandy, Lonely Days and Lovers Rock seamlessly blending with bass-heavy cuts of Jah Jah Children and Babylon, and there’s a tough DJ cut of Love Me Forever by Papa Honey too. With Scientist, John Wayne, and Minott himself at the mixing desk, these dubs rely on the strength of the rhythms, rather than gimmicks; for this edition, the dub mutation of Chic’s I Want Your Love has been replaced by Minott’s Penny For My Song.