One of the best reggae albums
of the '80s and one of the real
highlights in the Real Authentic
Sound label catalog finally
gets an LP reissue! Lascelle
"Wiss" Bulgin, Albert "Apple
Gabriel" Craig, and Cecil
"Skelly" Spence all contracted
childhood polio, and met at
a Jamaican rehab center; in the '70s, they formed Israel
Vibration and their first record, The Same Song, released in
1978 on the Top Ranking label, was an international smash.
But by the time they released Strength of My Life in 1988, it
had been seven years since they had made a record, having
fled Jamaica in the intervening years to seek better health
care and to escape the dancehall scene. Against all odds,
Strength of My Life turned out to be a triumph, the beginning
of the group's partnership with the Roots Radics and a
reaffirmation of the love the group's members had for each
other and a celebration, as the title goes, of the strength of
their lives (we defy you not to be moved by the title track).
That's Augustus Pablo on melodica on
"Greedy Dog" and Dwight Pinkney on
guitar on "Jah Love Me," by the way.
Roots reggae royalty!
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