Conquering Lion (Expanded Edition)

Yabby You

Conquering Lion (Expanded Edition)

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Expanded version of the Yabby You classic. A couple of bonus tracks on the CD. Vocals and dubs of the finest quality.

‘Conquering Lion’ stands as one of the few truly essential albums of the roots era. As devotional as anything by Burning Spear, as polemical as Bob Marley, and as militant as the Mighty Diamonds, the album also communicates a haunting spiritual quality that is uniquely its own. Amazingly, for such a coherent work, the tracks were recorded over a period of at least four years, yet come together to present a single coherent vision. The album was first issued in Jamaica by Micron, and in the UK with a different tracklisting as ‘Ram-A-Dam’ on the Lucky label in 1976. Here the album is presented for the first time in expanded form, together with its dub counterpart.

Vivian ‘Yabby You’ Jackson is often portrayed as a strange, otherworldly figure. Yet his life was filled with two opposing forces, the spiritual and the earthly. Even as Yabby was yearning for a higher plane of existence, he was scratching out a difficult living in the ghetto. Whilst warning of sinful secular behaviour, he was working at the race track taking bets. As well as creating some of the most powerful and heartfelt music to come out of Jamaica, Yabby was busy cutting deals with studios and musicians, and hustling round the record shops to sell his products. And these contradictions seem to have fuelled some of his best music, pushing him into places that other artists shied away from. When I had a couple of lengthy phone conversations with Yabby shortly before his death, his religious musings were frequently interrupted by the loud squawking of the chickens in his yard. If the theology he espoused seems stern and prescriptive, he could also be charming and generous in conversation.
Tracklist

1. Yabby You & The Prophets – Run Come Rally 03:18
2.Yabby You & The Prophets – Jah Vengeance 02:49
3.Conquering Lion 03:26
4.Yabby You & The Prophets – Covetous Men 02:59
5.Yabby You & The Prophets – Anti Christ 02:41
6.Yabby You & The Prophets – Carnal Mind 03:06
7. Yabby You & The Prophets – Jah Love 02:26
8. Yabby You & The Prophets – Love Thy Neighbour 03:36
9.Yabby You & The Prophets – Love of Jah 03:05
10.Yabby You & The Prophets – The Man Who Does The Work 02:43
11.Yabby You & King Tubby – Rally Dub 03:19
12. Yabby You & King Tubby – Hungering Dub 03:36
13. Yabby You & King Tubby – Tubby's Veneance 02:58
14. Yabby You & King Tubby – Version Dub 02:38
15. Conquering Dub 03:17
16. Big Youth Fights Against Capitalist 03:08
17. Yabby You & King Tubby – Anti Christ Rock 02:55
18. Yabby You & King Tubby – Jah Love Dub 03:07
19. Yabby You & King Tubby – Warning Version 03:01
20. Yabby You & King Tubby – Love Thy Neighbour Version 03:35
21. Yabby You & King Tubby – Love of Jah Version 02:59
22. Yabby You & King Tubby – Work Without Pay Version 02:43

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