Name: Africa Must Be Free By 1983.
Brand: Hugh Mundell

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

VPGSCD7055

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-08-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0054645705523

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Hugh Mundell

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

VP Records

The teenaged Hugh Mundell cut <i>Africa Must Be Free by 1983</i> under the tutelage of the legendary producer Augustus Pablo in the mid-'70s, and had a Jamaican hit with the title track. Mundell's artlessly fervent singing is attractive far out of proportion to his technical skill. It's the sincerity and devotion in his voice that make successes of songs like "Let's All Unite" and "My Mind" -- that and the rock-solid instrumental backing of Pablo's studio band, which at this time included bassist and trombonist Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace and guitarists Earl "Chinna" Smith and Jeffrey Chung. 

The CD issue of this album includes dub versions of six of the original album's eight tracks, as well as several other miscellaneous dub tracks. Like too many of Jamaica's best reggae musicians, Mundell died young -- in an almost creepy irony (given the title of his hit song), he was shot and killed in 1983 at the age of 21.rs on.

Africa Must Be Free By 1983.

Music GB