Jah Stitch

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Jah Stitch – No Dread Can't Dead – Third World - 1976

By the time Stitch was working on the lyrics for his second set – he had moved away from Tippatone and was working with Black Harmony sound. This resulted him being shot in the head – Stitch survived – but his throat had been damaged in the attack. You can hear this on the tunes on the set – but you cannot keep a good man down – and with so much to say about what happened – Bunny knew he had to produce this work. Which once again is full of great rhythms – and again features some extensive dub mixing to go along with Stitch's deejaying. The title says it all.

Jah Stitch – Watch Your Step Youthman – Third World - 1977

Big Youth had made such a big impact on the world of deejaying that he was bound to have people inspired by him – Jah Stitch was not one of them! Stitch and Big Youth had worked together on Tippatone – but Stitch held back from recording – When he finally stepped up to the mic – to record his first album it was under the guidance of Bunny Lee. By then Bunny had created his Jumpers style – and these rhythm are perfect for Jah Stitch – especially with the extensive King Tubby mixing – some of the rhythms here would be at home on a dub album!! Great deejaying and mixing at its best.

Jah Stitch – Original Raggamuffin – Blood And Fire – 1996

A superb collection of Jah Stitch works from LPs and singles from Bunny Lee. The sleevenotes alone are worth the price of the CD, but to hear the tunes in the way they are meant to be heard is what Blood and Fire was all about, its what the CD format is about as well. They show Jah Stitch in great form as always – Bunny Lee with of course the aid of King Tubby’s studio and engineers – gaining the maximum of out of the rhythms. These kind of releases put these classic albums in the kind of packaging the fully deserved – and hopefully provided the understanding of just what great works they are.