Crucial Vibes - Control Yourself LP

A gifted guitarist and singer-songwriter, Lascelles Beckford has a long history in reggae. After playing with Harold Butler in the late 1970s, Beckford began fronting Crucial Vibes, based in Old Harbour, west of Spanish Town, the band making waves in Canada in 1983. One of the leading Jamaican backing bands of the mid-1980s, debut album Control Yourself is an excellent blend of hard-hitting roots tunes, protest music and sophisticated love songs, all driven by their excellent musicianship, with the percussionist Skully and saxophonist Dean Fraser adding exquisite touches. Quality from start to finish – one for all roots connoisseurs.
(Radiation Roots/ 2023)

Tracklist:
A1 Trumpet Sounding
A2 Control Yourself
A3 Chantdown Racialism
A4 Try Once More
A5 Look Into Yourself

B1 Lover Like Me
B2 So Much Joy
B3 Na Go Lef
B4 Hail Jah Man
B5 Rebel Man