Long Life
| Long Life | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Studio | Harry J Studio, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Label | Front Line | |||
| Producer | Martin "Mandingo" Williams | |||
| Prince Far I chronology | ||||
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Long Life is a reggae album by Prince Far I, released in 1978 through Front Line.[1][2] "Black Starliner Must Come" is about Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line.[3]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
AllMusic wrote that "the rhythms are provided courtesy of a studio band made up of members of both Soul Syndicate (notably the killer bass-and-drums duo of Robbie Shakespeare and Sly Dunbar) and Roots Radics, and they are, without exception, as solid and heavy as a bag of boulders."[4]
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Michael Williams
- "Daughters of Zion"
- "Right Way"
- "Black Starliner Must Come"
- "Praise Him With Psalms"
- "In Your Walking Remember Jah Jah"
- "Farmyard"
- "Love One Another"
- "Who Have Eyes to See"
- "So Long"
Personnel
- Prince Far I - vocals
- Carlton "Santa" Davis, Sly Dunbar - drums
- Robbie Shakespeare, George "Fully" Fullwood - bass guitar
- Chinnaas Melchezinick - lead guitar
- Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont - rhythm guitar
- Bobby Kalphat, Errol "Tarzan" Nelson, Easy Snappin' - keyboards
- Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall, Vincent "Don D. Junior" Gordon -horns
- Bongo Herman, Prince Far I - percussion
- Technical
- Sylvan Morris - engineer
- Dennis Morris - photography
References
- ^ Moskowitz, David V. (2005). Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall. ABC-CLIO. p. 241.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2002). Reggae & Caribbean Music. Backbeat Books. p. 108.
- ^ Partridge, Christopher (2014). The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane. OUP USA. p. 223.
- ^ a b "Long Life Review by Rick Anderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Colin Larkin (1998). "Prince Far I". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. VI (3rd ed.). Muze. p. 4334–5. ISBN 0-333-74134-X.
