Name: Best Of
Brand: Max Romeo

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

med0108

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2010-04-26

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Supplier GB

Universal

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Standard:20

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

Artist

Max Romeo

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

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<p>Max Romeo is a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, born on November 22, 1947 in St. D'Acre, St. James, Jamaica (some sources say 1944). He gained popularity in the UK with his hit song 'Wet Dream' in 1969 and collaborated with renowned producers Bunny Lee, Winston 'Niney' Holness, and Lee Perry during different periods of his career. In the 1980s, he also recorded for Bullwackie. His influential track 'Chase the Devil' has been sampled by various artists including The Prodigy and Jay-Z.</p>

no need to introduce max romeo, is there? an artist who recorded his first track in 1965, some 43 years ago... since then, he has worked with the greatest producers of the time, like bunny lee with whom he released 'wet dreams', an album that remained in the uk top ten charts for several weeks. he also later worked with lee 'scratch' perry, who helped him conceive one of reggae's milestones: 'war inna babylon' (1976). max romeo composed 'one step forward', 'chase the devil' (sampled by jay-z), as well as many other gems that he re-recorded for this best of featuring many guests including: derrick morgan, ken boothe, warrior king, the congos, the vice roys, little roy...

Best Of

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