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Released
  
1972

Length
  
37:59

Release date
  
1972

Producer
  
Gussie Clarke

Recorded
  
1972

Artist
  
Big Youth

Label
  
Trojan Records

Genre
  
Reggae

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Screaming Target (1972)
  
Reggae Phenomenon (1975)

Similar
  
Big Youth albums, Reggae albums

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Screaming Target is the debut album by Jamaican deejay Big Youth. It was recorded and originally released in 1972 on the Gussie and Jaguar labels in Jamaica. It was issued in the United Kingdom in 1973 by Trojan Records. The album was produced by Big Youth's childhood friend Augustus "Gussie" Clarke. Some of the tracks on the album had previously been hits as singles, including "Screaming Target", which used K.C. White's "No, No, No" rhythm, "Tippertone Rock" (though the single version was different), and "The Killer". Several other tracks employed rhythms from Clarke's other productions, including Leroy Smart's "Pride & Ambition" (on "Pride & Joy Rock"), Lloyd Parks' "Slaving" ("Honesty"), Dennis Brown's "In Their Own Way" ("Be Careful"), and Gregory Isaacs' "One One Cocoa Fill Basket" (on "One of These Fine Days").

Contents

Big youth screaming target full album


Original Gussie release track listing

All tracks written, arranged, and produced by Gussie Clarke.

  1. "Screaming Target"
  2. "Pride and Joy Rock"
  3. "Be Careful"
  4. "Tippertone Rock"
  5. "One of These Fine Days"
  6. "Screaming Target (Version 2)"
  7. "The Killer"
  8. "Solomon a Gunday"
  9. "Honesty"
  10. "I am Alright"
  11. "Lee a Low"
  12. "Concrete Jungle"

The track "Tippertone Rock" is listed as "Tippertong Rock" on the cover of the 1973 Trojan Records release (TRLS 61-A), while it's listed as "Tippertone Rock" on the vinyl LP itself.

Subsequent vinyl releases omitted "Screaming Target (Version 2)" and "Concrete Jungle."

2006 CD release bonus tracks

  1. "KG's Halfway Tree" - Augustus Pablo & The Simplicity People
  2. "Origin Style" - Augustus Pablo
  3. "Screaming Target" [version 2]
  4. "Pride and Ambition" - Leroy Smart
  5. "In Their Own Way" - Dennis Brown
  6. "Try Me" - Roman Stewart
  7. "Tipper Tone Rocking" [version 2]
  8. "Rhythm Style"
  9. "One One Cocoa Full Basket" - Gregory Isaacs
  10. "Skylarking" [version] - The Society Squad
  11. "Anywhere But Nowhere" [version] - The Simplicity People
  12. "Slaving (Every Day)" - Lloyd Parks
  13. "No More Slavery" - Glen Brown
  14. "I Am Alright (aka Loving Pauper)" - Gregory Isaacs

Credits

  • Vocals : Big Youth
  • Backing vocals : Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, K.C. White

    • Recording Information

  • Recording : Dynamic Sounds (Kingston, JA) & Randy's (Kingston, JA) & Harry J (Kingston, JA)
  • Engineers : Karl Pitterson & Sid Bucknor & Errol Thompson

    • Songs

    1Screaming Target3:39
    2Pride and Joy Rock2:39
    3Be Careful3:34

    References

    Screaming Target Wikipedia
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