Linval Thompson - Look How Me Sexy LP
SKU: GREL33
Description:
Re-issue of the album from
1982, recorded at Channel One & Harry J Studios with the Roots
Radics and mixed at Channel One by Soldgie Hamilton!- "Look How Me
Sexy" features nine Linval Thompson productions while the hit title
track, produced by Henry "Junjo" Lawes, features one of the top
reggae riddims of its time ("I'm Not Getting Crazy"), which is most
known by Frankie Paul's "Worries In The Dance". While most of the
album's ten tracks fit the lovers rock style of the era, it also
includes the brooding "I Spy", with the riddim that was also used
for Eek-A-Mouse's "Do You Remember". Furthermore dubbed out
versions exsist of "Are You Ready", "Call Me", "Things Couldn't Be
The Same" and "Holding On To My Girlfriend", all mixed by Scientist
and released in the´Greensleeves Dub Classic series.
Linval Thompson was one of
the first reggae singers of his era to move into self-production,
he was known initially as a roots and culture artist, recording for
various producers including Bunny "Striker" Lee before initiating
his own studio sessions in 1978. In 1979, he mentored Henry "Junjo"
Lawes as a producer, who in turn would become one of the most
successful producers of the early 1980s, eclipsing Thompson in
terms of output.
Format & package: LP
Record label: VP / Greensleeves
Year of release: 2020 (reissued from
1982)
Tracks:
A1 Are You Ready
A2 You're Young
A3 Look How Me Sexy
A4 Call Me
A5 Sure Of The One You Love
B1 Baby Mother
B2 I Spy
B3 Things Couldn't Be The Same
B4 Holding On To My Girlfriend
B5 Lick Up The Chalice
| Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Weight | 0,4 Kg |
