#Fred Locks

[musicmags]

[prnanayarquah]

REMASTERED EDITION: Fred Locks 'Black Star Liner'

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REMASTERED EDITION: Fred Locks 'Black Star Liner'

Fred Locks’ 1976 LP Black Star Liner sits on any short list of classics from Reggae’s golden era of the 1970s. The LP, available again in a newly remastered edition, evokes the earnest vision of repatriation that Marcus Garvey articulated and attempted to actualise a century ago. 

Writers Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton put the release in context in Reggae: The Rough Guide: “‘Black Star Liners,’ which became an enduring roots anthem that helped define the period. Fred Locks’ voice was opposite to the deep roots rhythms that supported it as well as to the serious themes of iniquity, faith and repatriation.”

At the time of the album’s initial release, the singer simply recalled, “I wasn’t so versed in Rasta but it’s really because of sufferation over the years why you find more to write about. Even Black Star Liners was a song I started to write about two years ago (1973). It never reaches completion until the day in the studio, you know, the very last words.”

The album is the result of the collaboration between producer Hugh Boothe and his friend Fred Locks (born Stafford Elliot), both of whom were members of Jamaica’s Twelve Tribes Of Israel (Rastafarian) organization. The album followed the release of the single “Black Star Liners” in 1975 on Boothe’s Jahmikmusik label (an affiliate of Twelve Tribes’ Jahlovemuzik Soundsystem).

Despite the frustrations of getting the album off the ground and distributed in the 1970s – it first was licensed to the U.K. Vulcan label which vanished within a few years – the recognition and impact of the album have been the lasting markers of its success.

Singers including Carlene Davis and Luciano have paid tribute in the years since, and it has helped keep the vision and ideals of Garveyism close to the core canon of Reggae for five decades. It is in many senses a Roots touchstone. Thanks to Fred Locks the melodic line and phrase “Seven miles of Black Star Liners coming in the harbour” remains embedded in the lexicon of the Rasta community.

This deluxe edition, scheduled for release on the 9th of February 2024, is presented in its original stereo mix, lovingly remastered and restored, an upgrade on the pressings available in recent years. In addition, the cover art has been colour-corrected for an accurate reproduction of the original. Extensive liner notes by Noel Hawks and a rare photo by Michael Morgan on the printed inner sleeve give the release additional depth. The original purple Jahmikmusik labels found on the 45 are also used for the LP.

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[mymoonsight]

Reposting a comment I made on a post and adding to it

x Reader fics need to handle writing “reader” better sometimes

As a 6ft afab person who’s built like a man and has never been super feminine and has a more unique haircut that’s shorter I hate to read about “readers” petite, small, pale body and her “long flowy straight hair”, etc.

Reader is meant to be ambiguous!! And if it’s important to the plot please mention it at the beginning!!! If it’s not important to the plot why is it being included???

Some people who are reading may be tall, fat, skinny, short, or even somewhere in between. The readers could have a hijab, 4c hair, locks, braids, long hair, short hair, wavy, no hair and even more.

Stop making all readers so sweet and innocent, I want a reader who’s petty and sassy sometimes. I’ve noticed also that so many readers are either too baby to do anything or over powered.

Personally I also hate reading about obviously toxic men and relationships that the reader goes back to because they are “so in love”, like no please let me deck that sucker and leave them in the dust and be happier.

Also, if you label your post with the tag “___ x reader” or titled with “___ x reader” and then make descriptions and then ADD A NAME!!! It’s not an x reader fic and I heavily want to block you.

Edit:

Hey hello! I just wanted to add that I heavily respect and love fic writers! So many have a talent that I will never reach or have and I appreciate your content being put out at all! I made this post as a 5 am ramble and was half delirious lol

People can write as they please and I’ll ignore it if I’m not interested or I’ll make slight internal edits to fit me if I am

[keeryquinn]

All my comfort characters throughout 2024 & going into 2025 🥰

[medicalunprofessional]

just a game!

[feral-teeth]

ITS JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS x

[scoobydoobaday]

The Scooby Doo Show S01E11 - A Bum Steer for Scooby (1976) Hanna Barbera Productions

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

|| BIZKIT INMATES ||

[prismartist]

frubbo thought of the day: when tubbo asked what fred thought of the song he gave her, she replied with the song's lyrics: "Didn't think she'd get me, Now I wear this heart on my sleeve".

...which succinctly describes their relationship, doesn't it? fred was insistent for a while that she had no feelings for tubbo, and yet as his kindness and humanity persisted and shone she fell anyway, and now she's trying so hard to be more human by showing her emotions too, even dropping hints that she likes him like that, wearing her heart on her sleeve.... there must have been a reason she picked that specifically. i'd bet that was one of her hints hehe. how sweet <3

(side note listen to september told me by juice it is SUCH a bop)

[vmlnrzmp4]

i feel bad that my only one fandom lads have to wait until i post for them. mostly those who are waiting for my fred and george fics since not written a single thing for them :(

[wuntrum]

genuinely feel bad for younger/less experienced artists posting on social media because like, even when you've been posting for a while and think the numbers/performance/whatever won't get to you, there are still times where i get too caught up in it. like theyre just numbers! but when they get ya, they really get ya! so being in the inherently vulnerable space of learning something new and still putting yourself out there anyway, and having to juggle that with analytics, it just really sucks :( like of course the answer is to not worry about the numbers, but i think it's a lot harder in practice...

[codfish-joe]

OH MY GAMMIT ITS SPIDER-MAN

[giiyus]

Q!QUACKITY SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN HOW DARE YOU SAY RUDE THINGS TO FRED I WILL FIND YOU AND DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY

[qtubbo]

At this point im actually hoping fred is actually related to cucurojo and that wasn’t a red herring because without that she has no chance of being alive

[darthwheezely]

requests for:

— haikyuu

— harry potter

— blue lock

now in session ☀️🫣