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And now for a gentleman whos come all the way from Kingston, Jamaica and a place called Cling Cling Avenue. We present to you the one and only, the Originator, the Godfather, Daddy U Roy U Roy had visited Brighton before but there was something special about that balmy night in August 2017, when he walked out on stage at the Komedia to a heros welcome and immediately got the crowd cheering and dancing. There was so much warmth and excitement generated that night, and its all captured on this final live album of the reggae superstars illustrious career.U Roy wasnt quite the originator, but he was the first Jamaican deejay to dominate the Top 3 places on both radio stations and turn his predecessors simple exhortations into an artform ndash one that evolved into a global phenomenon. It was his performances on King Tubbys Hometown HiFi that made him the talk of Jamaica and led him to Treasure Isle studio, where he voiced hits like Tide Is High and Wear You To The Ball. From then on his catchy, uplifting rhymes could be heard on radios and jukeboxes throughout the island, as well as from behind the control tower of his King Stur Gav soundsystem, where MCs like Josey Wales, Brigadier Jerry and Charlie Chaplin learnt their craft. The veteran deejay, who died in February 2021, continued recording and touring into his late seventies, and without abandoning either his musical standards or Rastafarian beliefs. At his peak, U Roy voiced for Jamaica legends like Lee Scratch Perry, Bunny Lee and Channel One, in addition to several European labels. What most of his recordings have in common is a sense of hope and often joy, because even Get Up Stand Up is delivered with optimism. They are the qualities that come across on this lifeaffirming set, recorded in front of an appreciative audience, and backed by some of the UKs finest reggae musicians. U Roy Vinyl is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £14 +P&P