{"product_id":"thompson-linval-jah-jah-is-the-conqueror-2025-reissue","title":"Thompson, Linval - Jah Jah Is The Conqueror (2025 Reissue)","description":"Linval Thompson is one of the\ngreat roots vocalists that ruled\nthe dancehalls of Jamaica in the\nmid 1970’s. His distinctive vocal style and roots lyrics, that spoke of the struggles that\nfaced the Rastas, hit a chord with the people of Jamaica, and provided a string of hits\nfor him in the dancehalls. This in turn, would set a tone that he carried on through\nhis musical career and future production work. Linval Thompson (b.1959, Kingston,\nJamaica) was actually raised in Queens, New York. He cut his first record there at the\nage of 16 ‘No Other Woman’ with future Third World singer Bunny Ruggs. He also cut\na couple of tracks for a US producer E Martin ‘’Jah Jah Deh’and ‘Weeping and\nWailing’. In 1974 he returned to Jamaica and cut ‘Mama Say’ and a version of D\nBrown’s ‘Westbound Train’ for producer K Hobson which got Thompson noticed by\nproducer Phil Pratt. Pratt took him to Lee Perry’s Black Ark studio’s where he cut\n‘Kung Fu Man’. Thompson’s friendship with fellow singer Johnny Clarke led to a\nmeeting with producer Bunny Lee. His first track cut for Lee was ‘Don’t Cut Off Your\nDreadlocks’ and it became a big hit in Jamaica. Bunny Lee was the producer of the\nmoment and Linval added to his long list of hit singles with ‘A Big Big Girl’, ‘Cool\nDown Your Temper’, ‘Ride On Dreadlocks’ and the title of this compilation ‘Jah Jah Is\nThe Conqueror’. He seemed to hit a musical height working for Bunny Lee (who as he\nhas done with many of his singers) encouraged Linval into production work himself.\nWhich has led to another chapter in Linval’s story. Working with an array of artists\nincluding, Freddie McGregor, Johnny Osbourne, Barry Brown, Rod Taylor and many\nmore. But it is his singing career that we focus on here and that great period in\nreggaes history the mid 1970’s where Linval delivered a string of classic hits that we\nhave compiled for you here. Hope you enjoy the set.","brand":"Kingston Sounds","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50316121997590,"sku":"RMX-50783","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50316122194198,"sku":"RMX-50784","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/f4f6433b04e3b23b134a18a6bb77fc35.jpg?v=1753706412","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/thompson-linval-jah-jah-is-the-conqueror-2025-reissue","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}