{"product_id":"zukie-tapper-m-p-l-a-2025-reissue","title":"Zukie, Tapper - M.P.L.A. (2025 Reissue)","description":"If any album could conjure up the\nrevolutionary spirit of Jamaica in\nthe mid 1970’s, Tapper Zukie’s\ninvincible M.P.L.A. set would\nsurely be a fighting contender. The coming together of great rhythms and\nmeaningful lyrics in a time of unrest in the country seemed to have made the album\nall the more urgent and relevant. As time would tell it would also prove to be a\nlasting success, not only with the hard core reggae fans but also their punk counterparts. Who embraced its militant themes and crossed the album over to a\nwhole new audience. Tapper Zukie (b. David Sinclair, Kingston, Jamaica.) had already\nreturned from a trip to London England by the mid 70’s .Initially sent with help from\nhis parents, brother Blackbeard and producer Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee to remove the\nyouth from his troublesome ways on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. He had\nperformed some live shows in London and made some recordings for Larry\nLawrence, that produced his debut ‘Jump and Twist’. Alongside other recordings\nthat would emerge as his ‘Man A Warrior’ set. But feeling homesick he had returned\nto Jamaica in 1974 to work with Bunny Lee. His work would consist of arranging\nsessions and collecting payments to bodyguard, the now very successful producer.\nHis frustration of Bunny Lee’s reluctance to record him led him cutting ‘Judge I Oh\nLord’ for producer Lloydie Slim. Bunny Lee’s then recording of Tapper’s ’Natty Dread\nDon’t Cry’ and its subsequent release aboard, led to an altercation between Tapper\nand producer. The police had to be called and an offer to provide the singer with a\nset of rhythms put this matter to rest. The eight rhythms and a further two from Jo Jo\nHookim and Ossie Hibbert alongside some free studio time at King Tubby’s Studio\nwould result in the M.P.L.A album.\nThe rhythm provided by Jo Jo Hookim was a Channel One studio cut by The\nRevolutionaires based on Little Richards ‘Freedom Blues’ and provided the backdrop\nto M.P.L.A. The Ossie Hibbert rhythm again cut at Channel One based on The Royals\n‘Pick Up The Rockers’ would provide the backdrop to Tapper’s ‘Pick Up The Rockers’.\nThese and the remaining Bunny Lee rhythms, were all cut in a one hour session, at\nKing Tubby’s Studio. ’Don’t Get Crazy’ cut on a rhythm based on the Joe Frazier\nrhythm to Tony Brevett’s ‘Don’t Get Weary’. ‘Go De Natty’ cut on Cornell Campbell’s\n‘Please Be True’, originally a cut to Alexander Henry’s ‘Please Be True’. ‘Stop The Gun\nShooting’ runs over Horace Andy’s ‘Skylarking’.’Ital Pot’ cut on Johnny Clarke’s\nversion of Burning Spear’s ‘Creation Rebel. ‘Marcus’ see’s Tapper professing over\nJohnny Clarke’s ‘Poor Marcus’ .’Chalice To Chalice’ pulls on Johnny Clarke’s ‘Give Me\na Love’,’ Don’t Deal With Babylon’ answers Junior Ross and The Spears ‘Babylon Fall’\nand ‘Freedom’ rides on the great rhythm of Junior Ross and The Spears ‘Liberty’. An\noutstanding album cut by one of Jamaica’s finest DJ’s and producers the mighty\nTapper Zukie. We hope you enjoy this now timeless set.","brand":"Kingston Sounds","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50316122292502,"sku":"RMX-50785","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50316122390806,"sku":"RMX-50786","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/252d91e8a68924e5084446c8a97843f8.jpg?v=1753706431","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/zukie-tapper-m-p-l-a-2025-reissue","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}