''Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 1'' is a 1978 dub

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Prince Far I Prince Far I (23 March 1945 – 15 September 1983) was a Jamaican reggae deejay and producer, and a Rastafarian. He was known for his gruff voice and critical assessment of the Jamaican government. His track "Heavy Manners" used lyrics abou ...

, which was credited on its release to his backing band The Arabs. It was produced by Prince Far I, engineered by

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and Mark Lusardi, and mixed by

Adrian Sherwood Adrian Maxwell Sherwood (born 20 January 1958) is an English record producer specialising in the genre of dub music. He has created a distinctive production style based on the application of dub effects and dub mixing techniques to other forms ...

. The album saw its first CD release in 1991 by Danceteria as part of their "ROIR Sessions" series. It was subsequently reissued on CD and vinyl in 1997 by

Pressure Sounds Pressure Sounds is a British DIY record label, specialising in releasing reggae music. Run by Pete Holdsworth, it is one of the most enduring reggae labels in the UK, specialising in reissuing obsolete tunes. It was originally a subsidiary ...

Track listing

# "A Message" # "The Visitor" # "The Right Way" # "Long Life" # "The Encounter" # "Ghardaia Dub" # "Mansion of the Almighty" # "Mozabites" # "Prince of Peace" # "Abderrahane"

Personnel

* Prince Far I - vocals The Arabs * Eric "Fish" Clarke - drums *

Sly Dunbar Lowell Fillmore "Sly" Dunbar (born 10 May 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie. Biography Dunbar began playing at 15 in a ba ...

- drums * Clinton Jack - bass guitar *

Flabba Holt Errol Holt (born 19 July 1950), also known as Errol Carter and by his nickname Flabba, is a Jamaican bass guitar player and a singer who was a member of The Morwells and the Roots Radics and has played on hundreds of Jamaican albums. Biograph ...

- bass guitar, guitar * Bingy Bunny - guitar * Antonio "Crucial Tony" Phillips - guitar * Noel "Sowell" Bailey - guitar * Chinna - guitar *

Theo Beckford Theophilus Beckford (26 June 1935 – 19 February 2001) was a Jamaican pianist and one of the pioneers of Jamaican popular music during the transition from rhythm 'n' blues to Jamaican ska. Biography Beckford was born in 1935 in Trench Town, Ki ...

- piano * Clifton "Bigga" Morrison - piano * Creation Rebel - percussion * Sucker - percussion * Sticky - percussion

References

Prince Far I albums 1978 albums Dub albums Pressure Sounds albums {{reggae-album-stub