''Musical Revue'' is a live album featuring

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 ...

and

Suns of Arqa Suns of Arqa are a world music collective founded in 1979 by Michael Wadada. Since the group's formation, over 200 people from around the world have played and recorded with them, and in many cases these were like-minded musicians Wadada met ...

released on ROIR Europe in 1988. The album was produced by Phil Rainford and features a live recording of

with

Band on the Wall Band on the Wall is a live music venue in the Northern Quarter (Manchester), Northern Quarter of Manchester, England. History Early history The building dates back to around 1862 when a local brewery, the McKenna Brothers, built it as the flag ...

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on 7 December 1982. The sound is fairly rough with Suns of Arqa low in the mix and

a little too close. There is much dub mixing, delays, reverbs, and repeats flying left and right, and the music appears improvised in places. The music here is more complex than reggae, sometimes moving towards variations on jazz/highlife (e.g. "Brujo Magic"). This album captured

's last concert. He was murdered in

Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long spit (landform), sand spit which connects the town of Por ...

in 1983.

Track listing

# "Steppin' To The Music" – 1:33 # "Throw Away Your Guns" – 10:15 # "Brujo Magic" – 6:15 # "Version Galore" – 5:36 # "83 Struggle" – 7:48 # "Trancedance Music" – 4:34 # "Foggy Road" – 4:56 # "What You Gonna Do On The Judgement Day" – 8:53

Personnel

- vocals * Helen Watson - vocals *

Marcel King Marcel Neville King (4 January 1957 - 5 October 1995) was a British tenor singer, who sang lead vocals for Sweet Sensation (band), Sweet Sensation. Career Sweet Sensation King joined Sweet Sensation as a teenager, and was the youngest member ...

- lead vocals on "Version Galore", backing vocals *Snuff - drums *Dan Sheals - drums *Spliff - bass *Wayne "Worm" Sedgman - bass *Michael Wadada - rhythm guitar *Mustaphafakir - lead guitar *Anton Behrendt - keyboards *Tony Trundle - fiddle *Marek Miczyk - violin *Brian Jones - saxophone * Prince Hammer - MC * Keshav Sathe - tabla

References

{{Authority control 1983 live albums Suns of Arqa albums