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Lantern's blurb makes a bold claim: all the tracks come from the Clement Bushay production and had "never been released on a single vinyl" before this Record Store Day 2025 LP (LANR054).
Bushay was a British producer who ran the Bushays label, and Wikipedia says he is "hailed the creator of the 'lovers rock' genre in the UK". His Louisa Mark single "Caught You in a Lie" sold 10,000 copies in its first week and hit No. 1 on the UK reggae chart in August 1975. A Kingston toaster in a north London producer's hands, in other words.
The sessions crossed the Atlantic: Chalk Farm Studios and TMC Studios in London and Channel One in Kingston, with a musician list that includes Flabba Holt, Bunny McKenzie, Tunga Charles, Dennis Bovell, Style Scott, Chinna Smith, Owen Gray and Sonny Binns. Track 2, "Meet Me In The 6th Street", is most likely the Jazzbo version on the flip of the Bushays reissue of Louisa Mark's "6 Six Street" (BFM 107), though that match is an inference.
Prince Jazzbo was born Linval Roy Carter, on 3 September 1951 in Clarendon according to Wikipedia and Reggae Collector (Lantern says 3 December). The nickname, according to Reggae Collector, started with shoes sent by family in England, marked "GB", which somehow became "Jazzbo".
He was deejaying on Killer Whip at 14, and Coxsone Dodd spotted him at a New Year's Eve clash in 1970 and invited him to Studio One. Reggae Vibes and Red Bull both say "Crabwalking" was cut on the first take over Horace Andy's "Skylarking".
"Step Forward Youth" (track 4) was a 1974 single on Count 1.2.3 and part of the famous clash with I-Roy, where one Jazzbo line from 1975 went: "If deejay was your trade, you wouldn't talk about Kincaid." His last recording, "Tribulation(s)", was made at home to pay for medical treatment. He died on 11 September 2013 (Afropop says the 12th).
Discogs users give the compilation 4.38 out of 5 from 21 ratings, though one commenter notes it is "more Rub A Dub and Dub than Roots". Professional reviews are scarce, and nobody seems to have told the story behind "Criminals In Parliament", "4000 Years In Slavery" or "Zulu Land". If you know one, the comments are open.
A Kingston toaster, a north London producer and a Record Store Day LP that arrived nearly half a century after the sessions.
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TRACKLIST & TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Criminals In Parliament
3:41 Meet Me In The 6th Street
7:46 Black Heart Man
10:18 Step Forward Youth
12:41 4000 Years In Slavery
16:12 Natty Dread Is A Teacher
19:30 Every N***** Is A Winner
21:25 Every N***** Is A Winner (Dub)
23:18 Zulu Land
30:03 All Knee Shall Bow (Rough Dub Mix)
VAULT SPECS:
💿 Album: Black Heart Man: Bushay Collection 1974-1978
📅 Year: 2025 (Lantern Rec Record Store Day edition; recordings 1974-1978)
🏷️ Label: Lantern Rec
🏚️ Style: Roots Reggae / Toasting
🎛️ Produced By: Clement Bushay on most tracks; Prince Jazzbo on tracks 4, 7 and 8 (per Discogs)
🎧 Engineered By: Recorded at Chalk Farm Studios and TMC Studios, London, and Channel One, Kingston (per Discogs)
🎸 Personnel: Prince Jazzbo (deejay); Flabba Holt, Bunny McKenzie, Tunga Charles, Dennis Bovell, Style Scott, Chinna Smith, Owen Gray, Sonny Binns and others (per Discogs)
⏱️ Runtime: 33:13 — estimated
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