Two Tappa Zukie album covers for you here – the top one comes from the original 1976 release on Klik Records and the second one is the Virgin Frontline re-release from 1978. This is a great example of how having the money and design resource of a major label (Virgin Frontline) doesn’t necessarily result in [...]
Sister Nancy is such a hardcore MC she never stops DJ’ing – it looks like she is dropping some lyrics using her lipstick as a makeshift microphone whilst walking head first into one of Jamaica’s hurricanes. That haircut suggests some fierce wind. Unstoppable! And a brilliant album cover. For those that don’t know, Sister Nancy [...]
Produced by Harry J and released on his own label in 1983, this is another entry into the hugely popular ‘DJ confrontation’ album format – which typically saw two popular DJs dropping 5 tracks each on one album (see Yellowman Vs Josey Wales – Two Giants Clash as another example of the genre). Little John [...]
Released in 1983 on Ariwa records this was Ranking Ann’s second album (her first album was called “A Slice of English Toast”). The album was produced by Mad Professor and as a result it has bass heavy dub feel to it with plenty of sound effects firing off while Ranking Ann DJs over the top. [...]
We got bored today and fired up Photoshop in tribute to this great album cover. I wonder what the real Clint Eastwood thinks when he Googles himself and comes across stuff like this on the internet? This is the 1980 album by the reggae DJ Clint Eastwood on Greensleeves Records (the one at the top, [...]
