Screaming Target is the debut album by Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n deejay

Deejay

A deejay is a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and toasts to an instrumental riddim .Deejays are not to be confused with disc jockeys from other music genres like hip-hop, where they select and play music. Dancehall/reggae DJs who select riddims to play are called selectors...

 Big Youth

Big Youth

Manley Augustus Buchanan , better known as Big Youth , is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his work during the 1970s....

. It was recorded and originally released in 1972 on the Gussie and Jaguar labels in Jamaica. It was issued in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 in 1973 by Trojan Records

Trojan Records

Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica...

. The album was produced by Big Youth's childhood friend Augustus "Gussie" Clarke. Some of the tracks on the album had previously been hits as singles, including "Screaming Target", which used K.C. White's "No, No, No" rhythm, "Tippertone Rock" (though the single version was different), and "The Killer". Several other tracks employed rhythms from Clarke's other productions, including Leroy Smart

Leroy Smart

-Biography:Smart was born in 1952 and orphaned aged 2. He was raised at Maxfield Park Children's Home and educated at Alpha Boys School, where he studied singing, drums and dancing....

's "Pride & Ambition" (on "Pride & Joy Rock"), Lloyd Parks

Lloyd Parks

Lloyd Parks is a reggae vocalist and bass player.-Biography:Parks' interest in music was fuelled by his uncle Dourie Bryan, who played in a calypso band, and Parks became the band's singer...

' "Slaving" ("Honesty"), Dennis Brown

Dennis Brown

Dennis Emmanuel Brown was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a sub-genre of reggae...

's "In Their Own Way" ("Be Careful"), and Gregory Isaacs

Gregory Isaacs

Gregory Anthony Isaacs was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in the New York Times, described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae". His nicknames include Cool Ruler and Lonely Lover....

' "One One Cocoa Fill Basket" (on "One of These Fine Days").

Original Gussie release track listing

All tracks written, arranged, and produced by Gussie Clarke.

1. "Screaming Target"
2. "Pride and Joy Rock"
3. "Be Careful"
4. "Tippertone Rock"
5. "One of These Fine Days"
6. "Screaming Target (Vers 2)"
7. "The Killer"
8. "Solomon A Gunday"
9. "Honesty"
10. "I Am Alright"
11. "Lee A Low"
12. "Concrete Jungle"

The track "Tippertone Rock" is listed as "Tippertong Rock" on the cover of the 1973 Trojan Records release (TRLS 61-A), while it's listed as "Tippertone Rock" on the vinyl LP itself.

Subsequent vinyl releases omitted "Screaming Target (Vers 2)" and "Concrete Jungle."

2006 CD release bonus tracks

1. "KG's Halfway Tree" - Augustus Pablo
   Augustus Pablo
   Horace Swaby , known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist, active from the 1970s onwards. He popularized the use of the melodica in reggae music...
   
    & The Simplicity People
2. "Origan Style" - Augustus Pablo
3. "Screaming Target" [version 2]
4. "Pride and Ambition" - Leroy Smart
   Leroy Smart
   -Biography:Smart was born in 1952 and orphaned aged 2. He was raised at Maxfield Park Children's Home and educated at Alpha Boys School, where he studied singing, drums and dancing....
   
   
5. "In Their Own Way" - Dennis Brown
   Dennis Brown
   Dennis Emmanuel Brown was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a sub-genre of reggae...
   
   
6. "Try Me" - Roman Stewart
   Roman Stewart
   Roman Stewart, also known as Romeo Stewart and 'Mr. Special' was a reggae singer. Stewart won the Festival Song Contest in 1975.-Biography:...
   
   
7. "Tipper Tone Rocking" [version 2]
8. "Rhythm Style"
9. "One One Cocoa Full Basket" - Gregory Isaacs
   Gregory Isaacs
   Gregory Anthony Isaacs was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in the New York Times, described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae". His nicknames include Cool Ruler and Lonely Lover....
   
   
10. "Skylarking" [version] - The Society Squad
11. "Anywhere But Nowhere" [version] - The Simplicity People
12. "Slaving (Every Day)" - Lloyd Parks
    Lloyd Parks
    Lloyd Parks is a reggae vocalist and bass player.-Biography:Parks' interest in music was fuelled by his uncle Dourie Bryan, who played in a calypso band, and Parks became the band's singer...
    
    
13. "No More Slavery" - Glen Brown
    Glen Brown
    Glen Brown , also known as 'God Son' and 'The Rhythm Master', is a Jamaican singer, musician, and record producer, working primarily in the genres of reggae and dub...
    
    
14. "I Am Alright (aka Loving Pauper)" - Gregory Isaacs

Credits

• Vocals : Big Youth
  Big Youth
  Manley Augustus Buchanan , better known as Big Youth , is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his work during the 1970s....
  
  
• Backing vocals : Dennis Brown
  Dennis Brown
  Dennis Emmanuel Brown was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a sub-genre of reggae...
  
  , Gregory Isaacs
  Gregory Isaacs
  Gregory Anthony Isaacs was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in the New York Times, described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae". His nicknames include Cool Ruler and Lonely Lover....
  
  , K.C. White

Recording Information

• Recording : Dynamic Sounds (Kingston, JA) & Randy's (Kingston, JA) & Harry J (Kingston, JA)
• Engineers : Karl Pitterson
  Karl Pitterson
  Karl Pitterson is a Jamaican record producer and sound engineer.Pitterson began his career in the early 1970s as house engineer with such legendary Jamaican studios as Dynamics, Federal, Randy's, Studio One, Treasure Isle and Aquarius...
  
   & Sid Bucknor & Errol Thompson