04-12-2018, 10:55 AM
Your memory is solid, old friend, although I didn't say 'trippy', I said 'stony'. Kaya remains the stoniest of Marley's albums and I've really grown to love it. Also, it exemplifies the 'flip' in that there are two thematic sides that really only work with a vinyl album. On CD, you just cruise over that flip - no pause. I never had it on vinyl but when I figured that out, Kaya worked much better for me. The CO promoter's take on Rastaman Vibration was that it was anthemic, that it leads the march when it comes to the Rastafarian cause. I suppose I could see that. I agree with you on those slow moments except for JAH Live, which is one of my fav tunes. That was Marley's first song after Haile Selassie died. And Night Shift is a personal anthem for my psych team, the Jedi Night Krew. I do luv Exodus and Uprising too, the latter being my other favorite for many years, until I just surrendered to the stonyness of Kaya.
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