Weathers, Vivian: Bad Weathers (Vinyl LP)

Described in 1979 by the UK’s Black Music & Jazz Review magazine as “the meanest bass player this side of hell,” Vivian Weathers was a multi-talented musician who also possessed one of reggae’s most distinctive and emotional singing voices; a haunting high tenor that could seamlessly slide into an ethereal falsetto.

His big break as a solo artist came in 1978 just as Steel Pulse and Linton Kwesi Johnson entered the pop mainstream, showing that homegrown British reggae could be a potent commercial force.

Sadly, Weathers’ solo album Bad Weathers was largely ignored on its release. Over time, however, it has become revered as a lost classic by reggae aficionados.

1. Going To The Blues
2. Hip Hug
3. The Way You Walk
4. A Fool And His Baby 
5. Street Talk
6. People A Talk
7. Star Of Sufferation
8. Gypsy Love
9. The Letter
10. Move Ghetto Children
11. Hip Hug (12" Mix)