When west Kingston deejay Wade Brammer first became active on the sound system circuit in the early 1970s, toasting on sounds like Soul Hombre and Smith the Weapon, he was using the nickname Prince Glen, but when his debut recording, ‘Believe In It,’ was produced by Enos McLeod at Dynamics in 1974, it was issued under the name Prince Charming. Then, after Dillinger took him to Channel One, producer Joseph Hoo-Kim renamed him Trinity, having searched the Bible for a better moniker. Trinity swiftly impacted at Channel One on versions of Earth and Stone’s ‘Jailhouse’ and the Mighty Diamonds’ ‘Have Mercy’ (which he voiced as ‘All Gone’). After cutting a debut album for Yabby You, Shantytown Determination (issued by Prince Tony Robinson, who tried without success to sign the toaster to Virgin), the biggest commotion stemmed from ‘Three Piece Suit,’ which Trinity voiced for Joe Gibbs, paving the way for Althea & Donna’s alternate reading as ‘Uptown Top Ranking.’ Launching his own Flag Man label in 1977 afforded greater control of his musical works, and although it was never the most prolific of labels, everything that surfaced on it is worth investigating. ‘Vampire,’ a chilling cut of the ‘Drifting Away’ rhythm, which gives warning to an unknown entity for duplicitous and insulting conduct, was issued in small quantity on the label in 1979, together with its tremendous dub version.
David Katz ©

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Vampire / Version
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Linval Thompson – I Love Marijuana1-1 –Linval Thompson I Love Marijuana
1-2 –Linval Thompson Dread Are The Controller
1-3 –Linval Thompson The Children Of The Ghetto
1-4 –Linval Thompson Don’t Push Your Brother
1-5 –Linval Thompson Begging For Apology
1-6 –Linval Thompson Not Follow Fashion
1-7 –Linval Thompson Roots Lady
1-8 –Linval Thompson Big Big Girl
1-9 –Linval Thompson Just Another Girl
1-10 –Linval Thompson Starlight
1-11 –Linval Thompson Jamaican Calley (Version)Big Joe – African Princess
1-12 –Big Joe African Princess
1-13 –Big Joe Solomon Agunda
1-14 –Big Joe Don’t Fuss And Fight
1-15 –Big Joe Smoke Marijuana
1-16 –Big Joe Merry Go Round
1-17 –Big Joe Tubby At The Controls
1-18 –Big Joe Judy
1-19 –Big Joe Big Disgrace
1-20 –Big Joe Love Can Conquer
1-21 –Big Joe Pauline Love The NattyTrinity 12″ Single
1-22 –Trinity (4) Follow My Heart (12″ Version)
1-23 –Trinity (4) Pope Paul Dead And Gone (12″ Version)Trinity – Rock In The Ghetto
2-1 –Trinity (4) Easy Does It
2-2 –Trinity (4) Life Is Not Easy
2-3 –Trinity (4) Tell It To Me Mother
2-4 –Trinity (4) Have A Little Faith
2-5 –Trinity (4) Dangerous Rockers And Ting
2-6 –Trinity (4) Don’t Lose Me
2-7 –Trinity (4) Every Trick In The Book
2-8 –Trinity (4) Rock In The Ghetto
2-9 –Trinity (4) Pope Paul Dead And Gone
2-10 –Trinity (4) Freedom Style
2-11 –Trinity (4) Follow My HeartBonus Tracks
2-12 –Barry Brown Mr C.I.D.
2-13 –Scientist & The Roots Radics King Tubby’s Rockers
2-14 –Pat Kelly There’s A Song
2-15 –The Roots Radics Lover’s Style
2-16 –Linval Thompson Here With Me
2-17 –The Roots Radics Come On Baby, Dub Style
2-18 –Linval Thompson Pop No Style
2-19 –Scientist & The Roots Radics Second Hand Girl