„The Mighty Striker Shoots At Hits“ is the fourteenth album release by MOLL-SELEKTA.Continuing our successful compilation “The Bunny Lee Rocksteady Years” (released 2005)it picks up again the work of this outstanding producer, focussing on his most famous phase, the time after Rocksteady and the marriage of Roots Reggae from 1973 – 1979. His passion for Westerns, which he watches endlessly on a six foot wide screen in his living room lead to the title of the sampler.Bunny Striker Lee was introduced to the music bussiness by Derrick Morgan in 1962, starting out as a “record plugger” for Duke Reid (Treasure Isle) before becoming a producer in 1967. After countless hits in the Rocksteady area, his star was shining even brighter in the 70’s where he revolutionised Roots Reggae with the Aggrovators and Sly & Robbie with their flying cymbal sound. He was one of the first to spot the extraordinary potential of King Tubby and his new creations in Dub and gave his records to him for the final mix. These days, as well as disseminating his songs and looking after his vast archive of Jamaican musical history, he also runs a repairs workshop for lorries.“The Mighty Striker Shoots At Hits“ collects some of the most essential and rare songs from the Roots area in a better sound quality than ever before. Big names like Horace Andy, Johnny Clarke and Delroy Wilson characterize the album which differs widely from other Bunny Lee compilations on the market due to the explicitely influential and extremly seldom recordings from Lee’s extremly big archives. These are songs that should be a delight for every fan, especially when they come along in the original-maxisingle-length like Horace Andy’s “I Don't Want To Be Left Outside”. Honey Boy’s wonderfull hommage-ballad “Jamaica” fits nicely to the tougher Roots-steppers by Barry Brown and the Lovers Rock of “I’m Still In Love With You”, Alton Ellis’ great Studio One-hit sung here by his sister Hortense. Johnny Clarke’s cover version of Hopeton Lewis’ „Rocka Shocka“ is enlargened by the rare DJ-cut by Prince RAS Murray so that the diverse styles of Roots from Singer/Songwriter-tunes to Dub are featured and the whole range of Bunny Striker Lee’s work in the key-phase is covered up.

„Don’t Give Up Your Culture“ is the ninth release by Moll-Selekta - an essential Roots-sampler with many brilliant, on CD/LP previously unreleased tracks by The Mighty Diamonds, Johnny Clarke, Jacob Miller, Horace Andy, Wayne Jarrett, Linval Thompson and Rod Taylor. By larger parts a collection of „sweet high voices of Jamaica“, especially characterised by the totally unknown Flick Wilson with his exceptional high falsetto. Above all his exiting and outstanding titel-track with its Roots & Culture-lyrics is a perfect example for the religious and political statements of the other classical Roots-singers on this collection. Beside The Aggrovators and Roots Radics, probably the most important backing bands in those days, most of the tracks where recorded with the rather unknown Ring Craft Posse whose line up also included the essence of Jamaicas studio musicians. Amongst others, Sly & Robbie, Lloyd Parks, Ansel Collins, Winston Wright, Willie Lindo and the horn section with Dean Fraser, Bobby Ellis and Ronald Robinson took part. The producer of most of the tracks was the brother of Tappa Zuckie, „Blackbeard“ Sinclair, Bunny Lee‘s right hand for many years, meanwhile the owner of the old King Tubby studio. The rest of the songs was produced by King Tubby himself who also mixed some others. Recordings took place at Channel One, King Tubby’s and Sinclairs own Mr. Tipsy studio in Kingston, Jamaica, between 1972 and 1984, the most important and exiting years of Reggae.

In a more serious spiritual vein, Dennis Brown's "Created by the Father" is a standout. For the hardcore collector, there are a few alternate/original/extended mixes that are previously unreleased or previously unavailable on CD. It's likely, though, that these rarities will be of secondary concern to most people likely to enjoy the compilation, who will simply appreciate the chance to hear a classy batch of Studio One/Clement Dodd efforts that might not come to their attention through more high-profile reggae reissues. released October 30, 2015 2007 Jamaica Recording & Publishing Studio Ltd. t/a Studio One