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Musical Revue

Field	Value
name	Musical Revue
type	Live album
artist	Suns of Arqa
cover	Suns_of_Arqa_Musical_Revue.jpg
released	1988
recorded	December 7, 1982
venue	Band on the Wall, Manchester, England
genre	Reggae
length	49:50
label	ROIR Europe A-161
producer	Phil Rainford
prev_title	Revenge of the Mozabites
prev_year	1980
next_title	Wadada Magic
next_year	1983

Musical Revue is a live album featuring Prince Far I and Suns of Arqa released on ROIR Europe in 1988. The album was produced by Phil Rainford and features a live recording of Prince Far I with Suns of Arqa at Band on the Wall in Manchester on 7 December 1982.

The sound is fairly rough with Suns of Arqa low in the mix and Prince Far I a little too close. There is much dub mixing, delays, reverbs, and repeats flying left and right, and the music appears improvised in places. The music here is more complex than reggae, sometimes moving towards variations on jazz/highlife (e.g. "Brujo Magic").

This album captured Prince Far I's last concert. He was murdered in Kingston, Jamaica in 1983.

Track listing

"Steppin' To The Music" – 1:33
"Throw Away Your Guns" – 10:15
"Brujo Magic" – 6:15
"Version Galore" – 5:36
"83 Struggle" – 7:48
"Trancedance Music" – 4:34
"Foggy Road" – 4:56
"What You Gonna Do On The Judgement Day" – 8:53

Personnel

Prince Far I - vocals
Helen Watson - vocals
Marcel King - lead vocals on "Version Galore", backing vocals
Snuff - drums
Dan Sheals - drums
Spliff - bass
Wayne "Worm" Sedgman - bass
Michael Wadada - rhythm guitar
Mustaphafakir - lead guitar
Anton Behrendt - keyboards
Tony Trundle - fiddle
Marek Miczyk - violin
Brian Jones - saxophone
Prince Hammer - MC
Keshav Sathe - tabla

References

"Prince Far I With Suns Of Arqa - Musical Revue (CD, Album)". Discogs.com.
"Prince Far I - Musical Revue CD Album". Cduniverse.com.

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