various-flying high: chopper productions 1985-1991 lp

A long overdue return to the Chopper label, after some singles from way back in 2010. This 12 song LP corrals all our favorites from the label. The album features a mix of early '80s style live rhythms laid at Channel 1 and some great classical late '80s digital style. Lionel Barrett was the original and perhaps the core artist of the Chopper stable, and is featured heavily here. A few of his tracks as well as a couple others here are now issued on vinyl for the first time. The remaining are retrieved from long out of press albums and singles. The jacket features a survey of all of Chopper's excellent graphic design. All told this LP is a great overview of a prolific JA-NYC connected label from dancehall's best era.