WAYNE SMITH - Sleng Teng (2022 Repress) CASKETS Barry Sparks and Barend Courbois

Barry Sparks and Barend Courbois

In among the personal reflections on loss of innocence and inferiority

several of which are BBC versions of songs from their debut

honour the past and travel onwards with

One of the seminal psychedelic rock albums of the 1960s

WAYNE SMITH - Sleng Teng (2022 Repress) CASKETS Barry Sparks and Barend CourboisLP Black Vinyl Repress. Wayne Smith grew up in the Waterhouse area of Kingston, Jamaica. He performed with sound systems and began recording in 1980 at age 14, initially working with producer Prince Jammy, his next door neighbour, who produced his debut album Youthman Skanking (1982) and the 1985 follow up Smoker Super. His 1985 recording of "(Under Mi) Sleng Teng", is generally regarded as the beginning of ragga style reggae. The rhythm was a pattern