"During the late 1970s, the Jamaican music scene was completely reconfigured when aspiring producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes began working with The Roots Radics, a hot young crew of session musicians based at Channel One studio in western Kingston. Steering Jamaican music towards the evolving dancehall style, their output was distributed overseas by Greensleeves, which scored an unlikely success with General Echo's ribald deejay album, "12 Inches of Pleasure". For reasons that are not entirely clear, the dub companion album expertly mixed by Scientist at King Tubby's studio remained unreleased until now and it's a true killer from start to finish. Emphasising the rhythmic anchor provided by drummer [Santa Davis] and bassist Flabba Holt, Scientist allows sparse organ lines, wah-wah guitar chops and percolating percussion to drift in and out of the mix, mesmerising the listener with the group's sheer musical abilities. Rhythm tracks originally laid for Barrington Levy and Rod Taylor sound particularly brilliant here, devoid of any vocal distraction. On the companion disc with the original deejay album, Echo's comedic takes on adults-only themes may not be to everyone's taste (especially in the #MeToo age), but lovers of classic dub works for the late 1970s will not be disappointed".
