R.I.P. : Max Romeo - Sipple Out Deh (War inna Babylon) 1975

• Track Name

  Sipple Out Deh (War ina Babylon)

• Artist

  Max Romeo

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Max Romeo - Sipple Out Deh (War Ina Babylon) (1975)

This is the original Jamaican mix of this classic collaboration between Max Romeo and Lee Scratch Perry. Sipple means “slippery”.  I can’t possibly describe this song any better:

“Romeo’s vocal sounds as if he’s standing in a giant tin can, the backing vocals shimmer with ghostly echo, and the rhythm guitar sounds like a match being struck over and over again. It’s the soundtrack to a hot, dirty summer in Kingston in 1976 with violence lurking around every sweltering corner.” Upsetter.net

R.I.P. Max Romeo