Livity is a 1981 reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Prince Far I

Prince Far I

Prince Far I was a Jamaican reggae deejay, producer and a Rastafarian. He was known for his gruff voice and critical assessment of the Jamaican government. His track "Heavy Manners" used lyrics against measures initiated towards violent crime.-Biography:He was born Michael James Williams in...

. Livity is a word used by Rastafarians

Rastafari movement

The Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement that arose in the 1930s in Jamaica, which at the time was a country with a predominantly Christian culture where 98% of the people were the black descendants of slaves. Its adherents worship Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia , as God...

 to refer to righteous, ever-living living. The album is generally considered one of Prince Far I's weaker albums. As on many of his albums, the backing comes from the Roots Radics

Roots Radics

The Roots Radics Band was formed in 1978 by bass player Errol "Flabba" Holt and guitarist Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont. They were joined by many great musicians. As a combined force the Roots Radics became a well-respected studio and stage band, which dominated the sound in the first half of the 1980s...

, under the guise of The Arabs. The album was mixed by Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie.

Track listing

1. "Reggae Music Moving"
2. "Badda Card"
3. "Some With Roof"
4. "Marble Stone"
5. "Put It Out"
6. "King Of Kings"
7. "River Jordan"
8. "Ghetto Living"
9. "Give Me For My Continent"
10. "Wish I Have A Wing"

External links

• Livity at Roots Archives