Prince Far I



Prince Far I (c. 1944 – 15 September 1983) 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.

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Festive Fifty Entries

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Sessions
One session only (with Creation Rebel). No known commercial release.

1. Recorded: 1978-06-07. First Broadcast: 04 July 1978. Repeated: 18 October 1978, 11 September 1993, 22 December 1995,
 * Spoken Introduction / Black Man's Land / No More War / The Dream / Foggy Road / Front Line

Other Shows Played

 * 1970s
 * 21 August 1978: Front Line Speech Cry Tuff
 * 25 October 1978: You Have Eyes To See (LP – Long Life) Front Line
 * 31 October 1978: So Long (LP – Long Life) Virgin
 * 14 May 1979: Gongola Dub (LP - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Part 2) Front Line
 * 25 June 1979: Suru-Lere Dub (LP-Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Part 2) Front Line
 * 02 July 1979: Gongola Dub (Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Part 2) Virgin
 * 18 October 1979: Call On I In Trouble (LP-Free From Sin) Trojan
 * 03 December 1979: Red Sea (?) Cry Tuff
 * 10 December 1979 (& Errol Holt): Musical History Cry Tuff


 * 1980s
 * 02 January 1980: I And I Are The Chosen One (LP - Creation Rockers Volume 1) Trojan
 * 04 March 1980: Plant Up (LP - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter III) Daddy Kool
 * 07 August 1980: Low Gravity
 * 26 August 1980 (& Congo Ashanti Roy): 83 Struggle
 * 22 June 1981: Put It Out (single) Free
 * 27 December 1988 (BFBS) (& I-Roy): Jazzbo Have Fe Run (7") Student


 * 1990s
 * 06 October 1990: Message From the King (Compilation CD-Beyond The Front Line) Front Line / Virgin
 * 12 January 1991: No More War (single) white label
 * 16 June 1991: (& Dub Syndicate): Wadada (compilation album - Give Peace A Dance) CND
 * 30 April 1994 (BFBS): A Message (album - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter One) Hitrun
 * 03 May 1994 (BBC World Service): The Encounter (album - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter One) Hitrun
 * 30 November 1999: No More War (7") Virgin Front Line


 * 2000s
 * 10 February 2000: Show Me Mine Enemy (LP - Under Heavy Manners) Joe Gibbs
 * 29 March 2000: Psalm 24 (LP - Psalms For I) Carib Gems
 * 23 April 2002: Psalm 49 (LP – Psalms For I) Pressure Sounds
 * 08 May 2002: Psalm 49 (LP 'Psalms For I') Carib Gems
 * 28 May 2002: The Lord’s Prayer (LP – Pslams For I) Pressure Sounds
 * 03 July 2002: Stop The War (7") Wambesi
 * 08 October 2002: Stop the War (7 inch) Wambesi
 * 29 April 2003: Bedward, the Flying Preacher (7") Sound Boy
 * 26 August 2003: (& Ghetto Priest) Dungeon (7") Sound Boy
 * 14 October 2004: (JP: "Wonder what made me think that Prince Far-I was sampled on this? [ref: Klute: Time 4 Change] ...It's called Time For Change, and there's gonna be a bit of a change over the next couple of weeks while I'm away. I hope you listen to and enjoy those programmes. I'll be back in your midst at the beginning of November, refreshed I hope, and with loads of your requests to play too, and a session from Lali Puna on Tuesday. Thanks as always for listening, and coming up now, it's Anne Nightingale.")