Unity Is Strength Vol 2 – Park Heights

Dusty and deep, this Park Heights set pulls together a sharp early-’80s roots cut with a handful of vocalists riding the same rhythm, and the sequencing keeps returning to the strongest sides: Barry Llewellyn’s “I Got The Handle, ” Bobby Floyd’s “Fall In Love, ” and Naggo Morris’ “Love Your Brother. ” That latter cut is the one that’s kept the title circulating, voiced in 1982 on a raw take of Pablo’s “Don’t Stay Away Too Long” rhythm, while the compilation also folds in a Bobby Floyd and Heptones pairing, Lone Ranger, Delroy Wilson with Militant Barry, and Winston McNuff. The LP runs 13 tracks in all, with several songs repeated in the lineup notes, which gives it the feel of a vault clean-out as much as a straight various-artists set. Unity Is Strength Vol 2 is listed as a 1982 Park Heights release.