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Prince Lincoln Thompson

Prince Lincoln Thompson

Prince Lincoln Thompson has been played on NTS shows including Blazer Sound System , with San Salvador (Disco Style) first played on 6 December 2017.

Prince Lincoln Thompson, known as Sax, was a Jamaican singer, musician and songwriter with the reggae band the Royal Rasses, and a member of the Rastafari movement. He was born June 18, 1949 in Jonestown, next to Trenchtown, both parts of the slummy shanty town in the poor west side of inner Kingston, Jamaica and died of cancer in London on January 23, 1999 days after being first diagnosed[1]. He was noted for his high falsetto singing voice, very different from his spoken voice.

He began his recording career as a harmony singer along with Cedric Myton of The Congos in 1967 in a band called The Tartans who then split up in 1969. In 1971 he was taken on by Coxsone Dodd, and recorded 3 songs with him at Studio One called Daughters of Zion, True Experience and Live up to your name. In 1974 he recorded the Humanity album with Cedric Myton, Clinton Hall and Keith Peterkin, and set up the God Sent label in order to sell it. He had two hit singles with Love the way it should be and Kingston 11.

Albums Humanity 1974 Experience 1979 (The lyrics from Walk in Jah light and Thanksgiving have been used to explain the doctrine of physical immortality at Rastafari movement). Harder na Rass 1979 Natural Wild 1980 Ride with the Rasses 1982 Rootsman Blues 1983 also titled Unite The World 21st century 1997

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Prince Lincoln Thompson

Prince Lincoln Thompson has been played on NTS shows including Blazer Sound System , with San Salvador (Disco Style) first played on 6 December 2017.

Prince Lincoln Thompson, known as Sax, was a Jamaican singer, musician and songwriter with the reggae band the Royal Rasses, and a member of the Rastafari movement. He was born June 18, 1949 in Jonestown, next to Trenchtown, both parts of the slummy shanty town in the poor west side of inner Kingston, Jamaica and died of cancer in London on January 23, 1999 days after being first diagnosed[1]. He was noted for his high falsetto singing voice, very different from his spoken voice.

He began his recording career as a harmony singer along with Cedric Myton of The Congos in 1967 in a band called The Tartans who then split up in 1969. In 1971 he was taken on by Coxsone Dodd, and recorded 3 songs with him at Studio One called Daughters of Zion, True Experience and Live up to your name. In 1974 he recorded the Humanity album with Cedric Myton, Clinton Hall and Keith Peterkin, and set up the God Sent label in order to sell it. He had two hit singles with Love the way it should be and Kingston 11.

Albums Humanity 1974 Experience 1979 (The lyrics from Walk in Jah light and Thanksgiving have been used to explain the doctrine of physical immortality at Rastafari movement). Harder na Rass 1979 Natural Wild 1980 Ride with the Rasses 1982 Rootsman Blues 1983 also titled Unite The World 21st century 1997

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San Salvador (Disco Style)
Prince Lincoln
Orange Street2001
Live Up To Your Name
Prince Lincoln
Bongo Man1973
Humanity (Love The Way It Should Be)
The Royal Rasses, Prince Lincoln Thompson
Nocedicoco1980
I Can't Get No Sleep (Jungle Fever Mix)
Rebel MC, Prince Lincoln Thompson
Big Life1992
Unconventional People
Prince Lincoln Thompson
Get Back2001