Fred Locks

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Vision Of Redemption 02:58 Tools
I've Got Joy 03:50 Tools
Black Star Liner 02:42 Tools
True Rastaman 00:00 Tools
Walls 00:00 Tools
Black Star Liners 00:00 Tools
Wolf Wolf 00:00 Tools
sing a long 00:00 Tools
Don't Let Babylon Use You 00:00 Tools
Time to Change 00:00 Tools
Wheat and Tears 00:00 Tools
Sons Of The Almighty 00:00 Tools
Glorify the Lord 00:00 Tools
Love And Only Love 00:00 Tools
Go With The Flow 00:00 Tools
Black Star Liner in Dub 02:53 Tools
Child of the King 00:00 Tools
Gun Court Affair 00:00 Tools
won't give up the fight 00:00 Tools
Children of Selassie Dub 00:00 Tools
I Know 00:00 Tools
The Only Dub 00:00 Tools
Love & Harmony 00:00 Tools
Joy Within My Heart 00:00 Tools
The Only One 00:00 Tools
Hurry Brings Worry 00:00 Tools
Rastafari Rule 00:00 Tools
The Key of Life 00:00 Tools
Jah See and Know 00:00 Tools
Wisdom 00:00 Tools
Voice Of The Poor 00:00 Tools
Redemption Dub 00:00 Tools
I've Got a Dub 00:00 Tools
Love And Harmony 00:00 Tools
Rastaman Time 00:00 Tools
Judge Not 00:00 Tools
Dub-A-Long 00:00 Tools
Wolf in Dub Clothing 00:00 Tools
Wall of Dub 00:00 Tools
Blood Money Dub 00:00 Tools
True Rastaman Dub 00:00 Tools
Curly Locks 00:00 Tools
Ababajahnoy (feat. Binghi Ghost) 00:00 Tools
Black Star Liner (Real Rock Riddim) 00:00 Tools
Black Star Liner Version 02:50 Tools
Don't Sell Your Soul 00:00 Tools
Never Give Up 00:00 Tools
Music Is My Calling 00:00 Tools
Wolf 00:00 Tools
Come Now 00:00 Tools
Never Give Up Dub 00:00 Tools
All Is Vanity 00:00 Tools
Silouette 00:00 Tools
Lifestyles 00:00 Tools
Never Give Up (My Faith) 00:00 Tools
Mission for the King 00:00 Tools
Black Liberators 00:00 Tools
Babylon Falling Down 00:00 Tools
The King Lives Forever 00:00 Tools
Dreadlocks Princess 00:00 Tools
Redemption Rock 00:00 Tools
Throw Down Your Arms 00:00 Tools
True Rastaman (So Jah Seh) 00:00 Tools
A Nice Feeling 00:00 Tools
Labba Labba 00:00 Tools
I Feel Like Job 00:00 Tools
Last Day Dub 00:00 Tools
Watch Your Livity 00:00 Tools
Can't Hide from Jah 00:00 Tools
Love Is What You Need 00:00 Tools
Jumbo Jet 00:00 Tools
Love & Harmony Dub 00:00 Tools
My Love 00:00 Tools
Same Work Same Pay 00:00 Tools
Collie Herb 00:00 Tools
Mama Don't Know Love 00:00 Tools
No More Slavery 00:00 Tools
Black starliner 00:00 Tools
Don't Wait For Me 00:00 Tools
Toughest Slaves 00:00 Tools
Love & Only Love (12" Discomix) 00:00 Tools
Purge Yourself 00:00 Tools
The Key Of Life (Acappella) 00:00 Tools
Keep Up The Good Works 00:00 Tools
Give Jah Your Heart And Soul 00:00 Tools
My Lord And Savior 00:00 Tools
Homeward Bound 00:00 Tools
Never Give Up On Jah Love 00:00 Tools
Love Is My Weapon 00:00 Tools
Cheer Up 00:00 Tools
Weeping & moaning 00:00 Tools
Africa Africa 00:00 Tools
Want You In My Life 00:00 Tools
This Loving Feeling (revised) 00:00 Tools
Want You Into My Life 00:00 Tools
So Jah Seh 00:00 Tools
Eternally 00:00 Tools
Save a Little Love (feat. Chaos & Black Warrior) 00:00 Tools
Stop Picking On Me 00:00 Tools
Police Brutality 00:00 Tools
So Jah Say 00:00 Tools
Last Days Dub 00:00 Tools
Weeping And Moaning 00:00 Tools
Come Home 00:00 Tools
The Key Of Life (Acapella) 00:00 Tools
Love & Only Love (12"Discomix) 00:00 Tools
Lonely Life 00:00 Tools
His Eyes 00:00 Tools
Cool Down On Your Speed 00:00 Tools
Opression (Makes a Wise Man Mad) 00:00 Tools
Sing Along 00:00 Tools
No Further Woman 00:00 Tools
Son of The Almighty 00:00 Tools
Ulterior Motive 00:00 Tools
Cut Eye, Cut Eye 00:00 Tools
Harmony Dub 00:00 Tools
Redemption Rock (Drummie) 00:00 Tools
Good Example 00:00 Tools
Fatal Attraction 00:00 Tools
The Key of Life Dub 00:00 Tools
Hungry 00:00 Tools
My Redemption 00:00 Tools
Pretty Face (Dirty Ways) 00:00 Tools
Come Know 00:00 Tools
Born to Be Rasta 00:00 Tools
Rivers Of Babylon 00:00 Tools
News carrier 00:00 Tools
Chase The Devil 00:00 Tools
I’ve Got A Joy 00:00 Tools
Cant Hide From Jah 00:00 Tools
What You're Not Supposed To Do 00:00 Tools
Jah Blessings 00:00 Tools
Jumo Jet (Pablove Black) 00:00 Tools
Judgement Time 00:00 Tools
Hunger For Dub 00:00 Tools
In My Bible 00:00 Tools
Don’t Let Babylon Use You 00:00 Tools
Mission For The King (extended) 00:00 Tools
Devils in Disguise 00:00 Tools
she got caught up 00:00 Tools
Love You Need 00:00 Tools
Cool Down Your Speed 00:00 Tools
Dub & Collie Herb 00:00 Tools
Dub For The King 00:00 Tools
Dub Example 00:00 Tools
Cheer Up Dub 00:00 Tools
The Key of Life Acappella 00:00 Tools
Dub Is My Calling 00:00 Tools
Vision Of Dubwise 00:00 Tools
Weeping For Dubwise 00:00 Tools
Joy 00:00 Tools
My Lord and Saviour 00:00 Tools
Ababa Jahni (feat. Binghi Ghost) 00:00 Tools
Songs Of The Almighty (Vista Sounds LP) 00:00 Tools
So Dub 00:00 Tools
Rich Already 00:00 Tools
Demand Freedom 00:00 Tools
Scriptures Of Dub 00:00 Tools
Version 00:00 Tools
Judgement Of Dub 00:00 Tools
Jah Is The Father 00:00 Tools
Police Brutality Dub 00:00 Tools
Dub Motive 00:00 Tools
Alphas Dubwise 00:00 Tools
Crazy Mixed Up World 00:00 Tools
No Greater Love 00:00 Tools
Wolf Wolf (Extended) 00:00 Tools
Chant It 00:00 Tools
Black Starliner Version 00:00 Tools
What Life Has Taught Me 00:00 Tools
Conscious Dread 00:00 Tools
Dont Judge Me 00:00 Tools
Never Give Up the Fight 00:00 Tools
Weeping Dub 00:00 Tools
Face Your Judgement 00:00 Tools
There Will Come A Day 00:00 Tools
01 Black Star Liners 00:00 Tools
She is A Hit 00:00 Tools
Chant It Dub Version 00:00 Tools
The Seven Seals 00:00 Tools
Dubbing Against Oppression 00:00 Tools
My Dub 00:00 Tools
My Lord 00:00 Tools
Exceptional Woman 00:00 Tools
Vision of Redemtion 00:00 Tools
Never_Give_Up_The_Fight 00:00 Tools
More Love 00:00 Tools
Black Star liner Rebirth 00:00 Tools
Your Beautiful Black Skin 00:00 Tools
Happy Days 00:00 Tools
Dubbing Feeling 00:00 Tools
Keep On Trying 00:00 Tools
Rastafari Rules 00:00 Tools
Place Called Africa 00:00 Tools
Give Thanks And Praise 00:00 Tools
Cut Eye 00:00 Tools
Black_Starliner 00:00 Tools
Susie Wong 00:00 Tools
Stricker Ishion 00:00 Tools
Final Mission 00:00 Tools
Save a Little Love 00:00 Tools
Gold And Silver 00:00 Tools
Friends Like These 00:00 Tools
When Oh When 00:00 Tools
Never Never 00:00 Tools
Mission For the King (extended version) 00:00 Tools
Visions Of Redemption 00:00 Tools
Poor Man Story 00:00 Tools
Weeping & Mourning 00:00 Tools
Ungodly People 00:00 Tools
song of the almighty 00:00 Tools
Long Time No Nice Time 00:00 Tools
Love & Only Love (12" disco mix) 00:00 Tools
Mind Craft 00:00 Tools
ive got joy 00:00 Tools
Born To Be Great 00:00 Tools
MY WEAPON 00:00 Tools
Them Lost 00:00 Tools
Tribulation 00:00 Tools
Song-A-Long 00:00 Tools
Cut Eye Cut Eye 00:00 Tools
Vision Of Redemption (Vista Records LP) 00:00 Tools
Enemies 00:00 Tools
Sipping From A Cup Of Dub 00:00 Tools
My Life 00:00 Tools
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Fred Locks (b. Stafford Elliot, 1955, Kingston, Jamaica) is a roots reggae singer best known for his mid-1970s single "Black Star Liners" and the album of the same name. Elliot grew up in a strict Catholic home in the Franklin Town area of Kingston, along with eleven brothers and sisters, moving to Eastern Kingston when he was ten. His father and older brother played the guitar; with his older brother accompanying Elliot's early singing efforts. Like many of the Jamaican solo singers of the 1970s, Elliott began his career in the 1960s as part of a vocal harmony group, in his case a group he formed in secondary school, The Flames, and in 1966 The Lyrics, who recorded for Coxsone Dodd in the late 1960s, with tracks such as "A Get It", "Girls Like Dirt", and "Hear What The Old Man Say". They later moved on to Vincent Chin's Randy's setup, recording "Give Thanks", "East to the Right", and a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water", also working with Lee "Scratch" Perry, and released the self-financed "Sing A Long" in 1971 on their own Lyric label. Disillusioned by the financial side of the Jamaican music industry, Elliot immersed himself in the Rastafarian faith, living on the beach at Harbour View. Elliot allowed his locks to grow to a great length, giving rise to his nickname of 'Fred Locks'. During his time living on the beach, he continued to write songs, one of which, "Black Star Liners", referring to Marcus Garvey's shipping line (Black Star Line) intended to transport black Americans to Africa as part of the Back-to-Africa movement, came to the attention of producer and Twelve Tribes member Hugh Boothe. Boothe persuaded Locks to record the song, and it was released in 1975 on the Jahmikmusic label in Jamaica, and on Grounation in the United Kingdom, propelling Locks to cult status. This was followed up by "The Last Days", which had a lesser impact. Grounation offshoot Vulcan issued the debut album Black Star Liner/True Rastaman in 1976, an album that has remained popular with roots reggae audiences ever since, with the title track regarded as a roots anthem. In the late 1970s, Elliot was also a member of the vocal trio Creation Steppers, along with Eric Griffiths and Willy Stepper, releasing records in Jamaica on their own Star of The East label, and having a hit in Jamaica with "Stormy Night". In 1980, the trio travelled to the UK for a small tour, and began an association with London-based sound system operator and producer Lloyd Coxsone, who released a number of singles by the group, and also some Fred Locks solo records. These were collected on the album Love and only Love in 1982. In 1982, Locks married an American woman and moved to the United States, recording only sporadically until the mid-1990s, when he recorded an album, Culturally, for Phillip Smart. followed by albums on Philip "Fatis" Burrell's Xterminator label and on VP. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.