The Itals

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Satisfaction 03:40 Tools
Rasta Philosophy 03:05 Tools
Jah Calling 03:36 Tools
Time Will Tell 02:57 Tools
Ina Disa Time - 7" 03:00 Tools
Temptation 03:37 Tools
In Deh 03:13 Tools
Roll River Jordan 03:32 Tools
Me Waan Justice 00:00 Tools
Herbs Pirate 03:45 Tools
Ina Disa Time 02:55 Tools
Physical Pollution 00:00 Tools
In A Dis Ya Time 03:00 Tools
Brutal 04:07 Tools
Make Merry 00:00 Tools
Dance a Yard 02:47 Tools
Run Baldhead Run 03:30 Tools
Smile Knotty Dread 03:30 Tools
Rastafari Chariot 03:24 Tools
Don't Wake The Lion 00:00 Tools
No Call Dread Name 02:54 Tools
Love Affair 00:00 Tools
Don't Blame It On Me 00:00 Tools
Give Me Power 04:21 Tools
Jamaican Style & Dub 06:49 Tools
Kill Crime 00:00 Tools
False Preachers 00:00 Tools
Heathen 00:00 Tools
Action 00:00 Tools
Seeing Is Believing 03:28 Tools
In a Dis a Time 00:00 Tools
My Woman 00:00 Tools
Truth Must Reveal 03:47 Tools
Give Me What I Want 03:19 Tools
You Don't Care 06:02 Tools
Material Gain 00:00 Tools
Living in the Ghetto 00:00 Tools
Time Getting Harder 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am 00:00 Tools
Easy Now 00:00 Tools
Brutal Out Deh 04:03 Tools
The Way You Are 03:26 Tools
Jah Help Those 03:51 Tools
Sing Farewell 03:57 Tools
Peace And Love 00:00 Tools
Ina Disa Time - 7 " 00:00 Tools
Ina Dis Ya Time 03:00 Tools
I See A Sign 00:00 Tools
Let Dem Talk 00:00 Tools
Material Competition 00:00 Tools
What An Agony 00:00 Tools
Rougher Yet 06:14 Tools
Could You Be Loved 00:00 Tools
The Half 03:24 Tools
Helpful Dub 00:00 Tools
Last Prayer 00:00 Tools
Jah Glory 00:00 Tools
In A Dis Ya Time/Harbour View Rock 06:26 Tools
Hallelujah 00:00 Tools
Chat With My Woman 00:00 Tools
No Mercy 00:00 Tools
Like You Do 00:00 Tools
Too Much Religion 00:00 Tools
In a Dis Time 00:00 Tools
Dawn Patrol 02:33 Tools
Beware 03:03 Tools
What About Me 00:00 Tools
Oh Lord 00:00 Tools
Chill Out 00:00 Tools
Titanic 00:00 Tools
All is Vanity 00:00 Tools
My Way High Way 00:00 Tools
Wanti Wanti 00:00 Tools
There For Me 03:30 Tools
Who Reign 03:11 Tools
Almighty 00:00 Tools
Don't Throw It Away 00:00 Tools
Anything 00:00 Tools
Surrender 00:00 Tools
True Love 00:00 Tools
Because Of You 00:00 Tools
So Many Times 00:00 Tools
Never Say Never 00:00 Tools
Render Love 00:00 Tools
Rescue Me 00:00 Tools
Jamiacan Style & Dub 00:00 Tools
Push Push 00:00 Tools
In A Dis Ya Time/ Harbour View Rock 00:00 Tools
Ina Disa Time (7") 00:00 Tools
In a Dis a Ya Time 00:00 Tools
Everytime 00:00 Tools
Don't Fight the Feeling 00:00 Tools
Its Not Easy 00:00 Tools
In a Dis Ya Time / Harbour View Rock (feat. Vin Gordon) 00:00 Tools
It's Not Easy 00:00 Tools
Give This Love A Try 00:00 Tools
Play Your Part 00:00 Tools
Modern Age 00:00 Tools
Sing Song Children 00:00 Tools
Together Forever 00:00 Tools
Nearer 00:00 Tools
Happen Before the Time 00:00 Tools
Sweet Memories 00:00 Tools
In A Dis Ya Time Ska! 00:00 Tools
Jah Glory (edited) 00:00 Tools
Easy To Catch 00:00 Tools
Blood (Thicker Than Water) 00:00 Tools
Won't You Come Home 00:00 Tools
Crazy 00:00 Tools
Oh Lord Why Lord 00:00 Tools
Chatty Chatty 00:00 Tools
Ina Dis Time 00:00 Tools
Heathen Rage 00:00 Tools
In A Dis Ya Time/Harbour View Rock (Feat. Vin Gordon) 00:00 Tools
Time (Take No Share) 00:00 Tools
I Know A Place - 2007 Remastered Album Version 00:00 Tools
It's Not Easy Version 00:00 Tools
Time 00:00 Tools
Its Not Easy Version 00:00 Tools
Won't You Come Home/ Bump Skank 00:00 Tools
No Tengo Dinero 00:00 Tools
Curious 00:00 Tools
Te Ta Toe 00:00 Tools
Humanity 00:00 Tools
Ina Disa Time (7') 00:00 Tools
In A Dis Yah Time 00:00 Tools
Mi Livity 00:00 Tools
Time Getting Hard 00:00 Tools
I Know A Place 04:54 Tools
Fragile Love 00:00 Tools
In A Dis Ya Time / Harbour View Rock (feat Vin Gordon) 00:00 Tools
Omnipotent 00:00 Tools
Lip Service 00:00 Tools
The Song 00:00 Tools
Jah Glory Dub 00:00 Tools
Mighty Ruler 00:00 Tools
It's Not Easy (version) 00:00 Tools
ba da doo ba dey 00:00 Tools
Ina Disa Time (7 inch version) 00:00 Tools
Battlefield 00:00 Tools
Live You Live 00:00 Tools
Holy Holy 00:00 Tools
Going To The Matrix 00:00 Tools
I Know A Place - 2007 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Blood - Thicker Than Water 00:00 Tools
In A Disa Time 00:00 Tools
Down Patrol 00:00 Tools
Harbour View Rock feat. Vin Gordon 00:00 Tools
Time Will Tell (extended) 00:00 Tools
The Itals - Ina Dis Here Time 00:00 Tools
I See a Sign [dubwise] - 7'' b-side 00:00 Tools
Oh Lord, Why Lord 00:00 Tools
One Dance 00:00 Tools
Reveal 00:00 Tools
All I'd Ever Wanted 00:00 Tools
Gloria Baby 00:00 Tools
Time - Take No Share 00:00 Tools
The Itals - Jah Calling 00:00 Tools
Brutal Version 00:00 Tools
Won't You Come Home / Bump Skank (feat. Trinity & Dillinger) 00:00 Tools
Itals_I See A Sign 00:00 Tools
All We Need Is Love 00:00 Tools
In A Dis Ya Time/ Harbour View Rock feat Vin Gordon 00:00 Tools
In A Dis Ya Time Ska 00:00 Tools
Give Me What You Got 00:00 Tools
Inna Dis Ya Time 00:00 Tools
In Dis Ya Time / Harbour View Rock (Feat. Vin Gordon) 00:00 Tools
Rast philosophy 00:00 Tools
Jamaican Style And Dub 00:00 Tools
In A Dis Ya Time\/Harbour View Rock (Feat. Vin Gordon) 00:00 Tools
Hallelujah! 00:00 Tools
You Don't Care. 00:00 Tools
? 00:00 Tools
False Preachers [#] 00:00 Tools
Ina Disya Time 00:00 Tools
Don’t Wake The Lion 00:00 Tools
In-A-Dis-A-Time 00:00 Tools
Pure Air 00:00 Tools
Don’t Wake the Lion 00:00 Tools
ina dis here time 00:00 Tools
Natty Dread A Come 00:00 Tools
Jamaican Style Dub 00:00 Tools
In a Dis Ya Time ft. Vin Gordon 00:00 Tools
Trust Must Reveal 00:00 Tools
In a Dis Ya Time - Harbour View Rock 00:00 Tools
Seeing Is Believing [#] 00:00 Tools
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The Itals are a Jamaican reggae vocal group formed in 1976 by Alvin "Keith" Porter, Lloyd Ricketts, and Ronnie Davis ( a member of The Tennors), all of whom had previously also recorded as solo artists. All three had worked together in the late 1960s in The Westmorelites. The group recorded several albums through the late 1970s and 1980s, with Ronnie Davis going on to a successful solo career in 1997 as Ronnie Davis and Idren. The Itals' debut single, "In A Dis Ya Time", is regarded as the group's finest work, and topped the Jamaican chart. 1987's Rasta Philosophy was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Reggae Album. The line-up has changed over the years, with former solo artist David Isaacs joining in 1987 when Ricketts was sentenced to a prison term, preventing him from travelling to the United States. Davis left the group in 1994, and was replaced by Porter's daughter Kada. The Itals continued to tour in 2009 in support of the newly released "Let Them Talk". In 2011 original member Lloyd Ricketts was able to obtain a work permit and performed two shows with Keith and Ronnie before his death. Ronnie Davis stepped away from The Itals again in 2012 and reunited with the Rocksteady group The Tennors, but Keith continues to tour with two of his children, Darien Porter and Kada Porter, providing harmonies. Keith will be releasing "Mind Over Matter", the remastered compilation of 22 early Itals songs and a solo album of reggae covers of classic R&B songs, called "Let's Get it On" in July 2015. Long before the Itals were a spark in their producer’s eye, Keith Porter recorded his first hit single, “Hitey Titey”, with the Westmorelites on the Studio One label in 1967. Around 1969, Keith became lead singer for a band named Soul Hermit, backed by Eugene Gray and Wignal Henry on guitars, and Reginald Seewell and Nash on base and drums. They played in numerous entertainment sectors of Jamaica until Owen Sinclair put together a new band in 1971. Called Future Generation, the band was composed of Dalton James and Roy Hilton on drums, Devon Henry on keyboards, Eugene Gray, guitar, Scott on sax, and Keith on vocals. They performed all over Jamaica for X amount of years, singing all styles of music, American R&B and love songs and native Jamaican songs. Tiring of the club scene around 1975, Keith ran into Ronnie Davis on Orange Street in Kingston and asked him who was auditioning. Ronnie gave him a cassette with a rhythm he’d just had a hit on. “I was so happy with that rhythm I didn’t look any further,” says Keith. “In less than a week I had written Ina Disa Time and came back to Kingston to record it for Lloyd Campbell’s SpiderMan label. Lloyd felt it needed some harmonies with my lead, so Ronnie and I both added harmony parts. There was no intention of forming a group called the Itals; the record first came out as Keith Porter. After the song was on its way to becoming a hit in Jamaica, we all went out to do some promotion. Lloyd, Ronnie, myself and Brian Thomas of RJR were sitting out back in the cantina, when Brian said ‘why not call them the Itals’, because now there was more than one person singing. Everyone liked that name. It sounded good, so all of a sudden, Itals was a group. It was never intentional. I’ve always wondered if the name was the result of Brian noticing how strict I was about the food I ate, strictly Ital.” Campbell quickly repressed the record as ‘the Itals’ to meet demand. Today the song remains the Itals' signature tune, and has been described by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones as “the perfect reggae track”. It is included on the Rolling Stones’ Artist Choice cd, released in 2003, available through Starbucks Coffee from Hear Music, a division of EMI, and in selected major chains. The success of "Ina Disa Time" saw the group return to the studio with the addition of Lloyd Ricketts singing a third harmony part on a series of superb recordings for the SpiderMan label. Tunes like "Don't Wake The Lion," "Brutal," and "Temptation" followed on 7” release in Jamaica and New York in ’77 and ‘78, establishing the Itals among the best Jamaican singers and songwriters. The Itals were twice finalists in the Jamaica Festival Song Competition, and their 1981 tune, "Jamaican Style," earned them a place at Reggae Sunsplash that year. 1982 saw the release of the first Itals' album, "Brutal Out Deh" on Nighthawk Records. The Itals toured the US and Canada backed by the Roots Radics. Their second album, "Give Me Power," was released to critical acclaim and hit #1 on CMJ's Reggae Route chart. In 1985, Pollstar Magazine placed them in the top 100 artists of the year. Their third album, "Early Recordings," gathers together all the Itals' early singles and several rare pre-Itals tracks for a collector's feast from Nighthawk. The Itals' fourth recording, "Rasta Philosophy," won a Grammy nomination for best reggae album in 1987, followed by "Cool And Dread." Next came the Rhythm Safari album “Easy to Catch”, followed by “Modern Age” on Ras Records, and continued touring throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. With the release of “Mi Livity,” in 2003, Mr. Porter steps a little further out front and demonstrates why good reggae music allows no labels or limitations. Over the years, the Itals have performed countless shows worldwide. Although the background harmonies sometimes change, they always sound as sweet as ever, backing the original Itals lead vocalist, Keith Porter. Now, Let Dem Talk reunites the original Itals, Keith Porter, Ronnie Davis, David Isaac and later addition, Kada Porter, Keith's daughter. Booking & Management: Suelion@gmail.com 802-236-3510 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.