A Luta Continua Explained

A Luta Continua
Type:	Album
Artist:	Big Youth
Cover:	A Luta Continua.jpg
Released:	1985
Recorded:	1984, Music Mountain, Stony Hill, Jamaica
Genre:	Reggae
Length:	43:07
Label:	Heartbeat
Producer:	Herbie Miller
Prev Title:	Live at Reggae Sunsplash
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Manifestation
Next Year:	1988

A Luta Continua (Portuguese for The Struggle Continues) is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Big Youth, released in 1985.^{[1] [2]} The title track is about the fight to end apartheid.^[3] Jonathan Demme was inspired to use the phrase in the credits of his movies Something Wild and Married to the Mob.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Herbie Miller and Manley Buchanan

1. "Survival Plan"
2. "Sing Another Song"
3. "Feel It"
4. "Weatherman"
5. "Rock Johnny Roll"
6. "KKK"
7. "Bush Mama"
8. "Action"
9. "A Luta Continua"
10. "Song Of Praise"

Personnel

• Big Youth – Vocals
• Robbie Shakespeare – Bass
• Robby Lynn – Keyboards
• Skully – Drums, Repeater
• Leroy Sibbles – Background Vocals
• Aston Barrett – Bass
• Cedric Brooks – Tenor Saxophone
• Buchanan – Arranger
• Anthony "Bunny" Graham – Tom Tom
• Sly Dunbar – Drums
• Dean Fraser – Alto & Tenor Saxophone
• Chris "Sky Juice" Blake – Percussion
• Willie Lindo – Guitar
• The Tamlins – Background Vocals
• Byard Lancaster – Baritone Saxophone

Recording Information

• Recording : Harry J Studio, Kingston, Jamaica & Joe Gibbs Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
• Engineer : Errol Thompson

Notes and References

1. Book: Thompson . Dave . Reggae & Caribbean Music . 2002 . Backbeat Books . 36–37.
2. News: Morse . Steve . Does Reggae Have a Future After Marley? . The Boston Globe . 9 Feb 1986 . Arts and Film . 83.
3. News: Wartofsky . Alona . Big Youth, Having Fun with Reggae . The Washington Post . 21 June 1988 . D9.
4. News: Hinson . Hal . Demme, Picturing the Possibilities . The Washington Post . 20 Aug 1988 . C1.