Right Time  

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Right Time is the 1976 studio album debut of influential reggae band the Mighty Diamonds. The album, released by Virgin Records after they signed the Mighty Diamonds following a search for talent in Jamaica, is critically regarded as a reggae classic, a landmark in the roots reggae subgenre. Several of the album's socially conscious songs were hits in the band's native Jamaica, with a few becoming successful in the UK underground. Influential and sometimes unconventional, the album helped secure the success of recording studio Channel One Studios, and rhythm team Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.

Track listing

All songs written by Lloyd Ferguson, Fitzroy Simpson, Donald Shaw and Joseph Hoo Kim, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Right Time" – 3:17
2. "Why Me Black Brother Why" (author unknown) – 3:10
3. "Shame and Pride" – 3:21
4. "Gnashing of Teeth" – 3:07
5. "Them Never Love Poor Marcus" – 2:44
6. "I Need a Roof" – 2:51
7. "Go Seek Your Rights" – 3:30
8. "Have Mercy" – 3:19
9. "Natural Natty" – 2:49
10. "Africa" (Ferguson) – 3:09

Personnel

Performance

• Radcliffe "Rad" Bryan – guitar
• Tony Chin – guitar
• Ansel Collins – keyboards
• Anthony "Benbow" Creary – drums
• Sly Dunbar – drums
• Pat "Lloyd" Ferguson – vocals
• Vin Gordon – trombone
• Ossie Hibbert – keyboards
• Herman Marquis – alto saxophone
• Tommy McCook – tenor saxophone
• Ranchie – bass
• Robbie Shakespeare – bass
• Donald Shaw (aka Tabby Diamond) – vocals
• Fitzroy Simpson (aka Bunny Diamond) – harmony vocals
• Sticky – percussion
• Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace – drums

Production

• Ossie Hibbert – engineer
• Ernest Hoo Kim – engineer
• Joseph Hoo Kim – record producer
• Dennis Morris – photography
• Lancelot "Maxie" McKenzie - Engineer