Let Him Go

The track was cut in 1977 in Kingston for Sly & Robbie’s Taxi productions, with Black Uhuru interpreting Bob Marley’s song and Prince Jammy credited in the engineer’s chair. The session belonged to the early Taxi era at Harry J’s recording studio, with Sly Dunbar on drums and Robbie Shakespeare on bass. The recording turned a Marley composition into one of the defining early Black Uhuru and Taxi collaborations, capturing the hard rockers-era sound that helped establish Sly & Robbie as major producers. It became a notable entry in the late-1970s Jamaican reggae catalog and has been repeatedly cited as a standout cover. The track remains a reference point for the Sly & Robbie/Black Uhuru partnership and continues to appear on reissues and compilations such as Taxi Trax and Sly & Robbie Revisit Bob Marley. Its enduring reach comes from its status as a durable reggae cover that keeps circulating through reissues, playlists, and catalog re-presentations.