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{{Infobox album
| name       = Showcase in a Suitcase
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Prince Far I]] meets Veros Artis
| cover      = PFIShowcase.jpg
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| released   = 1980
| recorded   = [[Channel One Studios]], [[Kingston, Jamaica]], 1980
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| genre      = [[Reggae]]
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| label      = Pre
| producer   = Prince Far I
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{{Album ratings
| rev1      = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{r|larkin}}
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'''''Showcase In A Suitcase''''' is a [[reggae]] [[album]] comprising showcase (songs followed by dubs) format material produced by [[Prince Far I]], and performed by Prince Far I, [[Ashanti Roy]], [[The Wailing Souls]], and [[Naggo Morris]]. The backing band throughout is the [[Roots Radics]]. The tracks on the album were taken from singles released on Prince Far I's Cry Tuff label, and remixed for inclusion on the album.<ref name="Thompson">Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, {{ISBN|0-87930-655-6}}, p.224</ref> The album reached number six in the UK Reggae Chart published by ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' in December 1980.
==Track listing==
#"Throw Away Your Gun" - Prince Far I & Ashanti Roy
#"Buds Bush" - [[Roots Radics|The Roots Radics]]
#"How Love Devine" - Prince Far I & The Wailing Souls
#"Lovers Frock" - The Roots Radics
#"If You Want To Know Your Friend" - Prince Far I & Ashanti Roy
#"Farm Drunk" - The Roots Radics
#"Can't Take Su Su Pon Dread" - Naggo Morris
#"Prince Far I Dub" - The Roots Radics
#"Mighty Ruler" - Prince Far I & Naggo Morris
#"Jah Do That" - The Roots Radics
==Personnel==
*[[Lincoln "Style" Scott]] - drums
*[[Errol Holt|Errol "Flabba" Holt]] - bass guitar
*[[Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont]] - rhythm guitar
*Noel "Sowell" Bailey - lead guitar
*[[Gladstone Anderson]] - keyboards
*[[Congo Ashanti Roy|Roy Johnston Kongo]], Prince Far I, [[Noel Simms|Scollie]] - percussion
Engineered by Anthony "Crucial Bunny" Graham and [[Noel Simms|Noel "Scollie" Simms]]
==References==
{{Reflist | refs =
<ref name=larkin>{{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|edition=3rd|volume=VI|date=1998|publisher=Muze|page=4334{{ndash}}5|isbn=0-333-74134-X|chapter=Prince Far I|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo06lark/page/4334/}}</ref>
}}
==External links==
*[http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1268 ''Showcase in a Suitcase''] at Roots Archives
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