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triston palmer - joker smoker - greensleeves - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Reggae / Dub

1. Joker Smoker
2. Loafter Smoker

Available again is the extended version of Tristan Palmer's most known tune, the herb anthem 'Joker Smoker'. The flispside comes with the extended deejay cut by Papa Bruce entitled 'Loafter Smoker'. Originally released in 1982 for Greensleeves produced by Jah Thomas. Backed by Roots Radics featuring Dean Fraser, and mixed by Soldgie Hamilton at Channel One studio.

Triston Palmer aka Triston or Tristan Palma (born 1962, Waltham Park, Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae singer/deejay. He has been active since the mid-1970s. He made a major breakthrough with his performance in 1979 at the General Penitentiary Memorial Concert for Claudie Massop (JLP political gang-leader), which also featured Bob Marley! At one point in the early 1980s, Palma had nine songs in Jamaica's Top 40..