Just mentioning the labels he began creating in 1962 after working for the Coxsone Sound System ("Wildbells", "Islam", "Soulville Center", "Voice of the People") is enough to give us an idea of the man's preoccupations and the form which they took: Christian fervour impregnated with Baptism, Afro-Centrism influenced by the Black Muslim Movement, a devotion and reference to all Afro-American music and a moral commitment to the Jamaican people. He proclaiming himself as their representative, defender and charismatic guide. So are the many faces of the prophet.

Jamaican music did not have to wait for the arrival of reggae and the expression of Rastafarianism to deserve adjectives like mystic, honest, moral, proud of one's roots and anti-disestablishment.

Buster's early recordings are, both musically and psychologically, underpinned by a rebel attitude tinged with religious feeling, an inextricable mixture of pagan cultures inherited from the African slaves and Bible fundamentalism. The man is as anxious to make his voice heard as to pay his dues, whether restoring all the original power of "Wings of a Dove" or transforming "Lucky Old Sun" with the help of Derrick Morgan at a London recording session. "It was originally 'Lucky Old Sun', but I fixed it just how I wanted it. I even redesigned the music, and put so much soul into that tune after finishing the record that I was dead beat." So it was no more 'Lucky Old Sun', but the new and exciting tune "Wash Wash".

Fascinated by the stands taken by his Afro-American brothers and personalities like the famous boxer Muhammed Ali (aka Cassius Clay), Buster increasingly referred to Islam as well as Christianity. But although Buster was a believer, above all he believed in himself.

"You sing what you feel. Slick it up and you take that soul away..."