Spear Burning: Burning Spear Productions 1975-1979

by Burning Spear

Spear Burning: Burning Spear Productions 1975-1979 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 2001-01-01
  • Label: Pressure Sounds
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Subtitled 'Burning Spear Productions 1975-1979', this Pressure Sounds collection gathers Winston Rodney's self-produced recordings from the years after his Studio One and Island periods. The tracks present Burning Spear's roots reggae in its most austere form: Nyabinghi drumming, horns and Marcus Garvey's teachings.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, bassy, groove-laden, retro, percussive

Tracklist

  1. Travelling
  2. Walking (Version)
  3. Institution (Discomix)
  4. Natural (Version)
  5. Free Black People
  6. Free (Version)
  7. Thanks & Praises
  8. Love Everyone (Version)
  9. Free The Whole Wide World (Discomix)
  10. Spear Burning
  11. Jomo (Version)
  12. I Gave You My Word
  13. Word (Version)
  14. On That Day
  15. The Youth
  16. The Prophet
  17. Jah No Dead (Discomix)

Credits

  • Big Joe - toasting
  • Winston Rodney - producer, arranged by, written-by
  • Errol Thompson - engineer
  • Sylvan Morris - engineer
  • David Blackman - mastered by

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