Dreader Dread 1976-1978

by Johnny Clarke

Dreader Dread 1976-1978 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1998-01-01
  • Label: Blood and Fire
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Length: 42:13
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation of Johnny Clarke's roots reggae recordings from 1976 to 1978, produced largely by Bunny Lee. Clarke's smooth tenor over Lee's flying cymbal rhythms made him one of Jamaica's defining voices of the period.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, melodic, conscious, rhythmic, dance

Tracklist

  1. Top Ranking (I'm The Toughest) (3:28)
  2. In The Roots Of The Ghetto (3:18)
  3. Live Up Jah Man (2:58)
  4. Love Your Brothers And Sisters (2:31)
  5. African People (3:13)
  6. Dread A Dread (3:08)
  7. Fire And Brimstone A Go Burn The Wicked (4:13)
  8. African Roots (3:12)
  9. Roots Natty (3:11)
  10. Every Knee Shall Bow (3:34)
  11. Play Fool Fe Get Wise (2:37)
  12. Age Is Growing (3:23)
  13. Time Will Tell (3:27)

Credits

  • Andrew Walter - restoration [digital]

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