Linton Kwesi Johnson / Dread Beat An'Blood

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Artist

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Album Title:

Dread Beat An'Blood

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Primary Genre

Reggae: Dub

Format

Released

1978

Label

The Front Line/Virgin Records LTD.

Catalog No

CAR49921/7243 8 49921 2 5

Bar Code No

7 24384 99212 5

Reissue

Yes

Packaging

Jewelcase

Tracks

1.	Dread Beat An' Blood (3:00)
2.	Five Nights of Bleeding (for Leroy Harris) (4:29)
3.	Doun De Road (2:27)
4.	Songs Of Blood (6:28)
5.	It Dread Inna Inglan (for George Lindo) (4:05)
6.	Come Wi Goh Dung Deh (3:46)
7.	Man Free (for Darcus Howe) (6:02)
8.	All Wi Doin Is Defendin (3:02)

Date Acquired

02/28/2003

Acquired from

Amazon

Purchase Price

11.99

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Reviews

All Music Guide Review:

Review by John Dougan
The title pretty much says it all. This is a stunning debut and an indication of the great things that were to come. Johnson's debut is longer on spoken-word pieces than it is on poetry and music, but Dennis Bovell's influence can be felt in these eight tracks. Songs such as "It Dread Inna Inglan," which describes the death of George Lindo at the hands of racists, or "Five Nights of Bleeding," which recounts tales of British police's capricious use of violence against London's West Indian population, are moving and confrontational mini-masterpieces of anger and a man searching for justice in a country that seems all to willing too deny it to him and other Afro-Brits. A powerful and compelling record.

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