Album
Dread Beat An' Blood
Poet And The Roots
1978 · Reggae
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Dread Beat An' Blood is a Reggae album by Poet And The Roots, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 34 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
Dread Beat an' Blood is an album by Poet And The Roots released in 1978 on the Frontline label. It was produced by Vivian Weathers and Linton Kwesi Johnson. The Poet is dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and The Roots are Dennis Bovell, Jah Bunny, Desmond Craig, Winston Curniffe, Everald Forrest, Floyd Lawson, John Varnom, Lila Weathers and Vivian Weathers. Most of the tracks first appeared in Johnson's 1975 book of poetry Dread Beat an' Blood. This album was the result of collaboration between Johnson, who had been active as a journalist and reggae critic as well as a poet, and Bovell a dub master and record producer. The combination of Bovell's heavy dub rhythms and Johnson's monotone intonation of his poetry created a whole new genre of reggae: dub poetry. In subsequent re-releases of the album the artist is sometimes given as Linton Kwesi Johnson.
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Tracklist
- 1Dread Beat an' Blood3:00
- 2Five Nights of Bleeding4:29
- 3Doun Di Road2:27
- 4Song of Blood6:28
- 5It Dread Inna Inglan (For George Lindo)4:05
- 6Come Wi Goh Dung Deh3:47
- 7Man Free (For Darcus Howe)6:01
- 8All Wi Doin' Is Defendin3:02
Sound DNA
- Reggae
- Dub
- sparse
- defiant
- political
Originally released in 1978 in the UK on Virgin's Front Line label credited to Poet And The Roots, this album was soon to be reissued worldwide with the artist credit going to Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dennis BovellKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, GUITAR GUITAR
- Everald ForrestPERCUSSION
- Everald GaylePERCUSSION
- Floyd LawsonBASS GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR BASS, GUITAR BASS, RHYTHM GUITAR
- Jah BunnyDRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Linton Kwesi JohnsonPERCUSSION
- Vivian WeathersBASS, GUITAR , VOCALS BASS, RHYTHM GUITAR BASS GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR, VOCALS
- Winston CurniffeDRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Dennis MatumbiKEYBOARDS, GUITAR
- Desmond CraigKEYBOARDS
- Desmond GraigKEYBOARDS
- John VarnomGUITAR
- Lila WeathersVOCALESE VOCALS
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 34 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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