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Burning Spear

Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica • b. 1945-03-01

Burning Spear is credited on 148 releases across 47 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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148

Pressings credited

47

Albums

6

Decades active

35

In collections

Biography

Winston Rodney OD (born 1 March 1945), better known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist, and musician. Burning Spear is a Rastafarian and one of the most influential and long-standing roots artists to emerge from the 1970s.

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Credited work

148 releases · 47 albums · active 1971–2025

  • Performance · 224
  • Engineering · 20
  • Other credits · 7
  • Production · 4

Studios: Joe Gibbs Studio · Randy's Studio · Tuff Gong Recording Studio · The Roof

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Burning Spears
  • Various Artists (6)
  • Conquering Lion
  • Johnny Clarke
  • The Uprising (5)
  • Tyrone Taylor
  • Ronnie Davis

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