Around 1980 there was a movement going on called ‘Dub Poetry’.
There were types with colourful names like, ‘Oku Onoura’, ‘Benjamin
Zepheniah’ and ‘Muta Baruka’. One of the founders of this movement
was without any doubt, ‘Linton Kwesi Johnson’, on this here record
he was still performing under the name ‘Poet and the Roots’. ‘Dread
Beat an’ Blood’, is a poetic collection of 8 protestsongs.
An LP I played thousands of times !
tracks;
1 Dread beat an’ blood
2 Five nights of bleeding
3 Doun di road
4 Song of blood
5 It dread inna Inglan
6 Come wi goh dung deh
7 Man free
8 All wi doin is defendin
A fantastic LP Moos. With “Forces Of Victory” shining even brighter.
His comeback track “More Time” is such a necessary message for these stressed out times.
We want a shorter working Year
give us a shorter working Life
more time for the husband
more time for the wife
more time for the children and more time for friends
more time for meditate more time to create
more time for living more time for life
more time we need more time Give we more time
LKJ, “More Time”
I am glad that this is to your liking too Justin, we’ll get on…
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Cheers,
Walrus Jackboot
Just wondering if you have any extra LP of him, if that’s possible. He has been on my mind lately.
Thanks
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