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VA - Roots 'N' Culture: 21 Mighty Reggae Cuts (1993) Reissue 1997

Posted By: Designol
VA - Roots 'N' Culture: 21 Mighty Reggae Cuts (1993) Reissue 1997

VA - Roots 'N' Culture: 21 Mighty Reggae Cuts (1993) Reissue 1997
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 383 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 173 Mb | Scans ~ 93 Mb
Reggae, Roots Reggae | Label: Nascente | # NSCD016 | Time: 01:15:45

This set, with its powerful melodies, brilliant playing (note the superb horns) and all round attitude, is a sparkling reminder of how reggae sounded when it first influenced the world music scene in the Seventies. But it afso bears testimony to the sophisticated consciousness, wisdom and Afrocentric worldview that were the trademarks of the Rasta rebel soul at that time. This music had weight. That 'Roots' and 'Culture' became pilloried cliches at the beginning of the 80s says something about the rot that had set in at the heart of reggae - and just as much about, how times had changed. The idea of Roots - kind of personified by Alex Haley's mid-Seventies book and TV series of the same period - typified the search for an African identity, after centuries of physical and then economic slavery, amongst Jamaican youth.

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae Greats (1984) Reissue 1997

Posted By: Designol
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae Greats (1984) Reissue 1997

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae Greats (1984) Reissue 1997
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 225 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 93 Mb | Scans ~ 73 Mb
Dub Poetry, Reggae | Label: Spectrum Music | # 552 881-2 | Time: 00:40:36

Culled from Johnson's albums for Mango recorded between 1978-1984, this is a distillation of work by the dub poet and the man who has perhaps been England's greatest contributor to reggae. While the great "Reggae Fi Peach" doesn't make it on here, and nor, even more surprisingly, does his excoriating immigrant tale "Inglan Is a Bitch," there are still plenty of gems in the album's 40 minutes, like "Independant Intavenshan" and "Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)," which might still stand as his best-ever track. Working in a sing-speak Jamaican patois, Johnson never pulls his punches, and why should he? He's seen plenty and experienced plenty at the hands of the English. The country might be his home, but that doesn't mean he can't see its myriad faults. The combination of Johnson's words and delivery with Dennis Bovell's production and leadership of the dub band is an almighty one-two punch, always going for the knockout blow, and the very best British reggae has had to offer: political, powerful, and penetrating.

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces Of Victory (1979) {Mango/Island} **[RE-UP]**

Posted By: TestTickles
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces Of Victory (1979) {Mango/Island} **[RE-UP]**

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces Of Victory (1979) {Mango/Island}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 223 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 62 mb
Genre: reggae, dub

Forces Of Victory is the 1979 album by Linton Kwesi Johnson. This was released by Mango/Island and this pressing was made for the UK market, release date unknown but most likely late 1980's.