Release Date: 20 October 2023
Label: Dr Bird / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5013929283046
Genres: Reggae
Description
• Four of the finest roots albums ever to see issue.• Includes tracks new to CD.• Performed and produced by one of British music's greatest talents.By the mid-1970s, having made his name as one of Britain's most gifted and versatile musical talents with leading UK reggae outfit Matumbi, Dennis 'Blackbeard' Bovell sought to expand his horizons further by creating new material away from the confines of the group.Arguably his most impressive works from this time were four albums released under the nom-de-plume of the 4th Street Orchestra. Released between 1976 and 1978, each set comprised a mixture of high-quality roots and dub, with their sound so authentic, reggae connoisseurs were convinced the music had to be of Jamaican origin.Today, these seminal – and now hugely collectable - LPs are widely regarded by music fans to be among the finest British produced reggae music ever to see issue during the roots era.Now, at long last, they are brought together for this essential set, with a further eight Dennis Bovell-produced bonus tracks from the period making this 2CD even more compelling.
Tracklisting
DISC ONEAH WHO SEH? GO-DEH!1 Ah Who Seh2 Za-Ion3 Jah Chase Dem4 Half Way To Za-Ion5 Run Dem Out6 Out-A-Order7 Sing-A-Man8 Go Deh9 Rite Dem10 Raw KutLEGGO! AH-FE-WE-DIS11 Back-Weh-Babylon12 Wells Street Skank aka Entebee13 None Ah Jah Children14 Skatter Skatter15 Uganda Crisis aka Tribute To Idi Amin16 Ah Fi We Dis17 Sure Shot18 Younger Generation19 Bounty Hunter (Sign Off)20 North Parade aka Theme From A Summer PlaceBonus tracks21 Run Rasta, Run22 Run Rasta, Run (Version)23 Come With Me – Dennis Bovell as Dennis Curtis24 Come With Me Version – Dennis Bovell as Dennis Curtis25 Raindrops – Dennis Bovell as Dennis Matumbi26 Eye Water aka Raindrops Version – Dennis Bovell as Dennis MatumbiDISC TWOSCIENTIFIC, HIGHER RANKING DUBB1 Higher Ranking2 One Life To Live3 Still In Dub4 Scientific5 Higking Ranher6 Hosaso (One Life To Live instrumental)7 Rainy (Organ)8 Hurting Me (Give It Up)9 Take Five aka Kunta Klap10 Oh Lawd (My Sweet Lord instrumental)11 ExodusYUH LEARN!12 The Grunwick Affair13 Rowing Down The River aka Row Row Row14 Take Your Pick15 Blue Moon16 Front Line17 Don't Boost Dem Up18 Forever Missing You19 New Kent RoadBonus tracks20 Blood A Go Run21 Run Dem aka Blood A Go Run,
Various Artists
Various Artists
Toyah
Toyah
The Riot Squad
The Fall
The Fall
Nightwing
Dennis Bovell
Rosapaeda
