Article Details

Article ID

CD-8815

Format

2x CD

Artist

Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI

Title

Grounation

Track list

Pos.	Artist	Title
1	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Bongo Man
2	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Narration
3	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Narration Continued
4	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Mabrat (Passin Thru)
5	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Poem
6	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Four Hundred Years
7	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Poem
8	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Song
9	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Lumba
10	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Way Back Home
11	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Ethiopian Serenade
12	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Oh Carolina
13	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	So Long
14	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Grounation
15	Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of RastafarI	Grounation Continued

Style(s)

Reggae, Nyahbingi Drumming, Jazz

Label

Soul Jazz Records SJRCD488

Producer

Arnold Wedderburn

Country

GB - United Kingdom

Quality

m/m re

Remarks

Like Sun Ra's Arkestra and John Coltrane are to jazz, the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari are to reggae – the
ultimate expression of roots music and Rastafarian ideology in reggae music, music functioning at a high level
of spiritual consciousness combined with an equally avant-garde and forward-looking approach to sound.
The group's stunning, unique and groundbreaking 1973 album ‘Grounation’, a mighty conceptual triple-
album (the first ever reggae triple!) is, similar to Marvin Gaye's 'What's Goin' On', a definitive all-
encompassing cultural statement of its time and place. A sprawling album of raw and unique cultural
expression that combined Rastafari consciousness with deep spiritual jazz music – an absolute and essential
classic of Reggae music.
The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari group came into existence at the start of 1970s, the union of two artists (and
groups) of equal repute – Count Ossie and his African Drums and saxophonist Cedric ‘Im’ Brooks’ and his group,
The Mystics. Both Ossie and Brooks were alumni from the great Studio One Records.
Master drummer Count Ossie and his collective of Rastafarian drummers performed for Haile Selassie on his
momentous visit to Jamaica in 1966. Cedric Brooks came out of the Alpha Boys School – the fertile breeding
ground of musicians who dominated the Jamaican music scene from the 1960s onwards; Tommy McCook,
Don Drummond, Johnny Moore, Headley Bennett, Johnny Osbourne, Yellowman, Leroy Smart, Bobby Ellis,
Joe Harriott, Eddie Thornton, Vin Gordon, Rico Rodriguez, Owen Gray, Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace and more.
The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari’s ‘Grounation’ is a massive opus, a work of profound musical genius that tells
the story of Jamaica through music and words. The album is a cornerstone in the history of reggae, a unique
and other-worldly album the like of which has never been made since.

Price

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