Article Details

Article ID

LP-14174

Format

2x LP

Artist

Various Artists

Title

Fire Over Babylon: Dread, Peace And Conscious Sounds At Studio One

Track list

Pos.	Artist	Title
1	Freddie McGregor	I Am a Revolutionist
2	The Silvertones	Burning In My Soul
3	Wailing Souls	Without You
4	Devon Russell	Jah Jah Fire
5	Trevor Clarke	Sufferation
6	The Gladiators	Sonia
7	Judah Eskender Tafari	Always Trying
8	The Viceroys	Ya Ho
9	Im and Count Ossie	Give Me Back Me Language And Me Culture
10	The Gladiators	Serious Thing
11	The Prospectors	Glory For I
12	Wailing Souls	Things and Time
13	Pablove Black	Inner Peace
14	The Gladiators	Peace
15	Horace Andy	Mr Jolly Man
16	Wailing Souls	Rock But Don't Fall
17	Albert Griffiths and The Gladiators	Righteous Man
18	So Many Problems	The Viceroys

Style(s)

Studio One, Reggae

Label

Studio One/Soul Jazz SJRLP465

Country

GB - United Kingdom

Quality

m/m

Remarks

Soul Jazz Records' new Studio One collection ‘Fire Over Babylon: Dread, Peace and Conscious Sounds at Studio One’ features a stellar selection of 70s roots music – classic and rare tracks recorded at Clement Dodd’s musical empire at 13 Brentford Road in the 1970s.
Rastafarian-inspired Roots music was an ever-important aspect of Studio One’s output from the start of the 1970s onwards and this album features many of the ground-breaking groups and artists that established the sound of Jamaica during this decade and beyond.
Featured here are seminal artists such as Freddie McGregor, The Wailing Souls, The Gladiators, Horace Andy, Devon Russell, Cedric Brooks, Count Ossie, Judah Eskender Tafari alongside a host of lesserknown rare cuts made at Studio One from artists such as The Prospectors, Viceroys and Pablove Black.
Studio One and founder Clement Dodd’s connection with Rastafarianism dates back to the early 1960s, with Dodd accompanying members of the Skatalites up to the hills of Kingston to listen to the music of the Rastafarian Count Ossie and his drummers. The album sleevenotes discuss how Clement Dodd’s musical links, as well as his role in heading the most important record label in Reggae, are in many ways linked to the beliefs of Rastafarianism.
This album is released as a heavyweight black vinyl double-album with gatefold sleeve, full notes and download code, deluxe CD with full booklet and slipcase and digital album.

Price

EUR 25.41

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