Johnny Clarke Dreader Dread 1998 Original Simply Vinyl UK Double/2 LP play Mint-
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Johnny Clarke ~ Dreader Dread
- 1998 Original 1st pressing.
- Made in England
- Double Vinyl / 2 LP set
- Simply Vinyl / Blood & Fire Records - SVLP 369
- Vinyl are Mint-, except a very minor, non-influential and slow-raise of only.125" on LP#1.
- Vinyl look Mint-
- Vinyl play Mint- to Mint
- Labels: Mint-, except minor manufacturer imperfections.
- Cover is Mint-.
- The original inner-sleeve has intact seams.
- Thick plastic outer-sleeve has sticker and intact seams.
- Out of print original Simply Vinyl pressing.
Although he was enormously popular in Jamaica during the 1970s, Johnny Clarke is now known primarily among reggae aficionados. This is unfortunate, since his sweet, crooning style is at least as winning as that of other, more commercially successful reggae singers -- Dennis Brown, for example, or Sugar Minott. His relative obscurity notwithstanding, there are quite a few good compilations of Johnny Clarke singles available, and if this one isn't the best there is, it's still very good. It includes a fine version of Peter Tosh's "Top Ranking," one that doesn't pack quite the same snide wallop asTosh's, but which improves on Tosh's generally mediocre singing. "Live Up Jah Man" and "African Roots" are excellent examples of the "conscious" subject matter that Clarke has always favored, and "Roots Natty" remains one of Clarke's finest performances. Several of the tracks on this album duplicate those on Front Line's Authorised Rockers compilation, but the extended mixes and other rarities save it from superfluity. You'll never find Authorised Rockers on CD, anyway.
-allmusic
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