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Vinyl: DILLINGER: MARIJUANA IN MY BRAIN (1977) LP ITALY IMPORT 2018 JAMAICA REGGAE POT
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15 Feb 2023
07 Feb 2019
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Radiation Records
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DILLINGER
MARIJUANA IN MY BRAIN
Radiation Records, 2018
Imported from Italy
LP
Radiation Roots presents a reissue of Dillinger's Marijuana In My Brain, originally issued in 1977.
In the early 1970s, top-ranking toaster Lester Bullock got his start on the El Paso sound system in the mean streets of western Kingston.
Initially known as Young Capone, since he was a protégé of the better-established Dennis Alcapone, he was renamed Dillinger by Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the first producer to record a significant number of tracks with the youth.
"Dub Organiser" and "Tighten Up Skank" were somewhat popular when released in 1973 and there were individual tracks cut for Phil Pratt, Augustus Pablo, Prince Tony Robinson, and Joe Gibbs, as well as Studio One, who issued his debut LP, Ready Natty Dreadie, in 1975.
By then, Dillinger was recording a series of singles for hit-making producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee, particularly on Johnnie Clarke's rhythms, though recordings for Channel One and the CB 200 album were what catapulted him into overseas consciousness in 1976, once the outstanding single, "Cocaine In My Brain," reached the European pop charts.
Marijuana In My Brain dates from 1977 and placed the toaster over some of the Striker's hottest rhythms, previously utilized for Clarke scorchers like "Satta" and "Poor Marcus" (along with the odd Ronnie Davis track)
Clarke's reading of "Going To A Ball" is here transformed into an ode to the Bouncing Ball, then one of the most popular clubs for black Londoners, and his "African Roots" anthem gets the Dillinger treatment too.
Of course, the title track was the biggest hit of the bunch, an ode to the 'wisdom weed' driven by cosmic space synth overdubs.
Track Listing:
01. Marijuana In My Brain
02. Addis-Ababba-Ithiopia
03. Bouncing Ball
04. Step It In Ethiopia
05. Stop Stealing In The Name Of Jah
06. Come Praise Jah-Jah
07. Hard Belling Thomas
08. Rasta Vibration
09. African Roots Rock Reggae
- Radiation Roots presents a reissue of Dillinger's Marijuana In My Brain, originally issued in 1977.
- Initially known as Young Capone, Lester Bullock was renamed Dillinger by Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the first producer to record a significant number of tracks with the youth.
- Marijuana In My Brain placed the toaster over some of Bunny 'Striker' Lee's hottest rhythms.
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