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Anthology (Import) (CD)

By: Linton Kwesi Johnson

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DISC 1 for Anthology (Import) (CD) Album By Linton Kwesi Johnson
1   Want Fi Goh Rave  
2   It Noh Funny  
3   Funny Dub  
4   Sonny's Lettah (Anti Sus Poem)  
5   Iron Bar Dub  
6   Independent Intavenshan  
7   Fite Dem Back  
8   Brain Smashing Dub  
9   Reality Poem  
10   Reality (Dub)  
11   Forces Of Vicktry  
12   Victorious Dub  
13   Time Come  
14   Bass Culture  
15   Cultural Dub  
16   Street 66  
17   Reggae Fi Peach  
18   Peach Dub  
19   Di Black Petty Booshwah  
20   Di Black Petty Booshwah (Dub)  
21   Inglan Is A Bitch  
22   Bitch Dub  
23   Loraine  
24   Reggae Sounds  
25   Shocking Dub  
26   Two Sides Of Silence  
27   Di Eagle An' Di Bear  
28   Wat About Di Workin' Class  
29   Di Great Insohreckshan  
30   Insohreckshan Dub  
31   Making History  
32   Historic Dub  
33   Reggae Fi Radni  
34   Reggae Fi Dada  
35   New Craas Massahkah  
 

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Review

Muzik (12/98, p.75) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...As well as shaping punk, hip hop, ragga and jungle, many of the tracks here...helped plant the seeds of British black consciousness a decade before Public Enemy..."
Entertainment Weekly (10/30/98, p.117) - "...These two CDs...showcase Johnson's partnership with Dennis Bovell--one of reggae's greatest producer-arrangers--in full flower. With jazzy, mile-deep grooves and fearless urban truth-telling, they were England's own dub-wise Public Enemy. Essential." - Rating: Ac

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INDEPENDENT INTRAVENSHAN contains FORCES OF VICTORY, BASS CULTURE, LKJ IN DUB and MAKING HISTORY along with rare 12 inch remixes and dub tracks.
Personnel: Linton Kwesi Johnson (vocals); John Kpaiye (guitar); Julio Finn (harmonica); James Danton (alto saxophone); Buttons Henry Tenyue (tenor saxophone); Dick Cuthell, Patrick Tenyue (trumpet, flugelhorn); Rico, Henry Tenyue (trombone); Webster Johnson (piano, organ); Dennis Bovell (piano, bass, background vocals); The Invisible One (organ); Pajet King (keyboards); Nick Straker (synthesizer); Vivian Weathers (bass, background vocals); Floyd Lawson (bass); Jah Bunny (drums, percussion, background vocals); Winston Curniffe (drums, percussion); Richard Stevens (drums); Everald "Fari" Forrest, Clinton Bailey, Geoffrey Scantlebury, Tony Utah (percussion).
Producers: Linton Kwesi Johnson, Dennis Bovell.
Compilation producer: Jerry Rappaport.
Engineers include: Dennis Bovell, John Caffrey, Mark Lusardy.
Includes liner notes by Tom Terrell.
Digitally remastered by Suha Gur (Polygram Studios).

Album Description

Aside from his explosive 1978 debut, DREAD BEAT AN' BLOOD (released on Heartbeat Records), Linton Kwesi Johnson's most important statements were made during his four-year tenure at Island Records. Johnson's Island recordings were masterful combinations of militant political convictions, journalistic verite, poetry, social critique, and deep roots music, with an ever-vigilant eye toward observing contemporary socio-political events and incorporating new musical techniques. A stunning two-disc set, INDEPENDANT INTAVENSHAN brings together the best cuts from Johnson's four seminal Island albums, FORCES OF VICTORY, BASS CULTURE, LKJ IN DUB, and MAKING HISTORY.
Johnson, a Jamaican-born British immigrant, brought a radical consciousness to bear on his music, merging unflinching social documentation with associative wordplay and inventing the style known as "dub poetry" in the process. Arranged chronologically, INDEPENDENT INTAVENSHAN allows one to chart Johnson's movement from deep roots and militant proclamations ("Fite Dem Back") through an increasingly sophisticated lyrical facility (Johnson begins to weave irony, anecdote, and black humor around his scathing commentary) and musical explorations (note the party ska vibe of "Di Black Petty Booshwah" or the groovy jazz of "Wat About Di Workin' Claas?"). Overall, this is an outstanding package, and a testament to one of reggae's most unique and powerfully affecting performers.

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