Rastafari - The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83

Mint 2024 (2xLP Coloured Vinyl + Download Code)

1. Count Ossie & His Mitchell's Christian Black Soul Band - Selamnee
2. Johnny Clarke - None Shall Escape The Judgement
3. Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats - Zion
4. Bongo Herman & The George G. Orchestra - Africa
5. Hugh Mundell - Arise and Shine
6. Cornel Campbell - The Gorgon
7. Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus - Keep Cool Babylon
8. Lord Lebby & The Jamaican Calypsonians - Ethiopia
9. Jackie Mittoo & The Soul Vendors - Ramohana
10. Tommy McCook & The Skatalites - Freedom Sounds
11. Bongo Herman & Bunny & Buck - Story Of The Drums
12. Ashanti Roy - Hail Passi
13. Rod Taylor - Ethiopian Kings
14. Earth & Stone - Jah Will Cut You Down
15. Negus Roots Meet Mad Professor - Chanting Praise
16. Mutabaruka - Every Time A Ear De Soun
17. Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus - Run Come (Throw Away Your Weapons)
18. Count Ossie & His Rasta Family - Africa We Want To Go

Classic release ‘Rastafari – The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83’ in a new one-off pressing limited edition blue coloured double vinyl edition. The album includes new tracks and is fully remastered from the original edition.

Spanning nearly 30 years of revolutionary music and featuring the music of Count Ossie, Johnny Clarke, The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Bongo Herman, Cornell Campbell and many more, this is an in-depth look at some of the heaviest and righteous music ever made!

Soul Jazz Records' Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon charts the many links between reggae music and Rastafarianism. The album comes complete with full gatefold and bespoke inner sleeves, containing stunning exclusive photography and extensive sleevenotes.

Rastafarianism had its roots at the start of the 20th century and became widespread in Jamaica following the visit of Haile Selassie, the King of Ethiopia, to Kingston in 1966. By the 1970s Rastafarianism become practically synonymous with reggae, as many roots reggae artists became known throughout the world, notably spearheaded by the success of Bob Marley and The Wailers.

As ‘roots reggae’ artists in the 1970s continued to spread the word of Jah (God) in their music, Rastafari reggae became the ultimate rebel sound throughout the world.