Johnny Clarke - Dreader Dread (1976-1978)

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Top Ranking (I'm The Toughest) Written-By – Peter Tosh	3:29
2	In The Roots Of The Ghetto	3:16
3	Live Up Jah Man	2:58
4	Love Up Your Brothers And Sisters (Extended)	4:31
5	African People	3:13
6	Dread A Dread	3:08
7	Fire And Brimstone A Go Burn The Wicked	4:13
8	African Roots (Extended)	6:12
9	Roots Natty	3:11
10	Every Knee Shall Bow (Extended)	7:53
11	Play Fool Fe Get Wise (Extended)	7:15
12	Age Is Growing	3:23
13	Time Will Tell Written-By – Bob Marley	3:27

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Blood & Fire Limited
• Copyright (c) – Blood & Fire Limited
• Designed At – Intro
• Mastered At – The Soundmasters
• Glass Mastered At – Nimbus

Credits

• Bass – Robbie Shakespeare
• Compiled By, Liner Notes – Steve Barrow
• Drums – Carlton 'Santa' Davis* (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12), Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar* (tracks: 4, 6, 9, 13), Mikey* (tracks: 11), Stanley 'Barnabas' Bryan* (tracks: 1)
• Guitar [Lead] – Earl 'Chinna' Smith*
• Guitar [Rhythm Wah-wah] – Dwight Pinkney (tracks: 8)
• Guitar [Rhythm] – Aston 'Family Man' Barrett* (tracks: 6), Winston 'Bo-Peep' Bowen* (tracks: 1, 4, 10), Tony Chin (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 12), Willie Lindo (tracks: 7, 9, 11, 13)
• Keyboards – Bernard 'Touter' Harvey* (tracks: 5)
• Keyboards [Keyboard] – Winston Wright (tracks: 11, 12)
• Mastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
• Organ – Ansel Collins (tracks: 8, 13), Bernard 'Touter' Harvey* (tracks: 7), Ian Winter (tracks: 2), Winston Wright (tracks: 6, 9, 13)
• Percussion – Noel 'Scully' Simms* (tracks: 8, 10)
• Percussion [Bongo] – Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar* (tracks: 13)
• Percussion [Shaker] – Noel 'Scully' Simms* (tracks: 13)
• Photography By – Gillian Gordon*, Michael Schuster, Rick Elgood
• Piano – Ansel Collins (tracks: 4), Bernard 'Touter' Harvey* (tracks: 1 to 3, 10), Earl 'Wire' Lindo* (tracks: 7), Jackie Mittoo (tracks: 6)
• Producer – Bunny Lee (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 13), Johnny Clarke (tracks: 5)
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Clive Chin (tracks: 1), Prince Jammy (tracks: 12)
• Technician [Digital Restoration] – Andy Walter*
• Tenor Saxophone – 'Sir' Tommy McCook R.I.P.* (tracks: 4, 9, 12)
• Trombone – Vin Gordon (tracks: 6, 9, 12)
• Trumpet – Bobby Ellis (tracks: 6, 9, 12)
• Written-By – Johnny Clarke (tracks: 2 to 12)

Notes

Recorded in Jamaica 1976-1978.
Track 1 recorded, voiced & mixed at Randy's.
Tracks 2 & 12 recorded at Dynamic.
Tracks 2 to 7 & 10 to 13 voiced & mixed at King Tubby's.
Tracks 3 to 6, 10, 11 & 13 recorded at Harry J Studio.
Track 7 recorded at Joe Gibbs.
Track 8 recorded & voiced at Channel One Studio, mixed at King Tubby's.
Track 9 recorded, voiced & mixed at Channel One.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 7 83564 00242 9
• Barcode: 783564002429
• Matrix / Runout: D1545 BAFCD 024 1:4
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L123
• Mould SID Code: ifpi 2335

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BAFLP 024	Johnny Clarke	Dreader Dread (1976-1978) ‎(LP, Comp, Ltd)	Blood & Fire	BAFLP 024	UK	1998
BAFLP 024	Johnny Clarke	Dreader Dread (1976-1978) ‎(LP, Comp, W/Lbl)	Blood & Fire	BAFLP 024	UK	1998
BAFCD 024	Johnny Clarke	Dreader Dread 1976-1978 ‎(CD, Comp)	Blood & Fire	BAFCD 024	Canada	1998
BAFCD 024	Johnny Clarke	Dreader Dread (1976-1978) ‎(CD, Comp, Promo)	Blood & Fire	BAFCD 024	UK	1998
SVLP 369	Johnny Clarke	Dreader Dread (1976-1978) ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE)	Simply Vinyl	SVLP 369	UK	2003

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