Rastafari - The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83 - 2024 (2024 Double Vinyl LP) Soul Jazz Records

Tracklisting: 

A1. Count Ossie's Rasta Family - Africa We Want Fe Go

A2. Johnny Clarke - None Shall Escape The Judgment

A3. Laurel Aitken - Haile Selassie

A4. Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Tales Of Mozambique

A5. Mutabaruka - Say

B1. Bongo Herman & Jah Lloyd - African Drums

B2. Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Sam's Intro

B3. Bongo Herman, Les & Bunny - Salaam

B4. Winston & Ansell - Zion I

B5. Techniques All Stars - Zion I Version

C1. Lord Lebby & The Jamaican Calypsonians - Ethiopia

C2. Hugh Mundell - One Jah, One Aim, One Destiny

C3. The Heaven Singers - Rasta Dreadlocks

C4. Count Ossie & Leslie Butler - Soul Drums

C5. Cornel Campbell - Conscious Rastaman

C6. QQ - Betta Must Come

D1. Roy Shirley - Israelites Leave Babylon

D2. Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Narration

D3. Ronald Downer & Count Ossie - A Ju Ju Wa

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Label: Soul Jazz Records

Format: Limited Edition 2x Blue Vinyl LP (Double Vinyl)

Release Date: 5th July 2024

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

The album charts the many links between reggae music and Rastafarianism. The album comes complete with full gatefold, plus 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.