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Radiation Roots presenta una reedición de Marijuana In My Brain de Dillinger, publicado originalmente en 1977. A principios de la década de 1970, el toaster de alto rango Lester Bullock se inició en el soundsystem de El Paso en las calles del oeste de Kingston. Inicialmente conocido como Young Capone, ya que era un protegido del mejor establecido Dennis Alcapone, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, el primer productor en grabar una cantidad significativa de pistas con la juventud, lo rebautizó como Dillinger. "Dub Organiser" y "Tighten Up Skank" fueron algo populares cuando se lanzaron en 1973 y hubo cortes de pistas individuales para Phil Pratt, Augustus Pablo, Prince Tony Robinson y Joe Gibbs, así como Studio One, que publicó su LP debut, Ready Natty Dreadie, en 1975. Para entonces, Dillinger estaba grabando una serie de sencillos para el exitoso productor Bunny 'Striker' Lee, particularmente en los ritmos de Johnnie Clarke, aunque las grabaciones para Channel One y el álbum CB 200 fueron lo que lo catapultó al extranjero. Marijuana In My Brain data de 1977 y colocó al toaster sobre algunos de los ritmos más candentes de Striker, utilizados anteriormente para los abrasadores de Clarke como "Satta" y "Poor Marcus" (junto con la extraña pista de Ronnie Davis); La lectura de Clarke de "Going To A Ball" se transforma aquí en una oda al Bouncing Ball, entonces uno de los clubes más populares para los londinenses negros, y su himno "African Roots" también recibe el tratamiento de Dillinger. Por supuesto, la canción principal fue el mayor éxito del grupo, una oda a la 'hierba de la sabiduría' impulsada por sobregrabaciones de sintetizadores espaciales cósmicos.

 

 

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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.

 

A1 Marijuana In My Brain
A2 Addis-Ababba-Ithiopia
A3 Bouncing Ball
A4 Step It In Ethiopia
A5 Stop Stealing In The Name Of Jah


B1 Come Praise Jah-Jah
B2 Hard Belling Thomas
B3 Rasta Vibration
B4 African Roots Rock Reggae

DILLINGER LP Marijuana In My Brain

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  • Label: Radiation Roots – RROO332
    Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
    Country: Europe
    Released: 2019

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