Garvey's Ghost

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Garvey's Ghost
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Studio album by
Burning Spear
Released1976
Recorded1975
Genre Dub, reggae
Length38:29
Label Island
Producer Lawrence Lindo
Burning Spear chronology
Marcus Garvey
(1975)		Garvey's Ghost
(1976)		 Man in the Hills
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide B+ [2]
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The Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Garvey's Ghost is the fourth album by the reggae artist Burning Spear, released in 1976 on Island Records, ILPS 9382. Each track is a dub version of its correspondent song on his third album, Marcus Garvey .

Contents

Content

The album was fashioned by Island Record engineers John Burns and Dick Cuthell in their Hammersmith studio. [5] It features prominently the backing musicians, whom Lindo named the Black Disciples, assembled from members of the session group the Soul Syndicate and Bob Marley's touring band, the Wailers. [6]

On July 27, 2010, the album was remastered and released by Universal's Hip-O Records reissue imprint in tandem with the original Marcus Garvey LP on one compact disc.

Track listing

All tracks written by Winston Rodney and Phillip Fullwood except as indicated.

  1. "The Ghost" — 3:56
  2. "I and I Survive" — 3:55
  3. "Black Wa-Da-Da" (W. Rodney, C. Paisley, P. Fullwood) — 3:53
  4. "John Burns Skank" (Marcus Rodney, Mackba Rodney, Winston Rodney) — 3:49
  5. "Brain Food" (W. Rodney) — 3:11
  6. "Farther East of Jack" — 4:26
  7. "2000 Years" (D. Hines, R. Willington, W. Rodney) — 3:49
  8. "Dread River" (W. Rodney, M. Lawrence, P. Fullwood) — 3:13
  9. "Workshop" (A. Folkes, W. Rodney, P. Fullwood) — 4:34
  10. "Reggaelation" (W. Rodney) — 3:43

Credits

Production

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 22, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Colin Larkin (1998). "Burning Spear". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. II (3rd ed.). Muze. p. 840–1. ISBN   0-333-74134-X.
  4. ↑ The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 56.
  5. ↑ Katz, David. Marcus Garvey/Garvey's Ghost. Hip-O Records B0014272-02, 2010, liner notes.
  6. ↑ Katz, liner notes.
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