Linton Kwesi Johnson – Dread Beat An' Blood

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson –Dread Beat An' Blood

1978

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Version Information

Label
Virgin
Catalog number
VX 1002
Original year
1978
Version year
1981
Region
UK
Format

1 x Vinyl
Green/Red Labels
LP
Album
Reissue

Version notes

1981 UK reissue
On spine: Vital Selection
Sticker on rear: 802 206-928

Abbreviations referred to on "Free Man":
B.P.M. Black Parents Movement
B.S.M. Black Students Movement
C.D.C. Carnival Development Committee
R.T.C. Race Today Collective

Side A and tracks 2 and 4 from the book 'Dread Beat An' Blood
Published by Bogle-L'Ouverture

℗ 1978 Virgin Records Limited.
Printed by James Upton Ltd., England.

Labels:
A1 to A4, B2, B4: Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd/Bogle-L'ouverture Publications
B1, B3: Race Today/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd

℗ 1981 Virgin Records Ltd
Made in England

Tracklist
A1.Dread Beat An' Blood 3:02
A2.Five Nights Of Bleeding 4:30
A3.Doun Di Road 2:25
A4.Song Of Blood 6:27
B1.It Dread Inna Inglan (For George Lindo) 4:02
B2.Come Wi Goh Dung Deh 3:48
B3.Man Free (For Darcus Howe) 6:02
B4.All Wi Doin Is Defendin 2:54

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