Dillinger
Marijuana In My Brain
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 protg 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 debut LP, Ready
Natty Dreadie, in 1975. By then, Dillinger was recording a series of singles for hit-making produce Bunny Striker Lee,
particularly on Johnnie Clarkes rhythms, though recordings for Channel One and the CB 200 album were what catapulted him
into overseas consciousness in 1976, once the outstanding single, "Cokane In My Brain," reached the European pop charts.
Marijuana In My Brain dates from 1977 and placed the toaster over some of the Strikers hottest rhythms, previously
utilised for Johnnie Clarke scorchers like "Satta" and "Poor Marcus" (along with the odd Ronnie Davis track); Clarkes
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.
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Format
CD - 1 disk
Release
28-12-2018
Label
Item-nr
523098
EAN
8055515230543
Availability
In stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
MARIJUANA IN MY BRAIN
2
ADDIS-ABABBA-ITHIOPIA
3
BOUNCING BALL
4
STEP IT IN ETHIOPIA
5
STOP STEALING IN THE NAME OF JAH
6
COME PRAISE JAH-JAH
7
HARD BELLING THOMAS
8
RASTA VIBRATION
9
AFRICAN ROOTS ROCK REGGAE