Various
Complete Handsworth Explosion
Black Symbol presents The Complete Handsworth Explosion
2014'S vinyl reissues of "Black Symbol presents Handsworth Explosion" and "Black Symbol present Handsworth Explosion II"
LPs collected on one CD.
It's hard to overestimate the importance of what Black Symbol did for their local community, in Birmingham's Handsworth
neighbourhood, by providing bands with studio time at the well equipped Outlaw Studio and then releasing many of the
finished results on the two original vinyl LPs. They have left us with a unique snapshot of the Handsworth scene in the
early eighties; a scene that was at its creative peak but would very soon almost entirely disappear.
It's never too late to discover talent and hopefully this CD release will indeed open the eyes and hearts of many to the
great bands and singers featured: Sceptre, Zephaniah, Truths And Rights, Gerald Love, Mystic Foundation, Benjamin
Zephaniah, Black Knight, Man From the Hills and last, but by no means least, Black Symbol themselves. The music is
mostly roots reggae, but the tracks also provide a great deal of variety whilst maintaining a high quality threshold..
Price
Genre
Format
CD - 1 disk
Release
29-06-2015
Label
Item-nr
477135
EAN
5052571060926
Availability
In stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
SCEPTRE - ANCESTORS CALLING
2
TRUTHS & RIGHTS - NEW LANGUAGE
3
BLACK SYMBOL - TRAVELLING
4
GERALD LOVE - JAH CHILDREN
5
ZEPHANIAH - MUSIC BUSINESS
6
TRUTHS & RIGHTS - SADDEST MOMENT
7
BLACK SYMBOL - SPIRITUAL REGGAE
8
GERALD LOVE - SCANDAL MAN
9
SCEPTRE - LIVING ON STRONG
10
ZEPHANIAH - FREE MAN
11
BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH - STOP THE WAR
12
MAN FROM THE HILLS - REDEMPTION DAY
13
MYSTIC FOUNDATION - LIFE IN THE GHETTO
14
BLACK SYMBOL - FEELING IS IRIE
15
BLACK KNIGHT - LETS MAKE UP
16
BLACK SYMBOL - TROUBLE TROUBLE
17
BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH - UNITE HANDSWORTH
18
MAN FROM THE HILLS - HOW LONG
19
MYSTIC FOUNDATION - HANDSWORTH
20
BLACK KNIGHT - FEELING
