Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83 - Blue Vinyl 2xLP

A deep, wide-ranging look at Rastafari in Jamaican music, stretching from early devotional recordings through Nyahbinghi rhythm, roots reggae and spoken word. Count Ossie is a constant thread, but the set's real strength is how clearly it maps spiritual history onto sound system culture.

SIDE ONE:
1. Count Ossie's Rasta Family - Africa We Want Fe Go
2. Johnny Clarke - None Shall Escape The Judgement
3. Laurel Aitken - Haile Selassie
4. Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Tales Of Mozambique
5. Mutabaruka - Say

SIDE TWO:
1. Bongo Herman & Jah Lloyd - African Drums
2. Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Sam's Intro
3. Bongo Herman, Les & Bunny - Salaam
4. Winston & Ansell - Zion I (I)
5. Techniques All Stars - Zion (I - version)

SIDE THREE:
1. Lord Lebby & The Jamaican Calypsonians - Ethiopia
2. Hugh Mundell - Oh Jah, One Aim, One Destiny
3. The Heaven Singers - Rasta Dreadlocks
4. Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Soul Drums
5. Cornell Campbell - Conscious Rastaman
6. QQ - Betta Must Come

SIDE FOUR:
1. Roy Shirley - Israelites Leave Babylon
2. Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Narration
3. Ronald Downer & Count Ossie - A Ju Ju Wa