Poet And The Roots - Dread Beat An' Blood

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

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Gooseberry Sound Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
• Printed By – James Upton Ltd.
• Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
• Published By – Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications Ltd

Credits

• Artwork [Design] – Julian Stapleton
• Artwork [Drawing] – Una Howe
• Bass, Guitar [Rhythm] – Floydie Lawson*
• Bass, Guitar [Rhythm], Vocals – Vivian Weathers
• Drums, Percussion – Jah Bunny (Matumbi)*
• Engineer, Mixed By – Dennis Blackbeard*
• Guitar – John Varnom (tracks: B4)
• Keyboards – Desmond Graig (tracks: B4)
• Keyboards, Guitar – Denis Bovell (Matumbi)*
• Mastered By – Porky
• Percussion – Everald Forrest, Linton Kwesi Johnson
• Producer, Written-By – L.K. Johnson*
• Vocals – Lila Weathers (tracks: B3)

Notes

On backcover:
Side A and tracks 2 and 4 from the book "Dread Beat An' Blood", published by Bogle-L'Ouverture.

Some copies have label side B with three tiny embossed dots in a triangle, between spindle hole and the 'V' of 'Virgin's'.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): FL.1017.A.1 PORKY
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): FL.1017.B.2
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped): C [sideways]
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped): D [or B? sideways]
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Variant Side A): FL.1017.A.2 -O
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Variant Side A+B): V (vertical)

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FL 1017	Poet And The Roots	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(LP, Album)	Front Line	FL 1017	UK	1978
01, Heartbeat Records 01	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(LP, Album)	Heartbeat Records , Heartbeat Records	01, Heartbeat Records 01	USA & Canada	1981
CDFL 12, 7243 849921 2 5	Poet And The Roots	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Front Line , Virgin	CDFL 12, 7243 849921 2 5	Europe	2000
CAR49921	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Caroline Records, Front Line	CAR49921	US	2000
HEARTBEAT CD CD HB-01	Linton Kwesi Johnson	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Heartbeat Records	HEARTBEAT CD CD HB-01	USA & Canada	1989

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