Max Romeo and The Upsetters, War Ina Babylon (COLOR)
PRE ORDER => 2025 08 29
1LP - JACKPOT RECORDS
1976 => 2025
INDIES EXCLUSIVE GOLDEN SUNSHINE COLOURED VINYL.
TRACKLIST
A1 One Step Forward
A2 Uptown Babies
A3 Chase The Devil
A4 War Ina Babylon
B1 Norman
B2 Stealing In The Name Of Jah
B3 Tan And See
B4 Smokey Room
B5 Smile Out A Style
DESCRIPTION
Jackpot Records is extremely proud to announce our reissue of the revered reggae album 1976's War Ina Babylon by Max Romeo & The Upsetters. Originally released on Island Records, the album is considered one of the greatest Reggae albums of all time and was a massive influence on the UK punk movement that was just starting to bubble to the surface. The record's incredible power belies an unlikely partnership between one of the world's greatest producers (and experimenters in sound), Lee "Scratch" Perry, and vocalist Max Romeo (who by 1976 had performed on over 120 7" singles) Romeo had been transforming from his "rude" records to writing lyrics with social themes as the era in Jamaica was rife with poverty, gangs, and politically motivated killings. As he was looking to produce protest music at it's most powerful alongside music that would never leave the listener's souls, Lee Perry and Max Romeo started collaborating together. Recorded in two weeks in 1976, utilizing Lee Perry's kitchen sink production, War Ina Babylon is considered part of Lee Perry's 'holy trinity' Black Ark produced LPs released by Island Records (Junior Murvin's Police and Thieves and The Heptones' Party Time being the other classics LPs in the trinity), this LP continues to find new fans with every passing generation.
| Statut: PRE ORDER |
| Genre: REGGAE / SKA / DUB |
| Format: 1 LP |
| Date de parution: 1976 |
| Date de la réedition: 2025 |
| Label: JACKPOT RECORDS |