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Chant Down Babylon : The Island Anthology

Burning Spear

Initial release : June 1996

Island (Polygram) 524190

This compilation includes the Burning Spear version of the Weir/Barlow song Estimated Prophet from Deadicated.

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Tracks

Disc 1

  • Marcus Garvey (Fullwood/Rodney)
  • Slavery Days (Fullwood/Rodney)
  • I & I Survive (Fullwood/Rodney)
  • Old Marcus Garvey (Fullwood/Rodney)
  • Tradition (Hines/Rodney/Willington)
  • Invasion (A.K.A. Black Wa-Da-Da) (Fullwood/Paisley/Rodney)
  • Door Peep (Rodney)
  • No More War (Rodney)
  • Black Soul (Rodney)
  • Man in the Hills (Rodney)
  • Cultivation (Rodney)
  • The Sun (Fullwood/Rodney/Taylor)
  • It's a Long Way Around (Fullwood/Rodney)
  • Throw Down Your Arms (Rodney)
  • Dry & Heavy (Rodney)
  • Black Disciples (Rodney)
  • The Lion (Rodney)
  • Jordan River (Fullwood/Lawrence/Rodney)
  • Jah No Dead (Rodney)
Disc 2
  • Marcus Children Suffer (Rodney)
  • Social Living (Rodney)
  • Marcus Say Jah No Dead (Rodney)
  • Nyah Keith (Rodney)
  • Civilize Reggae (Rodney)
  • Mek We Dweet (Rodney)
  • My Roots (Rodney)
  • Recall Some Great Men (Rodney)
  • Great Men's Dub (Rodney)
  • One People (Rodney)
  • African Woman (Rodney)
  • Jah Kindom (Elliott/Rodney)
  • Praise Him (Rodney)
  • Should I (Rodney)
  • Estimated Prophet (Barlow/Weir)
  • Thank You (Rodney)
Musicians

  • Burning Spear (Winston Rodney) - percussion, vocals
  • Aston Barrett - bass
  • Paul Beckford - bass
  • Chico Chin - trumpet
  • Valentine (Tony) Chin - guitar
  • Michael Cooper - keyboards
  • Dick Cuthell - trumpet
  • Charles Dickey - trombone
  • Tyrone Downie - keyboards
  • Sly Dunbar - drums
  • Bobby Ellis - trumpet
  • Brinsley Forde - guitar
  • Dean Fraser - saxophone
  • Angus Gaye - drums
  • Vincent Gordon - trombone
  • Donald Griffiths - guitar
  • Richard Hall - saxophone
  • Bernard Harvey - keyboards
  • Alvin Haughton - percussion
  • Courtney Hemmings - keyboards
  • Delroy Hines - vocals
  • Linvall Jarrett - guitar
  • Richard Johnson - piano
  • Donald Kinsey - guitar
  • Earl Lindo - keyboards
  • Robby Lynn - synthesizer, piano
  • Herman Marquis - saxophone
  • Ranchie McLean - guitar
  • Nelson Miller - drums
  • Jay Noel - keyboards
  • George Oban - bass
  • Lenford Richards - guitar, keyboards
  • David Robinson - saxophone
  • Nambo Robinson - trombone
  • Rico Rodrigues - trombone
  • Carlton Samuels - flute
  • Robbie Shakespeare - bass
  • Earl Smith - guitar
  • James Smith - trumpet
  • Uziah Thompson - percussion
  • Leroy Wallace - drums
  • Rupert Willington - vocals
  • Mark Wilson - saxophone
Credits

  • Original producers - Winston Rodney, L. Lindo (Jack Ruby), Denise Mills, Karl Pitterson, Nelson Miller, Ralph Sall
  • Original recording and mixing engineers - George Philpott, Errol Thompson, Sylvan Morris, Dennis Thompson, Godwin Logie, Terry Barham, Karl Pitterson, Benji Armbrister, Gary Sutherland, Mervyn Williams, Tony Kelly, Michael Sauvage, Barry O'Hare
  • Original assistant recording and mixing engineers - Garth, Danny Mormando, Andrew Thomas
  • Original remixing - Matt Robinson
  • Compilation Producer - Jerry Rappaport
  • Executive Producer - Trevor Wyatt, Bill Levenson
  • Digital Mastering - Joseph M. Palmaccio
  • Additional mastering - Suha Gur
  • Essay - Amy Wachtel
  • Design - Aldo Sampieri
  • Photography - David Corio, Adrian Boot, Dennis Morris, Chris Carroll
  • Project Coordinator - Terri Tierney
  • Project Assistant - Catherine Ladis
  • Special thanks to - Chris Blackwell, Hooman Majd, Jon Baker, Pat Monaco, Holly Ferguson, Harry Weinger, Pattie Chirico
Notes

Burning Spear admitted a lack of knowledge about the Dead;

To be truthful I wasn't familiar with the Dead. When I sat down and really listened to the song, I started hearing all these words. Good words. Positive words. Clean words. Strong words. Words like: Rainbows! Burning! Prophet! Thunder! Voices! Paradise! Light! Fire! .... I came to understand that these guys are heavy.
Related releases

Estimated Prophet was it originally recorded for the compilation album;

  • Deadicated, Various Artists, 1991, Arista ARCD 8669
It was also included as a bonus track on an earlier Burning Spear release; The other tracks on this compilation are taken from;
  • Marcus Garvey, Burning Spear, 1975
  • Garvey's Ghost, Burning Spear, 1976
  • Man In The Hills, Burning Spear, 1976
  • Man In The Hills single B-side, Burning Spear, 1976
  • Live, Burning Spear, 1978
  • Harder Than The Rest, Burning Spear, 1979
  • Rockers Soundtrack, Various Artists, 1979
  • Social Living, Burning Spear, 1980
  • Mek We Dweet, Burning Spear, 1990
  • Jah Kingdom, Burning Spear, 1991
  • The Rebirth Of Cool, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1994
Two of the tracks are previously unreleased.


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