Performer: Poet And The Roots
Genre: Reggae
Album: Dread Beat An' Blood
Style: Reggae, Dub, Dub Poetry
MP3 version ZIP size: 1662 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1853 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1941 mb
Rating: 4.7
Votes: 284
Other Formats: MIDI AHX RA APE ASF MOD DXD

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Dread Beat An' Blood	2:58
2	Five Nights Of Bleeding	4:30
3	Doun De Road Keyboards – Dennis Bovell	2:26
4	Song Of Blood Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Vivian WeathersProducer – V. Weathers*	6:27
5	It Dread Inna Inglan (For George Lindo)	4:03
6	Come Wi Goh Dung Deh	3:45
7	Man Free (For Darcus Howe) Vocals – Lila Weathers	6:01
8	All Wi Doin Is Defendin Guitar – John VarnomKeyboards – Desmond Craig	3:02
9	Command Counsel Dub	3:10
10	Defense Dub	3:13

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Made By – EMI Uden

Credits

• Bass, Rhythm Guitar – Floydie Lawson*
• Design – Mills & Coppenhall (mc²)
• Drums, Percussion – Jah Bunny, Winston 'Crab' Curniffe*
• Engineer – Dennis Blackbeard*
• Liner Notes – Trevor Herman
• Mastered By – Dave Turner
• Percussion – Everald Forrest, Linton K. Johnson*
• Producer, Written-By – L. K. Johnson*

Notes

Original Vinyl released in 1977.
Specially mastered for CD.

Disc:
Made in Holland

Inlay & booklet:
Printed in Holland

Album is titled 'Dread Beat And Blood' on artwork, but correctly as 'Dread Beat An' Blood' on the disc.

Disc credits the artist as Linton Kwesi Johnson (Poet And The Roots)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 0 77778 73172 6
• Barcode: 077778731726
• Rights Society: BIEM STEMRA
• Label Code: LC 3098
• Other (Distribution code): PM 500
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 787317 @ 1 1-1-17-NL
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 787317 @ 1 1-1-19-NL
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): ifpi 15AC
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): none

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
FL 1017	Poet And The Roots	Dread Beat An' Blood ‎(LP, Album)	Front Line	FL 1017	UK	1978