The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari Grounation (Soul Jazz Records)

• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Bongo Man
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Narration
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Narration (Continued)
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Mabrat
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Poem 1
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Four Hundred Years
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Poem 2
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Song
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Lumba
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Way Back Home
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Ethiopian Serenade
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Oh Carolina
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – So Long
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Grounation
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Grounation (Continued)
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Blacker Black
• The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Grounation (7 inch edit)

• 1. Bongo Man
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• 2. Narration
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• 3. Narration (Continued)
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• 4. Mabrat
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• 5. Poem 1
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• 6. Four Hundred Years
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• 7. Poem 2
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• 8. Song
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• 9. Lumba
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• 10. Way Back Home
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• 11. Ethiopian Serenade
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• 12. Oh Carolina
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• 13. So Long
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• 14. Grounation
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• 15. Grounation (Continued)
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• 16. Blacker Black
• 17. Grounation (7 inch edit)

"One of the greatest albums of all time just got better. Do not miss." Quietus

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Definitive 50th anniversary release of this seminal album!

Soul Jazz Records are releasing this long-revered album release in three unique formats; a one-off pressing limited-edition deluxe box set triple-vinyl edition complete with a free 45 single + art print + an exact-replica reproduction Mystic Revelation 1977 mag/zine + download code;

Secondly as a triple album + download code with complete sleevenotes.

Thirdly there is also a deluxe 2 CD version complete with 40 page large format outsize booklet encased in double-walled slipcase.

All editions come with extensive new sleevenotes, photography, exact reproductions of the original text and artwork, and a new interview with founding member Sam Williams (aka Time).

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Like Sun Ra's Arkestra and John Coltrane are to jazz, the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari are to reggae - the ultimate expression of roots music and Rastafarian ideology in reggae music, music functioning at a high level of spiritual consciousness combined with an equally avant-garde and forward-looking approach to sound.

The group's stunning, unique and groundbreaking 1972 album ‘Grounation’, a mighty conceptual triple-album (the first ever reggae triple!) is, similar to Marvin Gaye's 'What's Goin' On', a definitive all-encompassing cultural statement of its time and place. A sprawling album of raw and unique cultural expression that combined Rastafari consciousness with deep spiritual jazz music - an absolute and essential classic of Reggae music.

The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari group came into existence at the start of 1970s, the union of two artists of equal repute – Count Ossie and his African Drums and saxophonist Cedric ‘Im’ Brooks’ and his group, The Mystics. Both Ossie and Brooks were alumni from the great Studio One Records.

Master drummer Count Ossie and his collective of Rastafarian drummers performed for Haile Selassie on his momentous visit to Jamaica in 1966. Cedric Brooks came out of the Alpha Boys School – the fertile breeding ground of musicians who dominated the Jamaican music scene from the 1960s onwards; Tommy McCook, Don Drummond, Johnny Moore, Headley Bennett, Johnny Osbourne, Yellowman, Leroy Smart, Bobby Ellis, Joe Harriott, Eddie Thornton, Vin Gordon, Rico Rodriguez, Owen Gray, Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace and more.

The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari’s ‘Grounation’ is a massive opus, a work of profound musical genius that tells the story of Jamaica through music and words. The album is a cornerstone in the history of reggae, a unique and other-worldly album the like of which has never been made since.

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REVIEWS

"If you don’t know, get to know. If you do know, the extra materials (fascinating sleevenotes, photography reproductions and extra contextualising interviews) serve to make this reissue utterly essential. One of the greatest albums of all time just got better. Do not miss." Quietus

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"...the first reggae triple album, and while obviously massive in scale, the music’s dive into sustained gloriousness transcends the norms of reggae..." Vinyl District

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