The Midlands Roots Explosion Volume One

• Steel Pulse – Kibudu-Mansatta-Abuku
• Steel Pulse – Mansatta (instrumental)
• Man From The Hills – Redemption Day
• Eclipse – Blood Fi Dem
• Musical Youth – Political
• Sceptre – Ancestors Calling
• Benjamin Zephaniah – Unite Handsworth
• Oneness – Rome
• Black Symbol – In The Name of Jah
• Groundation – Fa-Ward
• Mystic Foundation – Instruments
• Iganda – Slow Down
• Capital Letters – I Will Never
• Carnastoan – Mr Workhard
• Zephaniah – Free Man

• 1. Steel Pulse – Kibudu-Mansatta-Abuku
• 2. Steel Pulse – Mansatta (instrumental)
• 3. Man From The Hills – Redemption Day
• 4. Eclipse – Blood Fi Dem
• 5. Musical Youth – Political
• 6. Sceptre – Ancestors Calling
• 7. Benjamin Zephaniah – Unite Handsworth
• 8. Oneness – Rome
• 9. Black Symbol – In The Name of Jah
• 10. Groundation – Fa-Ward
• 11. Mystic Foundation – Instruments
• 12. Iganda – Slow Down
• 13. Capital Letters – I Will Never
• 14. Carnastoan – Mr Workhard
• 15. Zephaniah – Free Man

Reggae Archive Records get into the vaults once again and this time conjour up the first installment of 'The Midlands Roots Explosion'. The album collects Roots Reggae from the Jamaican Diaspora in the English Midlands during the years of 1976 through to 1984. Amongst the tracks are releases from Steel Pulse, Eclipse, Musical Youth, Benjamin Zephaniah and Groundation.