U-Roy Dread In A Africa

• U-Roy – Children Of Jah Jah
• U-Roy – Move Out Of Pharoah Land
• U-Roy – Dread In A Earth
• U-Roy – Dreadlocks In A Africa
• U-Roy – Nana Banana
• U-Roy – 354
• U-Roy – Idlers Rest
• U-Roy – Ghetto Dub
• U-Roy – Rental Skank
• U-Roy – Danger's Track
• U-Roy – War In A Jam Down
• U-Roy – Dreadlocks Dub

• 1. Children Of Jah Jah
• 2. Move Out Of Pharoah Land
• 3. Dread In A Earth
• 4. Dreadlocks In A Africa
• 5. Nana Banana
• 6. 354
• 7. Idlers Rest
• 8. Ghetto Dub
• 9. Rental Skank
• 10. Danger's Track
• 11. War In A Jam Down
• 12. Dreadlocks Dub

Alvin Ranglin's memories about his productions with U-Roy

"At the time I started working with U-Roy on the LP Dread In A Africa in 1975, I already recorded a few good songs two-three years before with him. But sometime after this project with U-Roy my Record Village shop at 5 Hope Road -on Half Way Tree- got broken into, and these thieves set the place on fire. At the back of the shop, I had a storeroom in which I kept many of my tapes. So some tapes were destroyed with songs from artists like Eric Morris and also some of the U-Roy project. I rented that place from a Chinese lady and she wasn't insured so I lost a lot of money there! At that time this all happened I was in England for business. So it was very stressful to me as you can imagine. Anyhow, I decided a year later on to release the five songs which I still had on tape with some instrumentals from the backing band Skin, Flesh and Bones, as a kind of a showcase album. I don't know what at Dynamic Sounds where the album master was cut by Carlton Lee. Something went wrong as the stamper didn't came out 100% how it should have been. Anyhow, I pressed a very small number of the album, around 12 copies or so, and put them in blank jackets as I didn't made a printed jacket yet. As I rented a shop to TonyRobinson on Slipe Road it make sense a few of the U-Roy albums are carrying his sticker. It got a good reception on the test pressing so I just disbanded it as I thought it was better to concentrate on recordings I did with Gregory Isaacs and Maytones, which were big sellers at that time. U-Roy was of course going strong with Tony Robinson as his producer in 1976, so I'm glad after so many years passing by this album is finally getting a proper release on the Jamaican Art label.

Limited Gatefold issue with great sleeve notes from Dr. Buster Dynamite.