- Bass Culture
Infobox Album | Name = Bass Culture
Type =Album
Artist =Linton Kwesi Johnson
Released =May 9 ,1980 (UK)
Recorded = Gooseburry Sound Studios, London
Genre = Dub reggae
Length = 31:28
Label =Island Records
Producer = Linton Kwesi Johnson andDennis Bovell
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzarqj2yojda link]
Last album = "Forces of Victory "
(1979)
This album = "Bass Culture"
(1980)
Next album = "LKJ in Dub "
(1980) |"Bass Culture" is an album by dub poet
Linton Kwesi Johnson , released in 1980 on theIsland Records label. It was produced by Linton Kwesi Johnson andDennis Bovell (credited as Blackbeard).The track "Reggae fi Peach" laments the death of
Blair Peach , an activist who was killed in London during a clash with police officers while protesting with theAnti-Nazi League against aBritish National Front meeting in 1979.Track listing
All tracks written by Linton Kwesi Johnson
# "Bass Culture" – 6:04
# "Street 66" – 3:43
# "Reggae fi Peach" – 3:09
# "Di Black Petty Booshwah" – 3:36
# "Inglan Is a Bitch" – 5:26
# "Loraine" – 4:08
# "Reggae Sounds" – 3:09
# "Two Sides of Silence" – 2:13Personnel
*Bass - Floyd Lawson (tracks: A1, B2), Vivian Weathers (tracks: A2 to B1, B3, B4)
*Drums - Jah Bunny (tracks: A1, A3 to B4), Winston Curniffe (tracks: A2)
*Engineer -Dennis Bovell , John Caffrey, Mark Lusardy
*Flugelhorn -Dick Cuthell , Henry "Buttons" Tenyue
*Guitar - John Kpiaye
*Harmonica - Julio Finn
*Keyboards - Dennis Bovell, Webster Johnson
*Mixed By - Dennis Bovell
*Percussion - Clinton Bailey, Everald "Fari" Forrest, Jah Bunny
*Alto Saxophone - James Danton
*Tenor Saxophone - Henry "Buttons" Tenyue
*Trombone - Rico
*Trumpet - Dick Cuthell, Henry "Buttons" Tenyue
*Vocals - Linton Kwesi Johnson
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