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john clarke - rootsy reggae - wackies - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Reggae / Dub

1. "Big Leg Mary"
2. "You're Just The One"
3. "John Brown"
4. "Boss I"
5. "Creator"
6. "Recession"
7. "Pollution"
8. "Wasn't It You"
9. "You Like To Borrow"
10. "Babylon Spanking"
11. "Abortion"
12. "Bum Bang Festival"

Visions Of John Clarke was released in 1979. The album attracted the interest of Studio 1 boss Coxsone Dodd, whose bid for distribution-rights was thwarted when the Brooklyn label Makossa quickly put in for a full licence. Out soon afterwards, the new version - entitled 'Rootsy Reggae' - duplicated five tracks, but with markedly different mixes, fresh edits, and sometimes new instrumentation.