reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
by
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
n artist
Lincoln Thompson
Prince Lincoln Thompson, known as Sax (10 July 1949 ''
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and the Rasses released in 1980 and recorded in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. Joe Jackson collaborated on the album whose central theme was the promotion of the culture and morality of the
Rastafari movement
Rastafari is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious movement and a social movement by scholars of religion. There is no central authority in control of the movement and much ...
. Commercially the album was a flop in spite of widespread publicity for it in the UK, in contrast to Thompson's two previous albums.
The '' Harlow Star'' called the album "beautiful", noting its features of "strong, hard pulsing bass lines, insistent, probing drumming, lyrical guitar and excellent vocals."
Graham Maby
Graham Maby (born 1 September 1952) is an English bass guitar player. He has recorded and toured with Joe Jackson since his first album, appearing on most of Jackson's albums and tours.
Maby was born and raised in the central south coast town ...
- bass
*Dave Houghton, Michael "Boo" Richards - drums
* Joe Jackson - grand piano, organ, melodica
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Ansel Collins
Ansel Collins is a Jamaican musician, composer, singer, songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Dave Barker as Dave and Ansel Collins.
Biography
Born 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica,