Fire up the chalice for this massive repress!U-Roy, The Originator, was the first deejay in reggae music, pioneering a proto-rap style of chatting over riddims that became known as toasting, laying the framework for dancehall, and later, hip-hop. Dread In A Babylon, his third full-length album, has become a digger favorite in part for its iconic sleeve depictingU-Roy exhaling an epic cloud of chalice smoke, but also for proto-dancehall classics \"Chalice In The Palace\", \"Runaway Girl\" and \"Trench Town Rock\". This isthe first official U.S. pressing in over 40 years;Get On Down = champion sound. Recommended.

• black vinyl pressing
• official reissue
• music label: Get On Down 2017

reviewed by peanut dust 05/2017