Dr Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken In Town

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5...according to our Ant on Fri 10 Jun, 2011.

I was checking this LP out last night and what a treat on the ears it is. Widely considered to be an all-time favourite amongst roots reggae enthusiasts, it's a mighty brew of skanking rhythms and conscious dread/gunman lyrics. Recorded at Black Ark by The Upsetter (Lee 'Scratch' Perry of course) and King Tubby's between 1973 and 1976 with 'Gimmie Mi Gun' being recorded at Channel One. I think the Tubby's tracks engineered by Philip Smart are probably the standout cuts for me with some grand echo/delay/reverb being applied to the tight rhythms. I'm ashamed to say I'd never actually heard this LP before but this reissue now has a good home.

Reissue of the drop-dead classic album from 1978, Alimantado with Horace Andy, Lee Perry, King Tubby, Gregory Isaacs, Jah Woosh, Jimmy Radwell and Jackie Edwards. Recorded in several sessions, at the Black Ark, Channel One, Randy's and King Tubby's studios, it was the first album put out by Greensleeves, now reissued by the good Dr. himself on his Keyman label. Alimantado's graffiti, daubed round Westbourne Park and Notting Hill back in '78 survived longer than any Banksy could, without a sliver of perspex in sight.

Tracklisting:

     Best Dressed Chicken In Town
     Just The Other Day
     Poison Flour
     Gimme Mi Gun
     I Killed The Barber
     Unitone Skank
     Can't Conquer Natty Dreadlocks
     Ride On
     Plead I Cause
     I Shall Fear No Evil

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