{"product_id":"linton-kwesi-johnson-reggae-greats-1985","title":"Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae Greats (1985)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1985 US issue, Mango MLPS 9786\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReggae Greats gathers ten Linton Kwesi Johnson recordings from three of his Island-era albums, and this is the American edition on Mango, catalog number MLPS 9786. Island issued it in the UK the same year as IRG 6, as part of its Reggae Greats series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe object\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe labels are pink with the green Mango script logo and a small Island mark, and each one prints its side number, MLPS 9786-A or MLPS 9786-B, beneath the word Stereo. Both carry a compilation copyright line to Island Records Ltd. dated 1984, and the rim text names Mango Records as a division of Island Trading Co. at 14 E. 4th St. in New York. The back cover runs the tracklist above a long biographical note compiled by Rob Partridge. Trevor Wyatt compiled the set, and Tony Wright designed the cover, which places a portrait of Johnson between two stacked REGGAE headings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour tracks come from Forces Of Victory (1979), three from Bass Culture (1980) and three from Making History (1984). The compilation and this Mango pressing both date from 1985. Dennis Bovell mixed the collection and co-produced seven of its ten tracks with Johnson, who produced the remaining three alone; all words and music are credited to Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe album\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBackground on the compilation and its three source albums lives on the Reggae Greats album page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReggae Sounds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndependent Intavenshan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStreet 66\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBass Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDi Great Insohreckshan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt Noh Funny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReggae Fi Radni\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFite Dem Back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Mango","offers":[{"title":"NM \/ VG+","offer_id":50517523988638,"sku":"EVP-916C5521-NM-VGp-47C70BC0","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/OC01MDg0LmpwZWc.jpg?v=1790118679","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/linton-kwesi-johnson-reggae-greats-1985","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}