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01. Dillinger - Table Gonna Turn
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02. Dillinger - Check Sister Jane
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03. Dillinger - Mr Wicked Man Know Yourself
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04. Dillinger - King Pharoh Is A Baldhead
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05. Dillinger - Rat A Cut Bottle
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06. Dillinger - Don't Watch Your Wife
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07. Dillinger - War Is Not The Answer
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08. Dillinger - Love Is What The World Need
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09. Dillinger - Judgement Day Rock
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10. Dillinger - Ranking Of The Past
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ARTIST
DILLINGER
TITLE
Top Ranking Dillinger
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
RADIATION ROOTS
CATALOG #
RR 338CD
RR 338CD
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
11/27/2020
Radiation Roots present a reissue of
Dillinger
's
Top Ranking Dillinger
, originally released in 1977. One of Jamaica's most popular "deejays" or rappers, Dillinger was one of the few Jamaican sound system toasters to rise to international prominence as a recording artist during the mid-1970s. Born
Lester Bullocks
in 1953, he was raised by his grandmother in a peripheral neighborhood located on the outskirts of Kingston. After moving into a tough ghetto area in western Kingston, he became a protégé of
Dennis Alcapone
, the star deejay on an influential set called El Paso, and was known as
Young Alcapone
until the maverick producer
Lee "Scratch" Perry
renamed him Dillinger, cutting a dozen or so tracks at Dynamic Sounds studio in 1973, of which the most noteworthy was "Dub Organiser," which saluted King Tubby and his sound system. Recordings for
Phil Pratt
,
Augustus Pablo
,
The Abyssinians
, and GG Records led to an impressive album for Studio One, but it wasn't until he began recording for
Ossie Hibbert
and
Joseph Hoo Kim
at Channel One that the world took notice, following the dramatic success of Island's CB200 album and its breakthrough hit, "Cokane In My Brain." The album
Top Raking Dillinger
was produced by
Bunny Lee
in 1977 and sees the toaster in fine rapping form over some of Lee's toughest contemporary rhythms, including
Ronnie Davis
's "Hard Times" for "Rat A Cut Bottle" and
Johnny Clarke
's update of
Alton Ellis
's "Cry Tough" for "Ranking Of The Past." There are also roots mutations of past classics, including
Cornell Campbell
's take of
Bob Marley
's "War" for "War Is Not the Answer,"
Johnny Clarke
's version of "Waiting In Vain" for the cheeky "Check Sister Jane," a cut of
The Silvertones
' "Smile" as "Three Mile Rock," a horns-laden take of the perennial "Get Ready" as "Judgement Day Rock" and a version of "Melody Life" as "Don't Watch Your Wife."
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