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Burning Spear
Harder Than The Best
Compil. US 1979 on Mango label
Reggae (Roots Reggae, Dub)
Compilation of tracks from the Marcus Garvey, Garvey's Ghost, Man In The Hills, Dry & Heavy, Live, and Social Living LPs. The A-side actually has only 5 tracks despite jacket listing 6 tracks: Jacket lists A6 as "Black Wa-Da-Da", center label lists A5 as "The Invasion (aka Black Wa-Da-Da)", A5 is the vocal version "The Invasion" from Marcus Garvey LP followed by the dub version "Black Wa-Da-Da" from Garvey's Ghost LP combined in one track. Jacket lists A1 as "Marcus Garvey", center label lists it as "The Ghost (Marcus Garvey)", it is the vocal version "Marcus Garvey" from Marcus Garvey LP. Jacket lists B1 as "Slavery Days", center label lists it as "I And I Survive (Slavery Days)", it is the vocal version "Slavery Days" from Marcus Garvey LP. Jacket lists B2 as "Old Man Garvey", center label lists it as "Farther East Of Jack (Old Man Garvey)", it is the vocal version "Old Man Garvey" from Marcus Garvey LP. Jacket lists B5 correctly as "Civilized Reggae", center label lists it incorrectly as "Civilize Reggae" On labels: The Persuader ℗ 1975 Mr. James Barth & A.D. ℗ 1977 Josh Wink ℗ 1977 Johannes Heil ℗ 1978 Heiko Laux ℗ 1975 [B1] ℗ 1975 [B2] ℗ 1975 [B3] ℗ 1976 [B4] ℗ 1977 [B5] ℗ 1978 ℗ 1975-1978 Island Records, Inc. Publishing on labels: A1, A4, B1 to B4: Island Music (BMI) A2, A3, A5, B5: Tammi Music, Ltd./Irving Music, Inc. (BMI)
Musicians
 | Burning Spear perc, bvoc, voc, *1945 JM album by |
Producers
| John Dent mastered by |
| Lawrence "Jack Ruby" Lindo producer |
| Winston Rodney producer |
| Karl Pitterson producer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcus Garvey | Burning Spear | 3:19 | |
| 2 | Dry & Heavy | Burning Spear | 3:24 | |
| 3 | Throw Down Your Arms | Burning Spear | 3:58 | |
| 4 | Social Living | Burning Spear | 2:51 | |
| 5 | The Invasion (AKA Black Wa-Da-Da) | Burning Spear | 5:30 | |
| 6 | Slavery Days | Burning Spear | 3:23 | |
| 7 | Old Marcus Garvey | Burning Spear | 3:54 | |
| 8 | Man In The Hills | Burning Spear | 3:50 | |
| 9 | The Sun | Burning Spear | 3:36 | |
| 10 | Civilized Reggae | Burning Spear | 5:44 |
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