DILLINGER - Hard Times (Reissue) - LP - Vinyl [SEP 12]

LP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl.  

Dillinger one of the most consistently successful DJ’s to come out of Jamaica, fondly remembered for his massive ‘Cocaine In My Brain’ hit from the great CB200 album and the later reworked ‘Marijuana In My Brain’ which gave Dillinger crossover hits in both England and Europe. But the versatile DJ has many more strings to his bow.

Dillinger (born. Lester Bullocks,1953 Kingston, Jamaica) began his musical venture around 1971, working as a DJ to Sound Systems run by Prince Jackie and El Brasso. 1974 saw his first vinyl release in the form of ‘Freshly’ for Producer Yabby U and in 1975 he came with the great ‘Brace A Boy’ for the young Mr Augustus Pablo. But his first album release was through Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One setup, where he let Dillinger fire some vocals over classic Rocksteady rhythms. It took the form of ‘Ready Natty Dreadie’. It was his time at Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Hookim’s Channel One Studio that produced his second album set (a crossover release and fore mentioned) the timeless 1976 classic ‘CB 200’. It contained three big singles in ‘Plantation Heights’, ‘Cocaine In My Brain’ and ‘Crank Face’. The reworked ‘Marijuana In My Brain’ even became a No 1 hit in Holland in 1979.

Kingston Sounds have taken our set of tunes from his classic 70’s period when Mr Dillinger could do no wrong. Alongside the big ‘Cocaine’ and ‘Marijuana’ hits the great opening track ‘Love Is All I Bring’ sees him working over Alton Ellis ‘Still In Love With You’ which Itself turned into ‘3 Piece Suite’. ‘Money Alone Is Not All’ where he works over Barry Brown’s ‘Mr Money Man’, ‘Hear and Deaf’ working over Johnny Clarke’s ‘Nobodies Business’. ‘King Pharaoh Was A Baldhead’ has him working Frankie Jones ‘ Jesse Black’ cut. ‘Concubine’ reworks the Mighty Diamonds' ‘Mother Winney’ and ‘Time So Hard’ sees Dillinger telling it like it is over Ronnie Davis’ original ‘Time So Hard’ cut, empathizing the points in fine style.

A classic set of tunes all ‘Killer No Filler’ from the master of rhyme himself.

Tracklist: 

Side A
A1        Love Is All I Bring
A2        Cocaine In My Brain
A3        Time So Hard
A4        Don't Want To Wait In Vain
A5        Money Alone Is Not Enough
A6        Some More Love
A7        Hear And Deaf

Side B
B1        Marijuana In My Brain
B2        Bathe In A Washpan
B3        King Pharaoh Was A Bald Head
B4        Dub It In A Three Mile
B5        I Want To Squeeze You
B6        Rastafari Rule
B7        Concubine