Dennis Brown - The Promised Land 1977-79
| Genre: | Reggae |
| Singer: | Dennis Brown |
| Title: | The Promised Land 1977-79 |
| Short-info: | Label:
Blood & Fire – BAFCD 039
Type: CD, Compilation, Promo Country: UK Date of released: 2002 Category: Reggae Style: Roots Reggae |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1273 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1662 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC MOD APE AHX MP2 MPC DTS DMF |
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1 | Emmanuel God Is With Us (Extended) | 5:53 |
| 2 | Promised Land | 2:21 |
| 3 | Well Without Water | 4:13 |
| 4 | Open Your Eyes | 3:39 |
| 5 | The Creator | 3:53 |
| 6 | Troubled World | 6:16 |
| 7 | The Half | 6:09 |
| 8 | Oh What A Day | 3:36 |
| 9 | Together Brothers | 4:18 |
| 10 | A Cup Of Tea | 3:13 |
| 11 | Slave DriverWritten-By – Bob Marley |
3:38 |
| 12 | Three Meals A Day | 4:48 |
| 13 | Man Next DoorWritten-By [Uncredited] – John Holt |
3:54 |
| 14 | Want To Be No General | 4:49 |
| 15 | GeneralVocals [Featuring] – Ranking Dread |
5:01 |
| 16 | Home Sweet Home | 4:12 |
| 17 | Emmanuel (Version) | 3:54 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Channel One Recording Studio
- Recorded At – Harry J's Recording Studio
- Recorded At – Joe Gibbs Studio
- Mastered At – The Soundmasters
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Blood & Fire Limited
- Copyright (c) – Blood & Fire Limited
- Made By – Universal M & L, UK
Credits
- Backing Vocals – Dennis Brown, Junior Delgado, Leroy Sibbles
- Bass – Earl 'Bagga' Walker*, Errol 'Flabba' Holt*, Lloyd Parkes*
- Design – Martina Keller
- Drums – Carlton 'Santa' Davis*, Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace*, Sly Dunbar
- Edited By, Mastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
- Engineer [Digital Restoration] – Tony Webster
- Engineer [Recording Engineers] – Maxy*, Sylvan Morris
- Guitar – Bingy Bunny, Winston 'Bo-Pee' Bowen*, Dennis Brown
- Horns – Headley 'Deadly Headley' Bennett*, Bobby Ellis, Nambo Robinson*
- Keyboards – Franklyn 'Bubbler' Waul*, Gladstone 'Gladdy' Anderson*, Keith Sterling, Winston Wright
- Lead Guitar – Earl 'Chinna' Smith*
- Liner Notes – Noel Hawks, Steve Barrow
- Percussion – Barnabas, Flick Wilson , Skully*, Sticky*
- Photography By [Cover] – Beth Lesser
- Photography By [Mural Of Dennis] – Nicky Birch
- Photography By [Other Photographs Courtesy] – Yvonne Brown
- Reissue Producer [Reissue Co-ordination] – Steve Barrow
Notes
Says "Promo Copy" instead of the UPCThis reissue comprises the Dennis Brown's album 'Joseph's Coat of Many Colours' plus extra tracks which also appeared as 45s on Dennis' DEB imprint during 1977-1979.
According to liner notes:
Track 9, "Together Brothers" is also known as "Stop The Fussing and Fightin" and the same recut of "Real Rock" utilised by Linval Thompson on his "Can't Stop Natty Dread" and by U-Brown for his "Bits of Paper".
Track 11, "Slave Driver" is an interpretation of the Bob Marley song.
Track 13, "Man Next Door", is also known as "A Quiet Place" and was recorded by The Paragons.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout: BAFCD039 030601-11
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAFCD 039 | Dennis Brown | The Promised Land 1977-79 (CD, Comp) | Blood & Fire | BAFCD 039 | UK | 2002 |
| SVLP 386 | Dennis Brown | The Promised Land 1977-79 (2xLP, Comp) | Simply Vinyl, Blood & Fire | SVLP 386 | UK | 2002 |
| BAFCD 039 | Dennis Brown | The Promised Land 1977-79 (CD, Comp, Promo) | Blood & Fire | BAFCD 039 | UK | 2002 |











