- 10inch [Red Vinyl]
- 10inch [Black Vinyl]
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
Dread Beat an Dub / Five Nights Of Dub [Black Vinyl Edition]
Seventy-Seven
- Cat No.: EBRS-02
- 2026-10-21
Linton Kwesi Johnson—known as LKJ, a Jamaican-born, London-based pioneer of dub poetry and UK reggae poet—has, believe it or not, released a brand-new 10-inch dub plate for the first time in nearly 20 years! (This is a limited edition of 350 copies on black vinyl.)
Track List

Based on tracks from the sensational 1978 debut masterpiece *Dread Beat an’ Blood*, this album—much like the original—features four brand-new dub tracks, each given a fresh live dub mix by Dennis Bovell, presented in a disco-mix style.
This release coincided with the U.S. theatrical premiere of the original documentary film *Dread Beat an’ Bloo ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)d* about LKJ (Linton Kwesi Johnson), directed by Franco Rosso, the director of *Babylon*. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)