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you mean that he planted the rumour that he was poisoned in jail.... maybe, but i doubt it, that its the same ranking dread.

read victor headley's xcellent book "yardie", it is supposedly made on dread's life story

Thanks for the heads up Ites. I'll check for that book.

Are there any verified official records to confirm Mr R Dread REALLY died in Jail, or is that just another uconfirmed tale.

Somehow I don't believe R. Dread really mixed tunes like "Shut Me Mouth" himself, although he gets credit for it. It sounds like it was done by someone with a lot of mixing experience.

By the way if you like "Shut Me Mouth" you must check the Dennis Brown original "Break Down The Barriers".

The Art and Craft "Disco EP Showcase" with "Hard Times Leave Me Life" and "My Liza" sounds like it was just him voicing over dub plates, it's got that minimal flat sort of production, but pretty heavy duty all the same, haven't played it for a while but will dig it out soon!

I have that on yellow vinyl! A very rough copy but great reggae DJ sounds.

Playing it now!

Thanks for reminding me about it Jesco77.

pretty interesting stuff. i just bought that ranking dread/massive dread reissue. killer stuff. ranking dread burns every track he touches. his best work in my opinion.

For anyone that rates Ranking Dread check the discography I've compiled;
http://home.swipnet.se/kalcidis/discorankingdread/

Good site Kalcidis !!

Big Up's

yes kalcidis, very nice site.

much respect

I'm actually thinking of deleting that info on the Stand Firm pre-release since I can't find any notes on where I got that information. I'm not fond of putting up details on things that I'm not positive are true and that detail has bugged me for some while. Searching through my notes on Ranking Dreads discog and I can't find the info again on how many copies where pressed.