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Can anyone tell me if this album is worth picking up? I am a fan of Alpha Blondy's early stuff but never new of this his first album until recently.

oooh yeah it's really a good Album. If you are an alpha blondy fan, you MUST have it!!!!!

danny, this album is well worth it.

i agree, some very nice songs

ps ; the original name is Jah Glory

oh yeeeeeeees!!!

Best album of Alpha from my point of view!

This is the first, and one of the best, alpha blondy's lp; rasta poue is a french print by the middle of '80, the original african print, jah glory, is the same album without one song...
TAKE IT!

The best Alpha Blondy album

hi georgia
i think the alpha blondy you are talking about called "rasta poue"is in fact a compilation of his very first produced in ivory coast and originally titled"jah glory" released in 1983plus a single produced by dennis bovell in 1984 called "rasta poue"which also worth picking.i remember when the"jah glory"came out back in 1983 i was in junior high school getting ready for my junior high school final examination.it went on the airwaves and became an instant hit all over west africa,for it was a totally new sound,the closest we could get to jamaican reggae at that time here in africa,but peformed by ivorian tv house band called "the natty rebels".yeah the simple evocation of these titles"brigadier sabari""alake" "bintou were were"takes on trip down memory lane;yeah it is really pure as opposed to everything he has released since"jerusalem"to me.
try it,you won't regret.
on adifferent note iam looking for any footage or dvd of the original skatalites,especially before jackie mittoo's passing that is to say between their reunion in 1982 to 1989.
kindest regards
fadel

the two albums which i especially like are

1 jerusalem
2 apartheid is naszim

i am not a great fan of alpha blondy , but jerusalem and apartheid nazism are good, rasta poue and cocody rock are not as good, but its my point of view.