Dreadlocks Dread

Dread Locks Dread
Studio album by
Big Youth
Released1975
Recorded1975
GenreReggae
Length33:33
LabelKlik
ProducerTony Robinson
Big Youth chronology
Reggae Phenomenon
(1975)		 Dread Locks Dread
(1975)		 Natty Cultural Dread
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Dread Locks Dread is an album by the Jamaican deejay Big Youth, released in 1975 on Klik Records.

The album collects Big Youth’s toasting dub versions of Yabby You’s “Conquering Lion”,Junior Byles’ “Curly Locks” and Burning Spear’s “Marcus Garvey.”

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "(t)he LP marks Big Youth’s development as a composer, and his increased reliance on Rasta subject matter", noting that "the record is widely considered his best."

Track listing

All tracks by Big Youth & Tony Robinson

  1. "Train to Rhodesia" – 3:33
  2. "House of Dread Locks" – 3:17
  3. "Lightning Flash (Weak Heart Drop)" – 3:21
  4. "Natty Dread She Want" – 3:18
  5. "Some Like It Dread" – 3:05
  6. "Marcus Garvey Dread" – 3:03
  7. "Big Youth Special" – 2:29
  8. "Dread Organ" – 3:02
  9. "Black Man Message" – 2:53
  10. "Moving On" – 3:07
  11. "You Don't Care" – 2:36

Personnel

Recording information

References

  1. 1 2 Thompson, Dave (July 27, 2002). Reggae & Caribbean Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306557 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 "Big Youth". www.furious.com.
  3. ↑ Allmusic Review
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music. Virgin Books. p. 45.
  5. ↑ "Klik". 7tt77.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Big Youth". Trouser Press. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  7. ↑ Barrow, Steve. "Jesus Dread liner notes" (PDF). Blood & Fire. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Greene, Jo-Anne, "Junior Byles Biography", Allmusic
  9. ↑ "Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  10. ↑ "TrouserPress.com". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2020-06-03.