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I know we will reprint an old book and give it a new title and cover?
Should fool a lot of reggae fans into buying the same thing twice.
As the above reviewer notes this a con, this book was originally titled BASS CULTURE: WHEN REGGAE WAS KING, even the foreword inside has this title - the reprinters couldn't even be bothered to change it to the new title.
The new cover and title are inferior get the title in capitals, apart from the stupidity of the publishers the author has written a superb book.
The book itself is a great read . Lloyd Bradley traces the evolution of Jamaican music from the wild soundsystem days of the Fifties up to the digital reggae of the Nineties , the biggest chunk of the book revolving around the two most important decades in the development of reggae , the Sixties and Seventies . He also traces the often violent political evolution of the island after independence , and the consequences this has had on its people . These two subjects are easily entwined as the development of reggae has always been inextricably linked with the political climate in Jamaica . Some of the main players add their enlightening anecdotes , to give the reader a much more vivid picture of who or what was pushing the envelope back at crucial times in the development of this vital music . There is also a chapter dealing with the history and philosophies of the Rastafarian that is crucial if you want a better understanding of reggae .
Lloyd Bradley then follows the Jamaican diaspora across the atlantic ocean , and chronicles the bad race relations it encountered in England that would ultimately herald in the rise of British reggae . This part of the book is entertaining enough , although I think the author has wildly overestimated the importance and influence of British reggae in general .
Considering that this story has its fair share of suffering and violence , it's a nice touch to have two contemporary reggae stars ( Luciano and Bobby Digital ) ending this book with optimistic and positive views on the future of reggae .
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