Title
Artist
Label
Format
Date
   Album review
Marijuana In My Brain
Dillinger
Burning Sounds
CD
15-07-1997


Tracking list

  1. Marijuana in my brain
  2. Addis-ababbaithiopia
  3. Bouncing ball
  4. Step it in Ethiopia
  5. Stop stealing in the name of Jah
  6. Come praise Jah Jah
  7. Hard believing Thomas
  8. Rasta vibration
  9. African roots rock reggae
  10. Track not stated (= d.j. version of Johnny Clarke's "Poor Marcus")
Rating : from 5 (excellent) to 1 (poor)

Vocals : 4/5 Backing : 4/5 Production : 4 Sound quality : 4 Sleeve : 4


After the great daddy U.Roy showed them the way, the early '70s saw the first wave of deejays including Big Youth, I.Roy, and Dennis Alcapone. But it was the Jamaican deejay Lester Bullocks who gained commercial success and found international stardom in the late seventies as Dillinger with his huge hit "Marijuana in my brain", the titletrack of this re-release. This album collects tracks Dillinger recorded for producer Bunny "Striker" Lee, most of them wicked and heavyweight, showing us Dillinger deejaying over mostly well-known Johnny Clarke tunes. Most probably the majority of the cuts were recorded at Channel One and mixed at King Tubby's by Osbourne Ruddock aka King Tubby himself. Marvellous old time deejay stuff !

Teacher & Mr. T.